andyescos

I feel like I've won the lotto! here's why,
Right, Some of my mates have allways been typical rich kids, getting there first car bought for em, £20k+ house deposits given to em etc, not me, I've had to work my balls off for everything, 80+ hour weeks at work and doing, almost , anything for a few quid here and there, and if you saw how much I owe on paper you'd ,
Not that my parents aint been good to me, but they've made me work for stuff (also , bearing in mind my dads a millionaire(through marriage), you'd of thought a bit of financial help would of come in usefull, but no, as soon as I turned 16 I was "on my own")
Now, I've allways been a bit jealous of my mates lack of debt and there ability to have houses and flats etc and tiny mortgages.
But, yesterday my mum came over to see me for a cuppa , 'cause it's so expensive around here (a 1 bed starter home is £140 000+) she's found some money thats been "put away for a rainy day" and is giving my little bro £15K for his house deposit , good lad as he's got no other way of getting on the property ladder, but now for the best bit, I've been outside in the wind, rain and dark trying to build my double garage in my garden that I've allways wanted, so far, I've only got the footings in and it's cost £800, but,my mum is giving me £3000 toward it! Chuffed to bits, That should pay for the bricks and roof, I've allready got a door and other bits, I should have it all up by mid feb with a bit of luck, thats one hell of a christmas present!
This may sound sad, but I've allways dreamt of a double garage in my garden with a gravel drive going up to it, and it's starting to become a reality.anyone of here not had much finacial help? or should we just expect it from our parents? what do ya recon?
Andy (now £3000 better off!)

david

Nice one Andy Glad for you and your brother

Now get building

MAD ANDY

and the nicest thing to read out of all that is your not jealous of your bro getting 15k compared to your 3k and are genuinely happy for him, good for you mate!

andyescos

he need it more than me! I've got a house around here allready, how kids in 5 years time are gonna get on the ladder I don't know?

st3v3

Exactly what i was going to say

Racey

thats wicked news Andy, well chuffed for you huni

have to agree wiv rst88 - GET BUILDING and stop sitting on here pmsl!

M K

iTrader: (9)

good luck to ya mate

ive got a mate who has a house (nice size granny anics)sp) in the last 2 yearss had a brand new BMW 325I SPORT CONVERY, NEW M3 CONVERT & NOW HAS A BMW ALPINA B3.S which he owed about £13000 on but his nan just gave him a check for 13k cos she doesnt want him to have any debt

some people dont realise how lucky they realy are,,, but good luck ti him.

my mums brought me & my sis up on her own for the past 18 years & will always help us out where she can
ive worked ever since ive left school & had to work for anything i wanted

but it gives you a real value for money which some people dont have nowdays

so well done to my mum im a better person for knowing the value of money & she's done everythng she ever could to help us out

AlexF

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hurry up and build it

andyescos

watch this space, the best garage ever is coming!

dave cos4x4

iTrader: (5)

Glad you have your garage money sorted.

Just getting my garage sorted too as we speak.

Got my doors sorted,money put away.

Just got to get the slab sorted.

No double for me though,just have to make do with 20ft-10ft.

not ideal but better than working in the rain fixing the car.


Dave.

pee vee

Nice one!

BlueSmoke

My mum has cleared my credit card a couple of times for me (£500 limit) and always tries to help but she's by no means rich and I appreciate any help I get so much because I too have to work for anything I want other than the little bit of help I get and althought these people getting 13k for their cars paid off etc think they're doing great now, just wait til that nan or parent ain't around no more. Sure they will prob get an inheritance but they'll spend it like water (whatever that phrase means!) and will soon have nothing. Then they'll use their great credit ratings to get credit so they can keep up the lifestyle they're used to and in the end will end up worse than any of us, all becuase they don't know the value of money.

Alan s1

I'm up for helping m8 just call it £40 a day as i need work =theres only one way to learn how to lay bricks

But my fathing law is a bricky so i could get some tips

andyescos

I told ya last night dude, £10 a day to be my biatch, and, apparently it only hurts the first time!

Alan s1

Do i get a company car then

And would traveling expise be pushing it

andyescos

I'll be doing all the pushing around here!

TILLIO

Alan s1

I'll have the red rst of yours as the company car if thats ok

RSCAT

i could do with me garage knocked down and rebuilt.

havent got the funds tho, id have to sell me car to do it then i wouldnt
have anything to put inside it

andyescos

Love it, Alans more worried about a company car than not walking properly for 3 weeks!

Alan s1

andyescos,

RSCAT, I can give my brother a call as he has experance in knoking down things
Give me a fordson major trator with loader and he'll be well away as my mum and dad had to have 2 walls replaced as he hit the bungerlow

Still rember when he rang my dad and said that hehad hit the bangerlow and my dad came home thinkig he was joking to see the damage

white cab

wish i had the room to build a double garage thats all i want from life and a twin egine escort cossie not much really
nice of your mum though why couldnt she give you the 15gees and you bro 3
LOL

andyescos

Blooming hek, what I could do with £15 000!

richardeames

Lets hope it all goes up well. Got your planning permission etc yet?

I've had to work for everything I've got and that's not a lot. I still live with my parents but have a new car and money to spend on internet, mobile etc and it's great for me. I'd love more but I'm happy how I am.

white cab

would be nice

andyescos

Yeh, got planning, and I don't need building regs as it's less than 30 Sq metres floor space.

Greg Shepherd

Less.

Same as Mad Andy said

So nice to see a some family still helping each other and no jealousy

A.Moore

Good for you!

Alan s1

If you got sence m8 stay there as long you can wise i was

Well come on andy i want to see the new pics of all the bricks ect being delivered

Rs Baz

good news for you dude look forward to seeing
the pics of garage when its done

ive had to work hard for what i want aswell im still at home
with mum but i have to pay the rent water etc as she cant work

sunny

iTrader: (1)

xr2i-carl

nice 1 andy hope all goes well with the build


carl

Neil Clark

It dont sound sad matey, i always wanted a gravel drive and the double garage and ive just finished it about 2 weeks ago, not got any pics on pc of it done but heres it half done lol





GET BUILDING!!!!!!!!!!!

andyescos

thats a good size, how big is it? Mines 5 metres by 4.8 metres.
Alan, I'm away up north on a fire brigade course nearly all january so it's gonna be hard to get things sorted whilst I'm away.gutted.

Katie

That doesn't sound sad at all =)....
We had one built because dad pestered constantly for one and it looks better than our house lol =)

Good luck with yours!
Make sure you get some pics up when it's sorted!

Neil Clark

6 Metres square mate, the biggest i could have without buildings regs or summat

BOBXR4X4

fook wish i had a garage,good on yer

andyescos

damn, yours is bigger than mine, but it's what you do with it that counts!lol

Neil Clark

You best ask the wife about that!, have got an MR2 atm (dont say owt!) and that and the wifes escort fits in with the doors open on the cars!, loads of room to do owt you want. Bit of advice, if you can get a radiator fitted, nice and toastie!!

Now get out there and get building!

Neil