Ermmm...!!! Breaking in...

[Geordie Spark]

oh well Update on todays fun!!! ALL the tennants were in and were very nice!! bit scruffy and poor but nice ish,

Carried out 2 Pirs on two flats, have to go back and do another 3 Pirs next week along with some remedial work and some new install work as requested by Enviro Health chap..!

no needles or sharps just the smell of cat ---- and stale tabs....!!

defo a 2 man job mind as one works other is watching tools , the van and your back...!! not a nice area !!

20 years ago, my mate was a British Telecoms engineer working that area & it was standard practice to send two vans - one bloke in the property working, & the other bloke sitting in his van watching the first bloke's van. I don't suppose the area has changed much since then.

 

[DurhamSparky]

no not much!!! you can count the occupied houses on one hand....!!

 

[Geordie Spark]

no not much!!! you can count the occupied houses on one hand....!!

Aye .... sounds aboot reet ..... glad you got away ok.

 

[DurhamSparky]

yeah but i have to return... may have a full schedule as they want to renovate the full street and its owned by 1 landlord... 1 house at a time as well...! should be un fun!!

surface trunking all the way i think!

 

[Geordie Spark]

yeah but i have to return... may have a full schedule as they want to renovate the full street and its owned by 1 landlord... 1 house at a time as well...! should be un fun!!

surface trunking all the way i think!

The landlord probably paid £1 for each property. I seem to remember there were some houses up for sale @ £1 each in that area a few years back. (no kidding)

I would agree with surface trunking too.

 

[DurhamSparky]

yeah i remember that as well....!! lol.. 50p a house but you had t buy both down and up flats together and rennovate within 6 months and not sell within 5 years!!

good old whickham view eyh!!

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article7135.ece

 

[alarm man]

The landlord probably paid £1 for each property. I seem to remember there were some houses up for sale @ £1 each in that area a few years back. (no kidding)

I would agree with surface trunking too.

your right,benwell it was, you got them for a quid as long as you promised to do them up tyneside flats their known as..

 

[Geordie Spark]

yeah i remember that as well....!! lol.. 50p a house but you had t buy both down and up flats together and rennovate within 6 months and not sell within 5 years!!

good old whickham view eyh!!

50p family home sold for £145k | The Sun |News

I'm pleased you found that link!

I've told the story of the £1 houses a few times, but some folk didn't believe me!!

 

[DurhamSparky]

people cant belive a house can sell for 50p

 

[Geordie Spark]

your right,benwell it was, you got them for a quid as long as you promised to do them up tyneside flats their known as..

Yes they are!

They are a design classic - I saw a programme on TV a while ago about classic designs of all sorts, & Tyneside flats were on it.

If they're looked after properly, they're really good houses. I used to work for a builder who was buying them up in Gateshead & we completely renovated them - new roofs, ceilings, stud walls windows doors, bathrooms, kitchens etc. Completely rewired, replumbed & new central heating systems fitted.

I did all the electrical, plumbing & gas work & batroom & kitchen fitting. When they were finished they were beautiful places to live in. The obvious downside was the area they were in.

 

[alarm man]

Yes they are!

They are a design classic - I saw a programme on TV a while ago about classic designs of all sorts, & Tyneside flats were on it.

If they're looked after properly, they're really good houses. I used to work for a builder who was buying them up in Gateshead & we completely renovated them - new roofs, ceilings, stud walls windows doors, bathrooms, kitchens etc. Completely rewired, replumbed & new central heating systems fitted.

I did all the electrical, plumbing & gas work & batroom & kitchen fitting. When they were finished they were beautiful places to live in. The obvious downside was the area they were in.

agree they are bullet proof,have to be in some areas,,tho they make good homes,shame some people drag an area down with them..

 

[DurhamSparky]

like whickham view!!!

i actually called one of the tenants mate!! SHE then said actually im female!! ..... could not stop laughing!

 

[Geordie Spark]

agree they are bullet proof,have to be in some areas,,tho they make good homes,shame some people drag an area down with them..

Yes, the bloke I worked for was a very good landlord - he wouldn't expect his tennants to accept something he wouldn't accept himself - & only let his properties out to professional folk. Some worked at the university, some at the airport etc. on short term contract.

He couldn't however, control who was living in other parts of the area.

 

[alarm man]

Yes, the bloke I worked for was a very good landlord - he wouldn't expect his tennants to accept something he wouldn't accept himself - & only let his properties out to professional folk. Some worked at the university, some at the airport etc. on short term contract.

He couldn't however, control who was living in other parts of the area.

true,those flats were a community with shops,like benwell,coatsy road saltwell road etc,lose the flats you lose the shops you lose the community and the place goes to ruin.

 

[DurhamSparky]

then the jews move in!!!!