if you could be granted 3 home improvement wishes to your home what would they be?

[NathanBB]

for me

bigger kitchen
bigger bedroom
new carpet

 

[Roy Bloom]

I feel an argument coming.
I'll start.
Is a new carpet classed as home improvement project?
Does it qualify for a grant?
Do any of them qualify for a grant?

 

[JohnD]

A basement garage/workshop/junk room

 

[Mottie]

A smaller paddock, a few less bedrooms, a hard standing around the tennis court and the swimming pool filled in.

 

[Brigadier]

A smaller paddock, a few less bedrooms, a hard standing around the tennis court and the swimming pool filled in.

And a less fertile allotment: lugging all of those tomatoes home is playing havoc with your back.

(That one's for @Notch7 )

 

[Dork Lard]

Alien spaceship landing pad, hangar for alien spaceships, 28 000 very tall fencing panels.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

A bigger garage, so I would have enough space around my car to be able to work on it indoors. It's fine for a more modest car, but this one I have to park out on the drive, to do many things.

 

[big-all]

Rewire replumb including heating and oak floors down stairs
has to be click fingers type wishes or leave as is

 

[Bosswhite]

Replacement Thatch Roof , thatch is a green element with the Governments policy on bringing Green energy saving why am I penalised and have to pay an exorbitant cost to reroof my property every 15 /20 years .

 

[gant]

How much does that cost and what happens to it that calls for it to be done away with after 15 /20 years.
Surprised at the short time span.

 

[Notch7]

Replacement Thatch Roof , thatch is a green element with the Governments policy on bringing Green energy saving why am I penalised and have to pay an exorbitant cost to reroof my property every 15 /20 years .

And high house insurance costs I would guess

 

[bernardgreen]

Surprised at the short time span.

Me too. The straw thatch was about 30 years old when I bought the cottage in 2011, rain proof but a looking a bit sad. Re thatched in 2016 and the thatcher said it should be good for another 30 years.

If the conservation officer had allowed it then I would have had reed instead of straw as reed has a 60 year life.

 

[Odds]

Me too. The straw thatch was about 30 years old when I bought the cottage in 2011, rain proof but a looking a bit sad. Re thatched in 2016 and the thatcher said it should be good for another 30 years.

If the conservation officer had allowed it then I would have had reed instead of straw as reed has a 60 year life.

Ask His Lardship for a bushel or two from the reed beds surrounding his extensive lakes next to the woodlands: i'm sure he'd be happy to help should your cap be suitably doffed.

 

[Dork Lard]

Me too. The straw thatch was about 30 years old when I bought the cottage in 2011, rain proof but a looking a bit sad. Re thatched in 2016 and the thatcher said it should be good for another 30 years.

If the conservation officer had allowed it then I would have had reed instead of straw as reed has a 60 year life.

Given the differences, economically & realistically, it might have paid you to employ a legal pro to fight for the change.

 

[bernardgreen]

it might have paid you to employ a legal pro to fight for the change.

The building fronts a busy main road which meant there was a 6 week time slot and had we missed that due to legal action delays then the work would have had to wait another year.