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by pitchshifter
Thu Nov 10, 2016 7:56 pm
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: What do you look for when choosing an area/house?
Replies: 11
Views: 4730

What do you look for when choosing an area/house?

So following on from my previous thread about building your own home, I'm wondering what people would look for when moving to a ready made home? I don't mean things like local schools, recreational activities etc. as although I know these things are important and will have bearing on decision making...
by pitchshifter
Thu Nov 10, 2016 3:19 pm
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: Building your own home
Replies: 17
Views: 6751

Re: Building your own home

Sorry I missed a few replies! If only it were that easy JD but basically what poppypiesdad said, and there would be reams of paperwork etc. to get through in the UK before building could even start! Cynical I love the idea of a tandem build, and the land is actually still for sale so perhaps I shoul...
by pitchshifter
Thu May 19, 2016 5:09 pm
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: Building your own home
Replies: 17
Views: 6751

Re: Building your own home

Ugh it would be such a great opportunity, and I know it might never come again, it's just not come at the right time for us now :cry: .

I'd rather have the baby though, she's awesome :D .
by pitchshifter
Mon May 16, 2016 8:52 pm
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: Building your own home
Replies: 17
Views: 6751

Re: Building your own home

Thanks for your input! I talked it over with my husband, thought about it and slept on it... I've decided it's too mad. It may have been doable had we not just had the baby, but to move ourselves, our cats and our 3 month old into temporary accommodation whilst we go about cluelessly building a hous...
by pitchshifter
Sun May 15, 2016 6:16 pm
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: Building your own home
Replies: 17
Views: 6751

Building your own home

We're looking to move in the near future and I've seen a patch of land (few acres) that, if I sold my current home, I could probably afford to buy. I could then probably afford to have a home built on said land. Before I get carried away with this, please tell me I'm mad and it's not feasible for 2 ...
by pitchshifter
Thu May 12, 2016 8:21 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: Prepping with a baby
Replies: 7
Views: 2693

Re: Prepping with a baby

Thanks all :D Cheers for those links Pseudonym, the Urban Prepper baby is so cute, and the Urban Prepper dad so helpful! Arzosah I'd been planning to get some of those baby ear defenders for music events in the summer so that's definitely on the list, and you're right in saying they'll come in handy...
by pitchshifter
Wed May 11, 2016 11:01 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: Vaseline pocket sized tins...?
Replies: 24
Views: 6778

Re: Vaseline pocket sized tins...?

Decant stuff from bigger vessels for easy carrying? My first thought here is to decant coconut oil from a bigger jar that's kept in the kitchen cupboard for cooking, as I use a similar small pot to carry coconut oil around for it's myriad of uses.
by pitchshifter
Wed May 11, 2016 10:54 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: Prepping with a baby
Replies: 7
Views: 2693

Prepping with a baby

Hi all! So I've been away for a while, I was busy having a baby! She's coming up 3 months now and I'm starting to think about my preps again, having decimated lots of our stocks over the past few months when getting to the shops has been more difficult due to being enormous and then caring for a sma...
by pitchshifter
Sat Aug 08, 2015 10:25 am
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Very long lasting whipped egg whites :)
Replies: 3
Views: 1026

Re: Very long lasting whipped egg whites :)

Thanks Nick, it looks like you can make a number of different things using chickpea water (it's not just for thinning your hummus!), I'm going to try out some recipes :) .
by pitchshifter
Tue Jun 23, 2015 3:33 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What preps are you doing this week? part 2.
Replies: 1232
Views: 283278

Re: What preps are you doing this week? part 2.

My husband is works in an independent food shop. He told me that some items would last for much, much longer than their use by dates, and in fact would last much longer than the material they are packed in. So for some items, the use by date is actually related to the time the packaging would degrad...