Thread: Stressful things from your home-country

Originally Posted by fishlocker

Banging his head while screaming like a little girl, I hate this I hate I hate that and so on.

Naaaah. Hate is such a strong word. I didn't hate it, I absolutely got tired of the "Ass kissers/brown nosers" that just wanted to get by because they had big bills and needed that job. These guys would post up a 35 pg power point presentation droning on and on. Most were punted within a year.

Well good on you for getting out. I can't say I blame you if it was like you say. Enjoy your retirement, nice house by the way. I recall you have a little work shop. It pays to stay busy. Have fun with it.

Ooops "Maybe, well, the chinese invented gunpowder but us Americans have a shit load more guns than they do."


Do you though.

Yes, I do recall he has a workshop with tools and stuff like that. FIL made some cabinets ect. Has some flowerpots and a little fishbowl.

Reminds me, what ever happened to oldmonkey and his poolpond experiment.

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

you forgot:

- Horrid English women with their shit attitude and smelly twats

^ Really? I was lead to believe the altitudes of most English womenfolk are typically the sweethearted-nature of those depicted on either the "Coronation Street",...or "Emmerdale" series.

Originally Posted by NamPikToot

Ooops "Maybe, well, the chinese invented gunpowder but us Americans have a shit load more guns than they do."

FYI ~ Apparently you didn't learn much, when you were In-Country, eh?
Having a shit-load more guns than they do",...does not win wars. Having a shit-load more "brains" (instead),... than they do,...is what gives you "bragging" rights,...eh?

Originally Posted by JPPR2

Bet he has no idea what he is posting or what day or time it is......

fl on your guest bathroom...

Originally Posted by fishlocker

Looks a bit sterile to me. Easy to hose it out then I'd bet.

Board room followed you there by the looks of it. Cheap Charlie's got nothing on you.

looks like fl is more on the ball than you thought.

Home, home, where is home?

I've moved so many times that I've forgotten where home is....

Originally Posted by TuskegeeBen

FYI ~ Apparently you didn't learn much, when you were In-Country, eh?
Having a shit-load more guns than they do",...does not win wars. Having a shit-load more "brains" (instead),... than they do,...is what gives you "bragging" rights,...eh?

Fku me, thats what you get for flicking switches with the lights off. Now which one was it? Note to self...

Originally Posted by Simon43

Home, home, where is home?

I've moved so many times that I've forgotten where home is....

Its where your reception desk is

Its where your reception desk is

Originally Posted by fishlocker

BTW I thought some British guy invented the crapper.

America this, Americans that. Kind of silly really. Hey I've learned to look on the bright side, when I'm as old as ageing one I'll not need the crapper as a diaper will do.

Ditto! And thank you, sir,...for conclusively providing today's best

Originally Posted by Simon43

Home, home, where is home?

I've moved so many times that I've forgotten where home is....

Indeed.
In true reference to this thread and it's type, I consider the source.

They'll always be foreigners and considered to be foreigners.
They all should stay "home".

Originally Posted by David48atTD

'stressful-things-from-your-home-country' ?
Friggin' tenants who have a passion for sticking drawing pins in walls.
Friggin' tenants who have slam doors so hard the handles punch into the gyprock/plasterboard/dry wall.
Friggin' tenants who damage the wall, get the guilts, use a filler, half sand it back and then paint over it.
The Friggin' tenant who lived there a decade (on cheap rent as she got sick, had a pacemaker inserted etc) moved out a month ago.
Another month (it's been a month already) and the place will be sweet again

Yes, the joys of landlording, yet, many think ya just sit back and count the cash as it rolls in. Those in the know realize there is a ton of work involved and it only takes one bad tenant to erase profits.

Even after proper vetting, life's situations change and an excellent tenant can turn into a non-paying nightmare

Originally Posted by bowie

Yes, the joys of landlording, yet, many think ya just sit back and count the cash as it rolls in. Those in the know realize there is a ton of work involved and it only takes one bad tenant to erase profits.

Even after proper vetting, life's situations change and an excellent tenant can turn into a non-paying nightmare

Amen to that. I was considering renting my home in the states when we moved here. After talking to a few who had rentals they sold them for the very reasons mentioned above. After a tenant moves out carpet usually trashed, paint on walls needs a coat, usually the yard goes to hell and takes a landscape day. I guess if one owned the property outright it could work but way too much stress and headaches based on the half a dozen I consulted before changing my mind. Also if here in Thailand I would need a property manager.

^Property managers are usually well worth the 6 to 10% of the rental income. The good ones will chase up monies and damages owed, and have great insurance. Just for the lack of stress alone, they are worth the money.

Still thinking if I should rent out my home in the UK, thinking not given on the horror stories I have heard.

Looks made for doing up and renting out on airbnb in the summer, I think.

Originally Posted by Mandaloopy

Still thinking if I should rent out my home in the UK, thinking not given on the horror stories I have heard.

Being a landlord isn't for everyone. There are some that tolerate it and make a descent income doing it. Others its a tax write off, which was my initial intent.

I think it is hard to see a house you lived in that you kept up and clean become destroyed by others who simply do not care and are willing to walk from the security deposit. I guess if you bought properties solely as a rental then maybe its easier. I like the "no burden" idea at this juncture in my life. I made my chunk of change on selling mine and got to use my 1 time tax exemption for capital gains. The idea IMHO is that as we age we want less stress and headaches not increase them.

Originally Posted by Mandaloopy

Still thinking if I should rent out my home in the UK, thinking not given on the horror stories I have heard.

Mandaloopy - DO IT ... but landlord insurance.

None of mine is landlord insurance stuff, just wear and tear and a tenant who liked to stick pins in the wall.

This isn't about more guns again is it? P.S. I've all ready won the game. It's just that I'm not tired of playing it.

Originally Posted by cyrille

Looks made for doing up and renting out on airbnb in the summer, I think.

Sadly there is a covenant against this in my area, I get it, it is a low income area and the last thing they need is rent being sent rising due to airbnb and second home owners, but the stress of it getting damaged and being halfway across the world is a concern.

Originally Posted by Club Soda

Knowing the game is one thing Fish but actually playing and winning is the objective.

Is that a quote from your property guru manual or are you suggesting Fish needs further ejucatin'.