{"id":42794,"date":"2022-02-13T17:19:37","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T17:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/?p=42794"},"modified":"2022-02-13T17:24:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-13T17:24:53","slug":"the-diyfest-has-begun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/the-diyfest-has-begun\/","title":{"rendered":"The DIYfest Has Begun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We&#8217;ve been a bit quiet lately as we&#8217;re up to our eyeballs in paint at the moment. At the end of January our two rental properties were both returned to us within a few days of each other. Our bungalow had been rented to a wonderful fella for almost twelve years. He sadly passed away over Christmas and his family, despite their grief, returned the property to us looking the same as the day he moved in. Unfortunately, we weren&#8217;t so lucky with the other property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;d been thinking about selling the house we used to live in before we went travelling for some time, but changes to rental laws during the pandemic quite rightly prevented people from asking their tenants to leave. By April 2021, those laws had changed and after we saw how very unloved it was looking when we passed it one day, we decided that the time had finally come to sell it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We had to give the tenants six months notice, instead of the usual two, but that wasn&#8217;t a problem as we planned our year to ensure we&#8217;d be at home when the house was due back to us in October. The tenants had other ideas though, and a couple of days before they were due to leave they told our letting agent that they wouldn&#8217;t be leaving. The only option available to us was to go to court to regain possession. I know this would have been a massively stressful time for the tenants, but I was surprised just how stressful it was for us. The main thing was not knowing what was happening, or what state our house would be in when we finally got it back. Due to COVID there&#8217;d been only one internal check in 2 years, and that was by a new agent who had little idea what condition the house was in at the start of the tenancy (very good condition), as our last one decided to close down. Tradesmen we&#8217;ve known for years, who went in to do the usual repairs and checks, diplomatically told us the place was in a poor state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After three months of chasing paperwork (some of which went missing in the Christmas post) we were away in Whitby for a week, when the court finally confirmed that it was giving us possession from the following Tuesday. We&#8217;d made a break for the coast as it was all getting too much for me and <a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/i-havent-been-entirely-honest\/\">I knew from experience<\/a> that the black dog of depression and anxiety was closing in on me. That week away turned out to be perfect timing and we returned feeling refreshed enough to face whatever the tenants had done to our old home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220121_092054384_HDR-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220121_092054384_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"The great view from our AirBnB flat in Whitby. Wonderful weather too.\" class=\"wp-image-42805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220121_092054384_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220121_092054384_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220121_092054384_HDR-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220121_092054384_HDR-1536x709.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220121_092054384_HDR-2048x945.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220121_092054384_HDR-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220121_092054384_HDR-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220121_092054384_HDR-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The great view from our AirBnB flat in Whitby. Wonderful weather too.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After several more sleepless nights, we drove over to the see house with feelings of trepidation. We&#8217;ve never watched those TV shows about the bad state landlords find their properties in when they get them back, but people had told us lots about them. The tenants had asked for an extra day so they could clear the garden, which we had given them, but I have no idea what they did with that day. Before we even got to the front door, the front garden which was overgrown and with piles of rubbish in it, set the scene. Going into the property we were hit by a stench of dog and stale cigarettes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220127_100103734_HDR-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220127_100103734_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"The tenants left the front garden in a bit of a state.\" class=\"wp-image-42801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220127_100103734_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220127_100103734_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220127_100103734_HDR-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220127_100103734_HDR-1536x709.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220127_100103734_HDR-2048x945.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220127_100103734_HDR-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220127_100103734_HDR-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220127_100103734_HDR-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>There&#8217;s an old carpet, Halloween decorations and a rubble bag full of soil in that lot.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It took us over a week for three of us (massive thanks to Jay&#8217;s Dad for his help these past few weeks) to get the place to a basic level of cleanliness. During that time Jay collected a rubble sack&#8217;s worth of dog poo from the garden and decking (which had children&#8217;s toys scattered amongst it). We filled a 12 yard skip with all the rubbish that had been left and the decking which had been left to rot. We discovered that every room had been repainted, including flaking white emulsion on all the woodwork as well as painting all the kitchen cupboards, badly. Doors, a radiator cover, laminate flooring and the loo seat had been removed, and all the carpets were covered in unremovable stains (believe me we tried as they were expensive carpets). The lawns and flower beds were all wrecked, the driveway was now painted blue (a neighbour told us their car has blue spots too from the same incident) and the side hedge was making a game attempt to scrape the sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220202_135551716-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220202_135551716-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"We laughed at how big this skip was when it arrived. It's now overflowing!\" class=\"wp-image-42802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220202_135551716-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220202_135551716-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220202_135551716-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220202_135551716-1536x709.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220202_135551716-2048x945.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220202_135551716-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220202_135551716-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220202_135551716-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>We laughed at how big this skip was when it arrived. It&#8217;s now overflowing!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The smell of dog was coming from the front window where it had shredded the blinds, chewed the window ledge and left what we hope were muddy paw prints (although seeing the state of the garden we expect it wasn&#8217;t just mud) all over it. There were also several patches of urine on the landing carpet, which we assume were also the dog as they were around the doorframes and banister posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220127_102426361_HDR-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220127_102426361_HDR-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"The neighbours told us the dog would be in the front window for hours. Looks like it was so bored it took to eating the wood, same upstairs too.\" class=\"wp-image-42803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220127_102426361_HDR-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220127_102426361_HDR-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220127_102426361_HDR-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220127_102426361_HDR-1536x709.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220127_102426361_HDR-2048x945.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220127_102426361_HDR-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220127_102426361_HDR-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220127_102426361_HDR-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The neighbours told us the dog would be in the front window for hours. Looks like it was so bored it took to eating the wood, same upstairs too.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I managed to hold back the tears until after our letting agent had left, but it was awful to see our home, that we had loved and spent money to make it nice, treated so badly. Once we&#8217;d gotten over the shock of the state of the place, there was a very small feeling of relief. The place was back in our hands, and what happened now would be in our control not our tenants or the court. A project plan was drawn up, half of ScrewFix and Wickes procured, and after a week of scrubbing away the dirt (I&#8217;ve no idea how they were able to prepare food in that kitchen) we&#8217;ve started on the mammoth task of repainting everything, and removing paint from where it shouldn&#8217;t be. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220211_123254885-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220211_123254885-1030x475.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220211_123254885-1030x475.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220211_123254885-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220211_123254885-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220211_123254885-1536x709.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220211_123254885-2048x945.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220211_123254885-1500x692.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220211_123254885-705x325.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220211_123254885-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>That one coat paint has got it&#8217;s work cut out!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve had a couple of estate agents round to value the place and have booked the carpet fitters for the end of this month to give ourselves a deadline. We&#8217;re already used to not having the rental income appearing in the bank as the tenants stopped paying a while back (another court adventure to come trying to get some of what they owe us back). But it might take a while to get used to the majority of our income being from share dividends or the sale of shares, as that&#8217;s what we are planning to do with them <a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/why-weve-decided-to-sell-our-house-and-buy-shares-instead\/\">money from the house sale<\/a>.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the house is finished, our attention will turn to the bungalow as Jay&#8217;s Dad has decided to move in there. He is selling his house, which will take a while, but we&#8217;re aiming to get the bungalow fully redecorated, the trees cut back, garage roof replaced and the rooms re-carpeted ready for him by the start of April. So, you probably won&#8217;t hear from us for a while, as we&#8217;re shattered by the time we get home from decorating, while both still following training plans for a marathon at the end of April. I have no idea how we managed when we had proper jobs!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ju x <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve been a bit quiet lately as we&#8217;re up to our eyeballs in paint at the moment. At the end of January our two rental properties were both returned to us within a few days of each other. Our bungalow had been rented to a wonderful fella for almost twelve years. 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