{"id":69,"date":"2011-05-22T19:12:07","date_gmt":"2011-05-22T18:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/?p=69"},"modified":"2015-05-03T12:15:32","modified_gmt":"2015-05-03T11:15:32","slug":"house-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/house-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"House changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_73\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/pondwork11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73\" class=\"wp-image-73\" title=\"Pond Power Tool\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/pondwork11-613x1024.jpg\" alt=\"J gearing up to destroy the pond\" width=\"300\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/pondwork11-613x1024.jpg 613w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/pondwork11-180x300.jpg 180w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/pondwork11.jpg 1226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-73\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Power Mad!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We had a leaflet through the door offering free rental valuations &#8211; how could we refuse? \u00a0It&#8217;s over a year before we go, but it&#8217;ll help us with our budgeting if we can get an idea now of how much money we&#8217;d get renting the house out while we&#8217;re away.<\/p>\n<p>A nice man visited us and toured the place (didn&#8217;t take long), then tried to sell us his services. \u00a0We&#8217;ll make a decision nearer the time as to who be use, but one useful thing he did mention was that we&#8217;d have to either cover or drain the pond. \u00a0Well, I&#8217;m not a big fan of the pond &#8211; it&#8217;s always so green you can&#8217;t see the fish and we get invaded by frogs every year. \u00a0J didn&#8217;t take much convincing either &#8211; especially when he realised he&#8217;d need a power tool in order to destroy it.<\/p>\n<p>The fella who built the pond ensured there would be no leaks by basically making it out of concrete &#8211; very thick concrete in places. 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