Buying a new villa
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2018 10:20 amconversation between man and wife.
Hey Daphne, shall we buy a villa in Spain?
Yeah great idea. We can spend about €200k on a villa in a place we’re not too keen on, then when we move in we decide that the kitchen is not the right shade of ‘puce’ so we can get the fitters in and rip it all out and fit another. They can annoy all our new neighbors with their banging and grinding and drilling even though they are trying to relax in the sun. When the kitchen is finished we obviously decide that we hate the bathroom so we can get some more builders in to knock seven bells out of that with more drilling and banging thus ensuring that the neighbors are really fed up, by this time the garden is a tip with all the crap from the kitchen and bathroom so we’ll have to get someone else in to clear it all but the neighbors are probably getting used to the noise by now even though we’ve probably ruined their summer. When the garden is clear,it still looks a mess so we’ll get another workman in to lay new tiles all around the villa and none of the tiles will fit so he’ll have to grind every single one to make them fit. By this time, the neighbors have had enough and are all moving out. This ain’t a problem cos when they move we’ll have more room to park the caravan. Now it’s all done, our €200k has morphed into €300k putting absolutely no value on the house but at least it a quiet area cos we’ve driven all the neighbors away. Now we’re a bit lonely so let’s move to a new house and start all over again.
Hey Daphne, shall we buy a villa in Spain?
Yeah great idea. We can spend about €200k on a villa in a place we’re not too keen on, then when we move in we decide that the kitchen is not the right shade of ‘puce’ so we can get the fitters in and rip it all out and fit another. They can annoy all our new neighbors with their banging and grinding and drilling even though they are trying to relax in the sun. When the kitchen is finished we obviously decide that we hate the bathroom so we can get some more builders in to knock seven bells out of that with more drilling and banging thus ensuring that the neighbors are really fed up, by this time the garden is a tip with all the crap from the kitchen and bathroom so we’ll have to get someone else in to clear it all but the neighbors are probably getting used to the noise by now even though we’ve probably ruined their summer. When the garden is clear,it still looks a mess so we’ll get another workman in to lay new tiles all around the villa and none of the tiles will fit so he’ll have to grind every single one to make them fit. By this time, the neighbors have had enough and are all moving out. This ain’t a problem cos when they move we’ll have more room to park the caravan. Now it’s all done, our €200k has morphed into €300k putting absolutely no value on the house but at least it a quiet area cos we’ve driven all the neighbors away. Now we’re a bit lonely so let’s move to a new house and start all over again.
