Birmingham School of Art, by Chamberlain and Martin, built in 1985 and extended in 1892.
Red brick Victorian Gothic.
Saturday 4 February 2012
Birmingham School of Art
Birmingham School of Art, by Chamberlain and Martin, built in 1985 and extended in 1892.
Red brick Victorian Gothic.
MMIL20
Twenty is a good round wholesome number: 20 friends is adequate, 20 pounds is a goodly amount, 20's a good age to be, 20 tunes would be better than 8 on Desert Island Discs, 20 is a score!
MMIL20 turns out to be propitious.
Two positions revelled themselves: pressure was asserted on the buyer with the veiled threat of taking the property off the market, giving him until Friday 3rd Feb as the date for exchange of contract thereby enabling us to secure the bung and generate momentum. At the same time we realised that our constant intervention over the past month had achieved nothing tangible - if we had done nothing, we would be exactly where we are now, with nothing.
Portentous....mmmm.
Throughout the week we tried not to think of the move. We had done all we could. We need to let go; carry-on with the things we do, cast off the yoke, free to be ourselves.
On Friday, yesterday, we expected the call after 4 months of grind and it duly arrived but not how we expected.
The buyer informed us he's pulling out; he's been diagnosed with cancer.
MMIL20 turns out to be propitious.
Two positions revelled themselves: pressure was asserted on the buyer with the veiled threat of taking the property off the market, giving him until Friday 3rd Feb as the date for exchange of contract thereby enabling us to secure the bung and generate momentum. At the same time we realised that our constant intervention over the past month had achieved nothing tangible - if we had done nothing, we would be exactly where we are now, with nothing.
Portentous....mmmm.
Throughout the week we tried not to think of the move. We had done all we could. We need to let go; carry-on with the things we do, cast off the yoke, free to be ourselves.
On Friday, yesterday, we expected the call after 4 months of grind and it duly arrived but not how we expected.
The buyer informed us he's pulling out; he's been diagnosed with cancer.
Tuesday 31 January 2012
MMIL19
Isn't It just so true: if you stir things up, change the established order of things, agitate a bit, you bring out the worst in things (people) No hornets nest will remain benign if you hit it with a shovel; you'll get stung! Mr B, the attached neighbour of MMIL occupies that hornets nest!
Pillar of local society is Mr B, comfortably off, owns shops you know, and his arse has graced many a local committee, making decisions on behalf of others, altruistic to a fault. Mmmmm
Since he got wind of the sale he's been busy, not as you might expect, making sure MMIL interests are being served. No, he's been doing his level best to get anything he can out of her before she leaves. After countless years of peaceful coexistence he's become Mr B!- read, Hornet. I grant him instant Kama.
The sale of MMIL's house has agitated the status quo, disturbed the peace and angered Mr Bee. Already he's had the shared chimney repointed at MMIL's expense blaming recent stormy weather, now the garden party-wall is suddenly in a dangerous condition and a bill of £1700 has appeared, being half the cost of the work. Not such a nice man as MMIL thought. The demand, not discussed with MMIL but delivered by hand to her solicitor. Not hard for him to find out which local legal MMIL was instructing! He's clearly intent upon screwing as much out of MMIL as he can before the sale is completed.
Hopefully, it won't be long now....the long awaited boiler certificates have arrived and we're asking that this coming Friday should be the day everything can be stitched up.....do I sound optimistic? We'll see; I seem to have aged since lasts we met!
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