The longest diy build I now of

Sadly, me.

The bathroom still isn't plastered fully, and i've been in the house

But you ain't living in a caravan? this distinguishes between doing a house up from scratch.

No marks for you m'lad

That lets me off the hook by a couple of years then ;-)

The message from "George" contains these words:

That lets me out as well then. Been here 30 years this October and I still haven't finished some of the jobs I started in the first 10 years.

We've been here since 1964 ... he still keeps reminding himself of the plans he had then - and intends doing them.

One day.

Mary

Oh good another 35 years to finish the planned jobs here, I'll be a mere

I think one of my mum's neighbours has been waiting for a utility room floor for about 27 years (and I mean a *floor*, the joists are down but the planks aren't, I don't mean just waiting for lino). Getting the lounge walls plastered (on bare breeze block) was also on the to do list last time I heard.

And this was just a join-the-garage-to-the-house and build a bit on the back extension.

Owain

It is indeed good news. I've just completed 7 out of our 11 rooms in the last 24 years. Who knows what secrets I might find in the other 4?

Blimey, I thought my 3 years to do the master bathroom was bad ...

Great thread, guys. Quite relieving to find I am not alone.

How about expanding it a bit and asking why ? I've been here 30 years

- old stone cottage which required all the usual upgrades plus space redistribution. I have some new projects, like an extension to the workshop and a conservatory, but keep on realising that once something works I lose interest in it and the final details and decorating don't get done.

Rob

That wouldn't be in Inverkeithing would it? House with metal roller blinds over all the windows and has been in that state for about as long as I can remember.

Rob

Not uncommon, helps pay my wages. Swmbo ewentually gets completely cheesed off & employs someone like me.

Mind you, I'm much the same when it comes to finishing my own projects.

Don't eat your heart out over it.

It took Michaelangelo 4 years to paint the ceiling.

DG

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "George" saying something like:

Pah, the man is an amateur at it. I've been doing my building conversion for the last decade.

Should have used a roller............

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember robgraham saying something like:

The usual.

When I'm doing stuff for other people during the week, I often cba filling the weekend with work on the building.

Actually, there has to be a confluence of several factors for anything to take place...

Inclination Materials Money Time Weather

Ocasionally they do all co-incide and something gets done. Another step forward. I'm resigned to the fact it'll never be finished, but sometime over the next two years I expect to get a major part done - the flooring of the huge open space and almost automatic creation of extra rooms thereby.

I think in this case of a Mathematics PhD his mind was on Higher Things.

Owain

The story is as he was getting paid for the job he was also getting bed and breakfast into the bargain...hed have been a fool to do the job in 2 weeks. :-)

I wonder if it was like Titian...