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toshj said:
So it turns out it's ******* knackering running a company :rolleyes: :D
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Keep on pushing on mate, you've done immensely and I love following your progress and the company growth! Just don't let it kill you :P

Skillmister said:
Everything I saw while I was training made it seem like exactly the type of job I hoped it would be. An expectation not to work more than 9-5 and generally lower stress. Ideal.
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Mega bonus! WFH and good WLB is the best you can ask for ;)
 
Internet in the office is utter trash this morning and it's doing my head in. I have a load of processy BS to get through and I really don't want to but hey...

We have made some changes to house design and sent them to architect. We don't really want their design, we want them to basically approve our stuff and get the mairie to sign it off. Then we can sign the sale agreement as the estate agent is giving us **** about hurrying up. All getting a bit fun.

Everyone is so busy with real lives that most of my external side work is slow as anything. It's so depressing. I want everyone to be 100% full on, but it's the way it is so I have to just go with it... would be nice for this stuff to come off though so we could get some cash in! That'd be nice I have to say.

Hey ho, it is what it is. Hard when you don't pay people to get 100% of their time!
 
Why don't you design a more coherent house? That design (and I mean this from my taste, so no offence intended) looks like you connected multiple smaller barns together and called it a day.

Smash it down and start afresh and you'll probably save some cash too :cool:
 
randomshenans said:
Internet in the office is utter trash this morning and it's doing my head in. I have a load of processy BS to get through and I really don't want to but hey...

We have made some changes to house design and sent them to architect. We don't really want their design, we want them to basically approve our stuff and get the mairie to sign it off. Then we can sign the sale agreement as the estate agent is giving us **** about hurrying up. All getting a bit fun.
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My mate used to advise Brits on French mortgage applications - the hoops that you have the jump through in France are on a completely different level to what we're used to. There's no messing about once you sign the sale agreement!
 
EVH said:
Why don't you design a more coherent house? That design (and I mean this from my taste, so no offence intended) looks like you connected multiple smaller barns together and called it a day.
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You'd still have issues, perhaps more due to the rules on planning and where you can and can't build on your plot with relation to the boundary on new builds. That, plus we did look at the options for this and the main house is in really good nick, so the cost would actually be more to do something completely new. Not to mention the garage part, while not shown on my drawings, actually extends back even further, so is not fully detached, which makes it more complicated too. The way we've designed it gives us the central enclosed courtyard we want, as well as keeping the old Alsatian style mixed with a new modern twist. No offence taken :) Everyone is welcome to an opinion and it's not for everyone, for sure.


toshj said:
My mate used to advise Brits on French mortgage applications - the hoops that you have the jump through in France are on a completely different level to what we're used to. There's no messing about once you sign the sale agreement!
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It's a really weird system, but if you don't get one thing right you can lose a lot of cash. If we get tied into the CdV (sales agreement) and can't do what we want, pulling out loses us about 25k. Not what you want... our mortgage man is really good though, he seems to know all the tricks and loopholes so that's handy to have.
 
Announcement made in work.. site team to TUPE to a smaller organisation next year. Lots of people upset and feeling let down.

Not me, I've verbally accepted an offer in the aviation industry. The other job offer that I had been considering (abroad) was all well and good but I don't think I am personally in the position to accept given that we just got married and want to start a family in the next year. I foresee too much to lose if I'm not in the UK for the next 3-5 years, so made the call.

Just waiting for a formal offer to come in before handing in my notice.
 
EVH said:
Just waiting for a formal offer to come in before handing in my notice.
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Great news! Congratulations and I'm glad it lined up nicely with the **** at your current place.

I'm looking about in Basel at the moment. Not sure this role has much left in it contract wise so want to get out ahead if anything. Especially if this house stuff starts! Full time job this job hunting.
 
So ... had a job offer. Bit of a step backwards in role but more money, easier commute and working with different, more interesting and more uptodate technologies ... but I'm still in the interview process for a couple of other jobs. One of them would be really great to get but is a long shot. The other is similar to the first job but sounds more interesting on paper.

I like the sound of the first job and I think I would be happy to accept it (with a few minor clarifications) but I'd always kick myself if I didn't try for the long shot at least.

The question is how to delay a full formal acceptance as long as possible without offending anyone in order to be able to at least interview elsewhere ...?
 
EVH said:
Not me, I've verbally accepted an offer in the aviation industry. The other job offer that I had been considering (abroad) was all well and good but I don't think I am personally in the position to accept given that we just got married and want to start a family in the next year. I foresee too much to lose if I'm not in the UK for the next 3-5 years, so made the call.

Just waiting for a formal offer to come in before handing in my notice.
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memyselfandi said:
So ... had a job offer. Bit of a step backwards in role but more money, easier commute and working with different, more interesting and more uptodate technologies ... but I'm still in the interview process for a couple of other jobs. One of them would be really great to get but is a long shot. The other is similar to the first job but sounds more interesting on paper.

I like the sound of the first job and I think I would be happy to accept it (with a few minor clarifications) but I'd always kick myself if I didn't try for the long shot at least.

The question is how to delay a full formal acceptance as long as possible without offending anyone in order to be able to at least interview elsewhere ...?
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Job offers round! Congrats both. I'd say it's OK to take a day or 3 to make a decision on the offer, is it a conditional or unconditional offer? The latter means once accepted you're in a binding contract with the new employer.

I've been in my current role exactly a year today, and I have 8 working days left :D:D
 
1 week later and I'm still waiting for the formal job offer. Not amused (considering it's an internal move) :mad:

Congrats on the house @Phate. Now you will enter the world of mortgages, bills, leaks, bathrooms and lawn cutting.
 
Got approached for a job on LinkedIn and they wanted to interview me in the same week.

Travelled 55 miles for the interview, got there, went really well they even said they'll put an acceptance offer in straight away.

Leave thinking everything is going well, get a phone call 10 minutes later saying that the position has already been filled.

What a waste of ****ING time, now that I look back at the interview it made sense because they kept mentioning if I was interested in other positions before the interview began so they bloody well knew.
 
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