Building project
A couple of years ago, a close friend of mine looked into building his own home to house his growing family. His father had done it, his cousin had done it. He could do it! It was also about half the price of actually buying a pre built home.

Many of our friends are in the construction business and between us, we had the skills to design, build and complete the house, from top to bottom. Architect, ground worker, bricklayer, electrician, roofer(me), carpenter, plasterer, decorator, he knew more than enough people.

He bought a plot of land, pushed the planning permission through, Simon the architect completed the plans for the house, materials were bought. We had a massive party to celebrate the breaking of the ground and the first trench for the foundations being dug.

Unfortunately, his wife became extremely drunk at the party and slept with the neighbour. They never managed to recover from the incident and they separated not long after. He now lives in a caravan on the overgrown building site.
(Unit, Sat 5 Dec 2009, 11:50, 2 replies)

Could have been worse.
If she's that easy it wouldn't have been long before she slept with someone else anyway. If the house had been built, your mate would have been wrangling with her over half the value of the place.
(Rsoles, Sat 5 Dec 2009, 19:51, closed)

If i'm honest, none of us were too worried about them breaking up. No-one particularly liked her.

What was just as galling was, this house looked to be the start of a money making venture between us all. There had been discussions in the pub about forming a small construction company between us and throwing up a few houses a year.

After this faltered, there's not much chance of it restarting. Too many of us have now got careers, mortgages, weddings and children to worry about. We're not risk-free any more, we don't have the time or the money to make a proper go at starting our own company.
(Unit, Tue 8 Dec 2009, 8:45, closed)