Skip to content

Dan Q

    • Articles
    • Everything
    • Notes
    • Reposts (shares)
    • Checkins (geo*)
    • Videos
    • Reviews
    • Comics
    • Tags
    • Stats
    • Subscribe
    • Blogroll
  • About
    • Semi-standard "slash pages" you might like to explore:
    • /about
    • /blank
    • /blogroll
    • /colophon
    • /contact
    • /cv
    • /events
    • /license
    • /pfp
    • /postcards
    • /privacy
    • /salary
    • /shh
    • /slashes
    • /stats
    • /subscribe
    • /where
    • Hide posts of type:
    • Choose how Dan's dressed:
    • Hair
    • T-Shirt
  • Contact
  • Podcast

Tag: buying a house

  • If you enjoy a bit of "cable gore", let me introduce you to the fusebox cupboard at my house, with its plethora of junctions, fuses, breakers, switches, timers, and cabling everywhere! Banana for scale.

    Full image of A cupboard the height of a fully-grown adult containing several fuseboxes (two large, one medium, and a handful of single-fuse ones, with a mixture of traditional fuses and RCD breakers), a large switch toggling between mains and a generator, a mains timer, and copious wiring. There's a banana in there too.
    Alt

    A cupboard the height of a fully-grown adult containing several fuseboxes (two large, one medium, and a handful of single-fuse ones, with a mixture of traditional fuses and RCD breakers), a large switch toggling between mains and a generator, a mains timer, and copious wiring. There's a banana in there too.

    • Note
    • posted 6 March, 2024
  • Dan in his home office (links to an interactive 360ยฐ panoramic photo with info points).

    Dan's Office (360ยฐ Panoramic)

    This week, some of Dan's colleagues are sharing pictures of their workspaces. So Dan made a 360ยฐ panoramic with interactive "info points".

    Read more (33 words)

    • Note
    • 4 comments
    • posted 4 August, 2020
  • Dan is handed keys and a bottle of sparkling wine by Mark, the estate agent.

    Buying A House, Part 6

    The epic conclusion to the Buying A House series, in which Alec comes over and helps Dan, Ruth, JTA and Matt move an incredible amount of furniture and boxes from New Earth to their new house: Greendale.

    Read more - about 6 minutes (1290 words)

    • Article
    • 7 comments
    • posted 21 August, 2013
  • One of the existing owners talks to the surveyor as he inspects the conservatory.

    Buying a House, Part 5

    As part of their ongoing efforts to buy and move into a house of their own, Dan, Ruth and JTA argue with a seller about furniture and doors and (finally) manage to exchange contracts.

    Read more - about 5 minutes (1055 words)

    • Article
    • 5 comments
    • posted 1 August, 2013
  • Buying a House, Part 4 - Call To Arms!

    Can you help Dan, Ruth and JTA to move house on 27th & 28th July? They need your help!

    Read more (319 words)

    • Article
    • 3 comments
    • posted 19 July, 2013
  • A 22-page form; each page is double-sided for added insanity.

    Buying a House, Part 3

    In the third blog post in this series, Dan, Ruth and JTA acquire some lawyers, fill out a mortgage application, and discover that the house that they've been looking at is built on an Indian Burial Ground! No, wait, scratch that last thing.

    Read more - about 5 minutes (1069 words)

    • Article
    • 7 comments
    • posted 27 June, 2013
  • Mortgage broker Stefan Cork amidst our mountains of paperwork.

    Buying a House, Part 2

    Recently, Ruth, Dan and JTA went looking at lots of houses. Then they decided to buy one, and engaged in a ballsy psychological negotiating tactic designed to get the best deal in the shortest time.

    Read more - about 5 minutes (1051 words)

    • Article
    • 7 comments
    • posted 30 May, 2013
  • A very pink attic bedroom.

    Buying a House, Part 1

    Dan, Ruth, and JTA are looking for a new house, and their first opportunity to buy a home. Dan discovers that it's an intimidating experience to offer up huge sums of money for a home!

    Read more (421 words)

    • Article
    • 6 comments
    • posted 2 May, 2013

Get in Touch

I'd love to hear from you! Why not...

  • email me on blog@danq.me?
    (my spam filter is aggressive, so use a good subject line, i.e. not just "hello"; encrypt your email if you like)
  • say hi on Mastodon, where I'm @dan@danq.me?
  • send a letter or postcard to
    Dan Q, Unit 159610, PO Box 7169, Poole, BH15 9EL, UK
  • reach out some other way?
  • ยฉ Dan Q 1998-2026
  • Creative CommonsAttributionNon-Commercial except where stated (how to use)
  • powered by BloqClassicPressHTML5CSS3
  • privacy
  • Read articles, checkins, notes, reposts, and more...
  • @dan@danq.me
  • contact
  • subscribe
  • Dan Q
  • Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial license
  • ClassicPress
  • CSS is awesome
  • Created by a human, not by AI
  • LGBTQ+ pride flag (2018 progress variant)
  • Polyamory flag
  • Say no to Web3
  • Mastodon (it's like email... no, come back!)
  • Tested on Firefox
  • Best viewed on the Internet
  • PHP
  • Ruby
  • Debian
  • Caddy (webserver)
  • Find me on Melonland
  • Check out my GitHub
  • Three Rings - by volunteers, for volunteers, since 2002
  • I'm a fucking webmaster
  • Looks best at: any resolution!