If he's hungry enough he'll eat. That being said, we had two cats many moons ago. We tried them on cheapo food ONCE . I think it was called honest katkins . They promptly sicked it up. Being well brought up felines, they did it into the litter tray. It was whiskas after that. The dog had to eat it too. Maybe that's why she used to get marooned up ladders and external window sills.
He would be starving, but he wouldn’t eat food that he doesn’t like. There are people like that, and there are cats like that. Our Tommy is one of them, I’m afraid. So hopefully cat food will not be effected by b....t
People will eat people when they are starving, there’s a preservation instinct in every creature. Cats can be very fussy eaters but when they are out they will eat all sorts of rubbish, I’ve seen mine turn his nose up indoors and rummage through a dustbin for something that’s stinking.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
The government is cracking down on bad landlords now, houses are having to be done to a specified standard by June (I think)
my son and DIL live in a very old gate house, it’s a wreck, they can see daylight round the windows, no felt on the roof, looking out of gaps to the stars, plaster falling off, its old lathe and plaster mixed with straw, but the house has to be done up now, so extensive works will be going on to renovate. Hopefully.
They love the remoteness of the area, can do as they please there, use the field next to it, so they don’t want to move.
They are just hoping that the cost of the work doesn't exceed the value of the house.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
We lived in Belgium for 25 years. Rentals there are a way of life for most people and there are rules. A normal rental contract is 3 years with 3 months' notice on either side and a 3 months deposit is banked as insurance. Both sides have to sign to release it.
Move before the 3 years are up and you have to pay a premium of one month's rent for each year left. Properties can be sold but rental contracts stay till their term is up. Rents can be modified at the end of each contract period. There is an agreed and signed inspection of the state of the property so any damage is noted and fixed at the renter's expense, assuming they did it during the lease. Clearly there are still good and bad landlords re standards of accommodation and upkeep but there is a contract which gives stability to renter and rentee.
I don't understand why people think regulating rents and standards and contracts will reduce available housing. Just make a law about taxes/rents/fines for empty properties and poor maintenance.
For some reason the British seem to think home ownership is the dream but many people just want a safe, comfy home and none of the bother of long term maintenance and want the freedom to move as their housing needs and tastes change.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I don't understand why people think regulating rents and standards and contracts will reduce available housing. Just make a law about taxes/rents/fines for empty properties and poor maintenance.
It would in the short term because there are quite a lot of people 'working the system', using exploitative methods and careless of the tenants' welfare.
If landlords are regulated more stringently and the regulations enforced, cowboys will probably chose to leave the market and find another way to make a fast buck. The problem, as ever, is that the regulators tend to come up with new rules without doing any real research on the market they are attempting to regulate, (they tend to ask the tenants rather than the landlords, for example) and without any real process to enforce the rules they invent. So the careful landlords are priced out of the market by the rules and the cowboys keep on flouting them and getting away with it.
The English property market is a bear pit and the Government are completely in the dark, apparently, on what to do about it.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
There's always a transition period in any new regulations. The key, as ever, is learning best practice from elsewhere rather than re-inventing the wheel and coming up with something non circular which wobbles. Also having the correct staff to enforce it until it becomes second nature. Like washing hands after the loo, seat belts, not smoking in restaurants and do on. Civilised behaviour.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Like anything else, it takes practice to perfect and while you learn you're still allowed to buzz about if you feel the need - all the better for appreciating the art of idleness.
Currently enjoying a coffee break during a buzzy phase.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
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That being said, we had two cats many moons ago. We tried them on cheapo food ONCE . I think it was called honest katkins . They promptly sicked it up. Being well brought up felines, they did it into the litter tray.
It was whiskas after that. The dog had to eat it too. Maybe that's why she used to get marooned up ladders and external window sills.
So hopefully cat food will not be effected by b....t
Cats can be very fussy eaters but when they are out they will eat all sorts of rubbish, I’ve seen mine turn his nose up indoors and rummage through a dustbin for something that’s stinking.
my son and DIL live in a very old gate house, it’s a wreck, they can see daylight round the windows, no felt on the roof, looking out of gaps to the stars, plaster falling off, its old lathe and plaster mixed with straw, but the house has to be done up now, so extensive works will be going on to renovate. Hopefully.
They love the remoteness of the area, can do as they please there, use the field next to it, so they don’t want to move.
They are just hoping that the cost of the work doesn't exceed the value of the house.
Move before the 3 years are up and you have to pay a premium of one month's rent for each year left. Properties can be sold but rental contracts stay till their term is up. Rents can be modified at the end of each contract period. There is an agreed and signed inspection of the state of the property so any damage is noted and fixed at the renter's expense, assuming they did it during the lease. Clearly there are still good and bad landlords re standards of accommodation and upkeep but there is a contract which gives stability to renter and rentee.
I don't understand why people think regulating rents and standards and contracts will reduce available housing. Just make a law about taxes/rents/fines for empty properties and poor maintenance.
For some reason the British seem to think home ownership is the dream but many people just want a safe, comfy home and none of the bother of long term maintenance and want the freedom to move as their housing needs and tastes change.
If landlords are regulated more stringently and the regulations enforced, cowboys will probably chose to leave the market and find another way to make a fast buck. The problem, as ever, is that the regulators tend to come up with new rules without doing any real research on the market they are attempting to regulate, (they tend to ask the tenants rather than the landlords, for example) and without any real process to enforce the rules they invent. So the careful landlords are priced out of the market by the rules and the cowboys keep on flouting them and getting away with it.
The English property market is a bear pit and the Government are completely in the dark, apparently, on what to do about it.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Currently enjoying a coffee break during a buzzy phase.