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There's a scary long list of jobs to get done, but it's structurally sound (unlike the last place we *were* going to buy), reasonably warm (though I hate to think of the oil consumption of the Rayburn), and largely dry.
Part of the rationale for buying this place is to effect a life-change. More outside. More active. More exercise. Which should hopefully help overall fitness, including my back ...
(Plus, I'll continue to visit my physio, even if she's almost an hour's drive away now).
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Trouble with the Rayburn is that it's ON. Permanently. You can switch the heating part off, but even then the cooking system is still ON. Permanently. Whoever thought that was a good idea??
So I think that the Rayburn might be going. To be replaced with an ultra-efficient oil boiler for heating/water, a multi burner (as before), an elec stove for cookerying and a solar panel array. OK, the feed-in tariffs aren't what they were, but we'll get free elec and can switch it to heat water too, so should still payback within 5-ish years.
How about this for an idea to help you out on your guitar building. When you build your new workshop, how about building a bachelor pad over the top of it, where I could come live. I would move all my machinery and my stock wood in to the work shop. You then have free access to all of my machinery, we could work together and you could become part of GSP as my student. I could then live upstairs rent-free.
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Main problem with both is that they seem to be better at providing general background heat, usually via underfloor systems, and the payback period is 10-20 years. With an efficient boiler, we reckon we can get our oil usage down to well under 1000 litres/yr for a conventional system, which would push the payback out beyond the 20 years.
Investment in solar panels (for electricity rather than hot water) will be far less intrusive, and have a better payback, so on an either/or basis, it's the winner.
Even better Graham - you could have the log cabin (2 bed, hot & cold running water, bathroom) at the top end of the garden and then you'd not have to live "over the office"! Commute would be <5mins.
Only drawback is that I'd be a fairly "mature" student, and by the time you'd taught me half of what you know, it'd be time for me to find a younger student of my own to pass the knowledge on again ...
The chimneys need sweeping, the leaves need raking up, the grass needs mowing, the whole house needs cleaning (and then decorating, and then cleaning, and then decorating), so there'll be plenty for everyone to do.
And the log cabin does have *2* bedrooms, so one for GSP and one for you & yours.
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Sound great, as I have to do all those things currently at my house but without the benefits )