BushBlade
Bullshit, Lies And Deceit Every Season
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Exactly. It was ST’s comment that it went over budget and time that set me off because my natural response is ‘of course it did, they always do’.As someone who was involved in property development for over 30 years , it never ceases to amaze me how people who would run a mile if you asked them to change a spark plug on a car or even a washer on a tap , suddenly decide that they have the knowledge and skills to take on , and supervise , relatively major projects in this field .
There seems to be a general notion that any fool can do it , but many fools have found out to their cost that there's a lot more to it than meets the eye and that the consequences of their lack of knowledge and understanding of the complexities involved in the process can be devastating .
The best (or worst) example of this has to be the bloke who featured on Grand Designs last year , who embarked on a vanity project in Devon some 10 years ago saying that it would cost him £1.5 million and be finished in 18 months
Since then , he has pumped £7 million into it , his wife and kids have left him and he owns a shell with doors hanging off and windows smashed .
If your'e thinking of doing it , be careful .