Rupert! - What were you thinking?

[Geoff]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "bboyminn" <bboyminn at ...> wrote:

bboyminn: 
> Yes, but you don't repaint a wooden house to create structural
> integrity, you do it for cosmetic reasons. However, in both
> re-pointing and re-pointing a house, there is an implied
> preservation of the structural integrity. If the cement between
> the brick become too neglected, it means damage to the house 
> and potentially to its structural integrity. Just as if a house
> is left unpainted, the wood start to deteriorate and the great
> the likelihood of internal water damage from leaks.
> 
> So, yes, in the short term, painting and pointing are cosmetic,
> but in the long term the are necessary maintenance to preserve
> the building itself. 
> 
> But my central point is that a brick house is not maintenance
> free. It does require maintenance, and that maintenance requires
> money.

Geoff:
Yes, but the point I am making is that London is not massively covered 
with firms re-pointing as Google information seems to suggest and that 
UK houses generally only require very long-term maintenance in that 
area.

bboyminn:
> Again, many many people who are newly rich, lottery winners for
> example, are bankrupt in 5 years, because they look at the 
> initial cost, but fail to look at the on-going cost of owning 
> large mansions and driving expensive cars. I think I can 
> actually buy a car for the cost of an oil change on a Rolls 
> Royce. 

Geoff:
But I seems to recall that Rupert has been very clever and  trendy 
and bought an old ice-cream van.