User:Romanempire/House

preamble:

"Wow, don't think I've ever used Wikipedia as a discussion board before!" -becky
 * yeah we got caught but this seems fine if the page i read on wikipedia is true Romanempire 10:46, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

a temporary page for discussing what we need to do/buy/whatever for the house, feel free to add stuff

okay so this is almost certainly overkill and a waste of time. sorry guys!

tv
created this section as an example. it sounds like we're leaning towards "roman gets everything for us on demand" instead of paying for tv; we could easily have a small "get this for me post haste" board somewhere to faciliate this.

Okay, I think for the TV-Computer combo if we get Sky we'll also need a TV license. Even if noone wants to watch terrestrial TV I think the fact it will be available through Sky means we'd be breaking the law if we didn't get a license (citation needed!). I think a license costs around £140 per year so it's not that horrific. I'd be happy getting just terrestrial or pay towards a Sky subscription, however I don't really wanna pay extra for sports channels which I almost certainly won't watch (sorry Oz!). Given that, how much do people think they'll watch Sky without the extra sports channels? If the answer is "not much" it might be better just sticking with terrestrial or relying on Roman's downloading thing. -becky
 * my answer is "never." Romanempire 10:46, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

internet
Sky seems like an OK option, I think it is 10 quideroos a month for unlimited which sounds OK. 30 for installation. Unfortunately I don't think sky let you watch cricket on the internet no matter what you pay them, and I do not love cricket enough to buy a tv, get a sky box and fork out 30 pounds a month for the privilege. Hopefully setanta will get the rights to the champions league in september and "we" can watch that on roman's awesome computer-tv combo. -mosb
 * as you're the only one who cares about sports, it's totally your call.

Internet- Am I right in thinking Roman has a router for the Internet? Wireless is another option but I don't know about cost &/or signal strength. Guess that's the kind of thing we can only work out when we've actually moved in.
 * yep i will be ensuring we have wifi throughout the house. personally, i would prefer getting a wired option (which i think sky is?) and setting up wireless ourselves (read: myself) Romanempire 10:46, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Digital radio for kitchen
[becky] checked on Argos and you can get a standard digital radio for £60-£90.

Cleaning
not having scouts to regularly clean the kitchen/bathroom is gonna come as a shock! Again, how easy it's gonna be to keep up standards is only gonna become apparent once we move in. My friend Nancy's house has a rota system where housemembers take it in turns to take out the bins, clean the bathroom etc, maybe we could think about having a similar system. -becky
 * totally agree, sounds like a good plan. Romanempire 10:46, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Rent
If the plan really is for Roman's funding to cover a larger chunk of the rent then it would be worth figuring out the details. -becky
 * agree, i need to check on some things first Romanempire 10:46, 24 June 2008 (UTC)