Creative Ways To Make Money With Your House.

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If you’re anything like me, then you could use a little bit of extra money every once in a while. I say that as if it’s easy to do. It could be complicated, especially if you can’t work extra hours.

You could make money with your house. You could be as surprised as I was to find out that there are multiple ways of doing so. You might’ve thought that the only methods of making money from your home are by renting or selling it.

There are more ways to do it. I’ve found that there are a few that could be much easier than others. You’ll have to put in some effort, but that shouldn’t be off-putting.

If you’re on the verge of buying a house, then you could end up paying off your home repayments with this, depending on what mortgage quotes you get. That could make them more than appealing.

Make Money With Your House Quickly & Easily

Grow A Garden

Most people grow a garden because of how nice it looks. I know I certainly do. You could make money with this too, too. If you grow food, for example, you could sell any extra produce.

Then there are the seeds, among other things. The possibilities are almost endless here. Alongside the financial aspect, I like this because of how nice it can make your garden. While you’ll have to get your hands dirty, I don’t see a reason not to consider this.

Host Events

If you’re lucky enough to own a large property, then you can make money with your house in many more ways. One of the largest is by hosting events. While this will be more of an option if you have gardens and other outdoor spaces, it’s still worth looking at if you don’t.

I like this approach because it involves relatively little effort on your end. Instead, you should only need to advertise what events you’ll host and then interact with anyone that’s interested. 

Share Your Parking Space

I’ve seen quite a few people deciding to rent out their parking spaces over the past few years. In many business hubs, and some nearby areas that are densely populated, it could be quite profitable.

If you have a parking space, then you could put it to work. You can even do this if you already use it. There might be certain parts of the day or week where your space isn’t being used.

Renting it out during these times could be more profitable than you’d think. I know I was surprised. You can use multiple apps and platforms to do this, which takes away almost all of the hassle.

Wrapping Up

I’ve found that trying to make money with your house shouldn’t be too difficult. You can take advantage of quite a few methods and strategies. If you already work from home, the above could be ways to boost your revenue stream.

It could even help you make your dream home a reality. If you’re like me, then that should be more than welcome. Who’d argue with extra money with relatively little effort?

Online Games – Not Just For Your Grandchildren!

If like me, you are really fed up with the gloom and doom of evening TV news, and need a little distraction, then why not dip your toes into the world of online gaming.

By this, I do NOT of course mean, the ones that (sadly) today’s younger generation seem glued to.  Which let’s be honest, seem to be extremely violent, both in noise, and image.  I expect like me, it can seem a bit worrying when you overhear them on their various gadgets, and see the concentration involved.

But online gaming can encompass many things; word games, mahjong, card games and so on.

One I’ve found that might appeal to you is  called hidden objects. 

 

It’s really easy to follow, and the object of the game is to find the hidden objects in various settings, such as a garden, a castle, a kitchen, and so on.  This one is accompanied by plinkety plonk music, not gunfire and screams!

The setting comes up on the screen, with the hidden objects shown beneath, and then you have to click on the corresponding things, as you find them in the settings.  There is a timer, and you are playing against yourself, but trying to beat your own times, and levels.

At first, you whizz through, and there’s a nice little ping, as you kind of tick them off, but, as always, it gets harder as you go along and the objects become increasingly more difficult to find.

This does require a degree of concentration, but at the same time, its really absorbing, and challenging.

The settings are interesting, and well put together, I particularly liked the garden one, as it was full of weird and wonderful objects, but the colours are nice and bright and it’s uplifting.

The kitchen setting was quite involved, so many spoons, and utensils, and obviously the pre-requisite toasters, kettles and food mixers, that you might find in any kitchen in your home.

Most of us now have either a phone, iPad, or laptop to access these games, and when you get fed up with the newspapers, word search, or Sudoku, and need something to occupy yourself, I think these are a really good idea.

There’s lots to choose from.  Nostalgic card games, like Gin Rummy, Black Jack, Crazy Eights,  and if Word Search is your thing, then there is something there for you too.

These little online games can be helpful to calm your mind, or maybe even help you sleep if your brain decides to get busy in the middle of the night.

Good also for long journeys, by train or plane, ( probably best avoided if you are actually driving!).  And for those tedious times in waiting rooms, you can just get down with the youngsters and whip out your phone, and do some online gaming.

One things for sure, at least it won’t be noisy, or aggressive, unless of course you can’t find one of the hidden objects, then you might just use some colourful language yourself, out of frustration.

Try it out, I guarantee you’ll be hooked!

If like me, you are really fed up with the gloom and doom of evening TV news, and need a easy little distraction, then why not dip your toes into the world of online gaming.

 

HOW TO DO YOUR FIRST CAR BOOT SALE

Where does it all come from, that stuff called clutter?  Those clothes that are too small clothes, the too high unworn shoes, the piles of unread books, the CD’s of the one hit wonders.

We’ve all got it, and most of us don’t want it. Here is HOW TO get rid of it and make some easy money at the same time, yes it’s time to do your first car boot sale.

Car boot sale booty

BE PREPARED

  • Nobody will buy a beer stained t shirt, or muddy shoes. Wash the clothes you are selling, and clean those shoes. Wipe over any household items, make them look attractive. They maybe second hand, but when you are in competition with hundreds of other sellers, you need make your stall stand out above the rest.

 

  • Sort your clean items and bag or box them up into separate piles, shoes and bags, clothes, household items, and books.  It will make it easier and quicker to unpack your items at the car boot sale when you arrive and get selling fast.

TAKE EVERYTHING YOU NEED

  • Take a flask or cold drink and and something to eat, you don’t want to be giving your profits back to the catering trucks!

 

  • Get there bright and early, no later than 6.30. Take a pasting or camping table, that will give you plenty of selling space, some old blankets to put on the ground, a dress rail is also handy. Don’t forget to recyle those carrier bags from under the kitchen sink, and take hangers plenty of loose change.

 

  • Try to park so that you give yourself the biggest space, but also so you can leave easily if the weather closes in. Spread yourself out as much as you can! You’ve paid good money for your pitch so make the most of it.

BE REALISTIC

  • Be realistic, you are selling at a car boot sale, not a High Street shop. People expect to barter, so always price your items to take that into consideration.  I always ask a maximum of £4.00 for a pair of shoes in good condition, but I’ll usually accept £3.00, the same for clothes that are hanging on a dress rail.  I usually lay T shirts and tops out on a blanket and sell them for just a £1.00.  It depends on your motives for selling your stuff. If it’s to make some quick, extra money, then be strict with your pricing, if it’s to get rid of clutter, then you can be more flexible

 

  • When you are ready to go home, pack your stuff away carefully in the same order it was when you left home, it makes life so much easier if you want to do it all over again!

It really is a quick, easy way to earn some extra money, and also to make more space in your wardrobe and home in general.  On a nice sunny day, people wander up and down, they stop and have a chat with you, and if you decide to become a regular car boot seller, you’ll soon get to recognise the regulars.

Are you a regular car boot seller or buyer, or have you yet to do your first car boot sale?

Other ways to make some easy money from your unwanted items : http://www.girlonapension.com/7-top-tips-for-a-new-ebay-seller/

 

FLUSHED AWAY OH HAPPY DAY!

I think it was that strange, anxious woman, Gillian Mckeith who made a mint out of a book called ‘We are what we eat’

I’m not suggesting anyone would want to resemble Ms Mckeith in any way, all that fainting and falling about in the jungle, was just plain tedious, but after wading your way through a few giant size tins of Quality Street, and having just one more slice of your far too rich Christmas cake you may soon be feeling like a beached whale or, simply be just full of hot air.  Fat stomach

You may in all honesty also LOOK like you’ve eaten too many pies, and you probably have.  Lets just face it, you will be what you have eaten!

Yes in around 6 weeks’ time, you will be turning to the latest edition of your favourite magazines in an effort to find a cure for your lardy arse, and they will advise you to firstly embark on a detox programme to kick-start your digestion, before joining a weight loss club, all of who will be offering you a reduced joining fee as they wish you a Happy New Year.

The detoxing will involve copious amounts of juicing, and swallowing vile concoctions of vegetables, which should never be seen in the same sentence let alone in the same blender.

Then you will be spoilt for choice between Weight Watchers, Slimming World, Herbalife, Lighter Life, and if you are too bloody overweight possibly the Afterlife.

Try to avoid the last option, I can’t afford to lose any of my cherished readers…….

Luckily, I have an alternative suggestion, tried and tested by me, which will, I guarantee bring immediate relief to anyone suffering from any digestive malfunction, and will deflate more than your ego.

Yes ladies the therapy you require is quaintly entitled ‘Colonic Irrigation’

Stop it with the ‘oh yuk’. If I’ve done it, you can do it.  It’s a piece of cake, nothing to it, you’ll end up laughing in the face of constipation and your free fall farting will be a thing of the past.    Fart pic.

I have to tell you, that in many ways, I am ‘the woman least likely to’ when it comes to matters of any kind of therapy. Retail therapy being the obvious exception.

But recently out of curiosity, and naturally, so that I could bring you ‘first hand’ details of this treatment, I went for it, in a big way, and let me tell you, Miss Intrepid here was filled with the utmost trepidation on entering the beauty salon to await an appointment with a weapon of mass irrigation.

On first sight the equipment is so high tech, that you actually forget just where the tubes are about to be inserted.  Initially, you also fail to realise that the box in the wall, vaguely resembling an empty television screen with a pipe running through the middle is actually going to be very significant as the treatment progresses.

In fact, the entire contents of your bum will pass through this window before your, and your therapists, very eyes.

The question really is, shouldn’t the therapist have therapy, only a mad person would choose to do such a crap job for a living.

My own invasive lady was very professional. As I was a colonic irrigation virgin, she matter of factly explained exactly what would happen and told me to shout if I felt any discomfort.

She then uttered the immortal words, ‘turn on your side and relax’.

Now when women hear those immortal words, it’s usually when someone wants to invade your lower regions with something hard cold and flat, as opposed to something hard hot and throbbing!  Funny that.

The idea of the treatment is to ‘flush out’ your bowels with water, removing food waste that may have been sticking to the sides and lurking there for a zillion years and thus leaving them ‘free flowing’. Digestive system.

This build up of toxins in the digestive system, is believed to contribute to feelings of sluggishness, constipation and colonic irritation goes a long way in getting to the bottom of the problem.  Or should that be the problem of the bottom.

In reality it’s a subtler version of the old fashioned enema, which was regularly freely administered in most hospitals across the land, but these days you have to pay a fortune for the same privilege.

It also has to be remembered that there are differing opinions as to the wisdom of having this treatment.

Some ‘experts’ will tell you that having too many toxins in the body can contribute to life threatening illnesses and so anything that detoxes the system can only be a good thing.

Others will say that during colonic irrigation there is a danger of causing damage to the bowel which will definitely be more harmful than beneficial.

But luckily the choice is yours!

So here’s what happens.  A dual function pipe shaped a bit like a small vibrator is (to put it bluntly), inserted up your bum, it doesn’t hurt at all, and the feeling of discomfort is minimal.

Then, water is gently introduced through the pipe into the lower bowel.  This feels very odd, and gradually you feel as if there is going to be a terrible accident, and huge embarrassment all round, but it doesn’t happen.

After about 30 seconds, the water stops, and then, the contents of your bottom are removed through an outlet valve in the same pipe, so basically, the water comes in, and the crap goes out. Simples.

It travels along the pipe…and THEN……….you see it all travelling through the window of the screen, after which it goes naturally into the plumbing system of wherever you happen to be.

Bizarrely, the therapist then begins to explain what the consistency, colour and general condition of your poo actually indicates.

Words like ‘Oh that’s VERY old waste’ and ‘that’s really healthy stuff there. Look it’s a much better colour‘, are uttered.

I have similar conversations when shopping with a girlfriend and she utters, ‘oh that dress is a bit old fashioned, look that one is much better colour’.

But let’s be honest, there are some opinions you can do without.

The process is repeated about 8 times, and the idea is that you wait longer each time before the outlet pipe kicks in, so that more water is absorbed into the bowel.

You really do feel as if your bum is going to explode and pebbledash the wall, but trust me it cannot and will not happen.

Eventually towards the end the outlet pipe is running clear and there is nothing left to come out. The fact that you have seen all this crap leaving your body actually makes you feel better.   When it’s all over, and the pipe is removed, you just nip to the loo to make sure that there is no water left to come out, which there usually isn’t.

I went shopping straight afterwards and almost skipped along the road.  At around £80.00 per flush, it is not a cheap option, but I have to say it is one I would repeat often if money permitted.       Colonic irrigation gift token. H60

I had loads more energy and my head felt much clearer, leading me to wonder if maybe my brains are in my arse after all!

It definitely does kick start your digestive process, and you will feel and look instantly slimmer, which will motivate you to crack on and cut those carbs.

All in all it was a successful outcome and I was indeed flushed to excess…….

What do you think, would you give it a ‘go’?