{"id":23972,"date":"2020-03-19T12:21:56","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T11:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=23972"},"modified":"2020-07-08T13:39:34","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T12:39:34","slug":"why-not-use-self-isolation-to-revive-life-skills","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=23972","title":{"rendered":"Why not use self-isolation to revive life skills?"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><\/figure>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-24012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/Life-skills-around-the-home.jpg\" alt=\"life skills around the home\" width=\"1200\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/Life-skills-around-the-home.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/Life-skills-around-the-home-300x70.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/Life-skills-around-the-home-768x179.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/>What would you do when your radiators weren&#8217;t performing well? Or you fancied a change of colour scheme in your home&#8217;s front room? Or your much-loved &#8216;lucky&#8217; socks developed a hole?<\/p>\r\n<p>You may not think these problems require much thought and, for most people, they aren&#8217;t really as much a problem as a call on our time. However, such problems do represent quite a dilemma for others &#8211; and can be somewhat unjustifiably costly to sort out.<\/p>\r\n<p>A recent survey by Good Housekeeping reckoned that only half of millenials know how to bleed radiator &#8211; compared to 80% of over-35s! Darning a sock was also a problem, with only 24% of millenials willing or able to pick up a sewing needle to carry out a small repair, preferring to just chuck items away.<\/p>\r\n<p>Basic cooking skills also seem to be dying out, with only 35% able to make the white sauce that forms the base of dishes, from pasta carbonara to fish pie to cauliflower cheese. Perhaps just as well, with only 49% able to clean the dishwasher filter!<\/p>\r\n<p>Only half of millenials would tackle a wallpapering job but, as wall coverings are increasingly returning to popularity, even if only on a &#8216;feature&#8217; wall, it is certainly a job that can be done by a DIY-er.<\/p>\r\n<p>These skills are more likely to be found among homeowners rather than their child tenants but, when your adult offspring gets the chance to own his\/her own home, having these skills will be invaluable.<\/p>\r\n<p>In their defence, jobs that are being done by young adults included: emptying the cleaner, ironing a shirt and building flat-pack furniture.<\/p>\r\n<p>With the demise of woodwork, metalwork, home economics and sewing classes at school, life skills are no longer being taught outside the home. A survey by training site <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ableskills.co.uk\/\">Able Skills<\/a> revealed a range of skills that people would like to have learned at school:<\/p>\r\n<p>1. How to budget<br \/>2. The importance of insurance<br \/>3. How loans work<br \/>4. How to wire a plug<br \/>5. How to take out a pension<br \/>6. How to drive<br \/>7. How to buy a house<br \/>8. How to put up a shelf<br \/>9. How to open a bank account<br \/>10. How to plaster a wall<br \/>11. How to change a car tyre<br \/>12. How to turn off the water in the house<br \/>13. Things to look for when buying a second-hand car<br \/>14. How to change a tap<br \/>15. How to lay a carpet<br \/>16. How to tile a room<br \/>17. How to cook a Sunday roast<br \/>18. How to jump start a car<br \/>19. How to unblock a toilet<br \/>20. How to strip wallpaper without damaging the wall<br \/>21. How to assemble flat pack furniture<br \/>22. How to bring up a baby<br \/>23. How to unblock a plughole<br \/>24. How to grout<br \/>25. How to use a drill<br \/>26. How to read an electric or gas meter<br \/>27. How to fix a bike<br \/>28. How to put up a fence<br \/>29. How to build a wall<br \/>30. How to change a light bulb<\/p>\r\n<p>So, if you or a family member is in self-isolation but otherwise well, why not take the opportunity to brush up on some basic life skills that can save you lots of money? There are lots of websites and YouTube videos to get you started on many of the tasks you might feel disinclined to tackle yourself.<\/p>\r\n<p>And when our day-to-day lives get back to &#8216;normal&#8217;, why not sign up for a class at a local college? Most areas offer courses that range from one-off day classes to full-on trade level in a range of life skills.<\/p>\r\n<p>Build up your confidence so that, when you next suffer a leaking tap in your kitchen or your Dyson goes up in smoke, you won&#8217;t need to call a plumber or go online shopping &#8211; find out how to Do It Yourself.<\/p>\r\n<p>A Chartered Surveyor may not want to help you with the DIY, but they will be able to identify many of the jobs you will need to get done when you buy your new property. Ask a Property Surveying independent Chartered Surveyor for a building survey.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=23634\">Back to March 2020 Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>\u00c2\u00a9\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/INDEX\/INDEX1.html\">www.PropertySurveying.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>SH\/LCB<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":22315,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"folder":[564,562],"class_list":["post-23972","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why not use self-isolation to revive life skills? | Property Surveying<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Could your life skills help you bleed a noisy radiator? 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