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What's been going on in the MSE Forum this past week? Let's explore some of the topics that have generated debate and MoneySaving insight. Seen something on the Forum we should include in next week's highlights blog? Let us know in this thread.
Whether it's films, TV, music, books or video games, we live in an age where we can stream or buy our favourite media digitally. For many of us it's certainly convenient - we can access content wherever we are with just a few taps or clicks...unless the wifi goes down, or the platform decides to remove something from their…
Planning a purchase? Bothered by badgers in the garden? Got a culinary conundrum? Whatever dilemma you're facing, the MSE Forum will dispense practical wisdom with a MoneySaving twist. Read on to find out what Forumites have been talking about this week. Seen something on the Forum we should include in next week's…
Evening all, I thought it was time I started a new diary, as we've now been mortgage free for 18 months and the last pesky bit of mortgage debt (on the 0% card) went in October. We're now almost through Mr MV's 40th, Christmas, New Year and my 40th (coming up next week), so it seems like a good time to start afresh and…
Earlier this year I purchased a flat - one of a block of four through Modern Auction and a local Estate Agent. When I viewed the flat the estate agent gave me a hand written lease extension amount on their headed notepaper as there are only 49 years left on the lease, so using the amounts they gave me in writing, dictated…
I assume this is a well traveled topic here but I am a FTB so not sure how to proceed- any help would be greatly appreciated to understand if I am being an easily scared FTB or if this is a house with more issues than most people would be willing to take on. We have received a level 3 survey back on an early 1900s mid…
Did you and were you happy with the costs? The money you paid was the savings more than 50%? Did the repair last? Glass pannels are big, about 2mts x 800mm x 20mm - K glass.
Quick question to see if I'm being a bit OCD about something, I've had vinyl flooring fitted into a bathroom and the effect on it is wooden boards which run down from the entrance to the bathroom to the back. I can see that this is not completely straight in terms of the board pattern running parallel to the side walls and…
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