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These days, voice recognition on our devices means you don't even need to type anything let alone use a pen and paper. But still, for some of us there are times where writing by hand is preferred. How often do you find yourself physically writing something down?
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I live in a shared house with 3 leasehold flats and I and other leaseholder A share the freehold 50/50. The remaining leaseholder B tried to buy the share of freehold twice but was not successful as they changed their mind (and I was not happy to accept their changed request either). I had not been impressed with B's…
I am living by the sea in a beautiful house. (I can’t believe that sentence is about me) I have spent two years living in other people’s homes. I ended up on a sofa for several months. The joy of my own home, my own key, my own bed…it is indescribable. I had to go to the top of my budget to buy the house, but it is exactly…
Hi everyone! I was hoping someone else has some advice as to what to do about this. The TLDR: We suspect we have mice coming in through the house attached to ours. Is it possible to block that off at all, and if so, how? Context: We have mice in our house for the THIRD time and even though we have been really lucky wrt how…
When I first joined Octopus last year they used to send a single monthly statement covering electricity imports and exports along with gas. Around three months ago electricity and gas statements started coming separately. This month they've separated exports too so I've had three statements. It's no big deal but some…
Well this is a surprise, I recently switched from British Gas to Octopus - the best thing ever. However, around 6 weeks after switching there was a rather large bill from British Gas to pay, around £320. It was a bit unexpected as I had been paying regular direct debits with British Gas, however there had been issues with…
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It can help save cash while doing your bit for the environment at the same time, but how many of you have bought pre-loved clothing?
It's also been confirmed that you'll be able to get automatic compensation from your energy supplier for certain smart meter problems.
The Bank of England said there had been "substantial disinflation over the past two and a half years". It's the third time the base rate has been cut this year.
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