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"Waiter, waiter! There's a fly in my soup!" "Shh! Quiet down or everyone will want one." Badum-tsh (thank you, I'm here all week) Whether it's an unwanted insect interloper or something else entirely, it can be disappointing to be dining out only to have a meal marred by a mistake. While some of us might flag it to the…
How do you organise your savings? This week Forumites have been discussing the merits of different approaches to saving for specific goals. Read on for more on that – and the rest of the week's MSE Forum highlights. Seen something on the Forum we should include in next week's highlights blog? Let us know in this thread.
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.
With AI on the rise, which jobs do you think are at risk? Which would you personally avoid?
Hi all I am hoping to find advice from someone who might havr lived the same experience as me. We bought a house and during the documents check to exchange contracts, our solicitor asked for documents proving that the extension was built with building regulations. However in the replies the sellers didn't provide this…
Father-in-law has died and left his unregistered house to my wife and her brother. When applying for first registration they found there was no plan attached to the conveyance when he bought the house in 1984. The conveyance for the sale to the previous owner, in 1971, used a plan which did not include a small, irregularly…
I've read the very helpful pinned NEWBIE thread and template defence, as well as several of the county court judgements that are relevant to the case and still have a few questions about responding to the BW Legal letter of claim that I, as the registered keeper, received recently. Hopefully the forum members can help with…
Hi, As the title says, I got a small bit of repointing done last week. It's still not fully dry other than the bottom parts, but I'm tempted to ask them to take another look. I know you'll never get a perfect match, but the colour is more of a buff to me than grey. Am I being unreasonable to do so? Thanks!
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