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Re: How much to live on
The mortgage thing and student loans are so unfair on our younger generation. I am (un)lucky enough to qualify for IHT when I die. I now make sure that I gift out of excess income to my children. One…1 -
Re: How much to live on
My daughter is a teaching assistant in London, 33, she currently has no hope of buying any time soon. DS1 and his wife earn 3 times her salary, both lived with parents for a while to save money, and …1 -
Re: My DMP diary - 2026 (year 1)
I changed my contact details to a new email address I use just for the DMP and read weekly. Prevents that sense of urgency. I have set up my phone so that all unknown calls are silenced and I don’t g…1 -
Re: Octopus Agile
So I am genuinely asking, did I miss a new war / new country(ies) being attacked and is that what you meant as being the reason? It's the same war. The shooting has (mostly) stopped but ships ca…3 -
Re: Energy news in general
Perhaps a slightly cynical and controversial take on this but the more we make excuses (cost of living crisis etc.) the more people will consider it ok to pass on paying their bills. Compared to prev…4 -
Re: Resourcefulness: The budgeter's friend
We had torrential rain too most of the day until around 3pm when the sun came out. Not complaining as much needed and saved me a garden watering job tonight. Mr F is a real treasure chipping in with …6 -
Re: Resourcefulness: The budgeter's friend
@Foxgloves - you should come to our neck of the woods for your holidays! One of the charity shops quite close to where we live always has a large selection of Portmeirion pottery. The village of Port…5 -
Re: Anyone else rethinking heat pump plans because of the heatwaves?
Well, that's as may be but, as the saying goes. My single-pipe system is adequate for my needs, so paying a lot more to replace it with something that to be honest doesn't do the job as wel…1 -
Re: Another Solar Thread
Welcome to the forum. Aiko and Longi panels are from the budget end of things. EcoFlow, Goodew and Solax are all budget-to-mid-market. I think @Reed_Richards has a Goodwe inverter coupled to a LG bat…1 -
Re: Cheery's path to fulfilment - finishing the DIY, looking after myself, appreciating the garden 🌻
I’d get £1K of that cash in a bank asap and get it earning some interest for itself …. Could that be used to pay a chunk off the CC? KK6
