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Re: Maintenance and running costs for a larger, older house
A lot will depend on how well property maintained to date a survey will give you a much better idea of if/when you need to be looking at structural work You should factor in the cost of insulating th…1 -
Re: Maintenance and running costs for a larger, older house
Given the single brick walls, I'd expect your heating bill to at least double.1 -
Re: Uber One offer scam / false advertising – and similar becoming more common?
Another example, a bit different this time, would be a couple of bathroom companies who sent damaged goods and just didn't reply when I told them about it (Wet Wall Works, and Better Bathroom) I…1 -
Re: Timing the market!
There is always someone predicting a market crash at any given time. Sometimes they are right, mostly not. If you believed in every prediction of a crash, you would never put money into the markets. …2 -
Re: Timing the market!
I recently moved from an 80 / 20 split to 100% equities (global trackers) on investments which I'm going to spend in more than 10 years from now. Foolish perhaps, but since I won't be spend…3 -
Re: Investing in Us: Holidays, Health, and the Road to £150k
I went to Mr T. I am so impressed with myself I had to come tell someone. I put back every UPF I picked up from snacks to fake meats to whatever else my eyes laid themselves upon 🤣. I shopped for ba…5 -
Re: Investing in Us: Holidays, Health, and the Road to £150k
That's exactly what I would usually do @daisy_1571 but with around £3 spare in the budget each month I'm not sure I can 🤣🤣 however I intend to keep selling bits and bobs and save what I c…3 -
Re: Investing in Us: Holidays, Health, and the Road to £150k
If they have just been paid now is the ideal time to divide each payment by 12 and you know thats what needs to go in each pot to have it waiting for next years bill. Maybe add on a little bit for an…2 -
Re: 22 Foxhole East
After working 7.30am - 10pm I am not going to want to drive home, definitely not in a rainstorm or thunderstorm (eek!). The 2 venues are only 16 minutes apart by car, so I am being environmentally co…7 -
Re: slow pension admin
I have tried to sort out my late father’s pension for my mum. I only really want to know what she will be entitled to (for probate purposes). This has been going on since March. If this is a defined …2
