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Car Insurance for new drivers
Hi all, I know insurance premiums at the minute are extremely high, especially for newly qualified drivers, but has anyone recently passed had any decent quotes? Now i'm not after any particular car makes as i don't have one yet, but having used price comparison sites with a few different types of cars, fully comp is…
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Condensing Boiler
Hi looking for some advice please Our boiler is very old and needs replacing last yr we were out a fortune on oil so we are looking to replace it. A friend of ours told me about a condenser boiler that she has had installed and how her oil bills have greatly reduced. Has anyone else had one fitted and would be able to give…
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Booking Travel Insurance In N.Ireland But Flying Out Of Republic Of Ireland
I've never thought of this being a problem and have booked insurance like this many times in the past but my parents have asked me to check this out. When booking your travel insurance in Northern Ireland are you covered if your flight departs from the Republic of Ireland? My parents think they have heard a story on the…
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Winter Preparation - Water Stop Valve - Free Tag (NI specific)
Just read this on the Northern Ireland Water website: http://www.niwater.com/niw_news.asp?newsID=574 Thought it may be useful for some folks to request one.
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Switching primary schools?
Hi Folks, I'm just testing the waters here because I'm not sure what we're going to do but I'd like to know what my options are. My older son started P1 at our nearby school a couple of weeks ago. His teacher is lovely and the school is well thought of.... but... he just doesn't seem to 'fit in'. We had the same problem…
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where to sell a business in NI
as the title .... I need to sell a business in Northern Ireland and was wondering if anyone on here has found a good place to advertise it. thanks in advance Andrew
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mot
anybody heard or read about an eu directive to change the mot from 3years to 4years for first time mot and then every other year for cars over 4years old
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School Fees!!
Does every-one pay school fund contributions? - daughters grammar school has requested a £90 Voluntary contribution. Hearing whispers that not many actually pay it. I can afford to pay (Just) and know its all put to good use. Probably will pay, but just curious what other folks think about it
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insulation
hi are there any grants available for wall insulation [flat roof house]..ni power says i must be on 18k or less..im just over that at 19k pay mortgage live on my own newtownabbey area..thanks
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Phoenix Gas PAYG Unit Prices
Hey folks, I have a Phoenix Gas PAYG card which I recently topped up with £30 Volume credit 0055044 Now previously I had used all my reserve credit so it was sitting at zero credits, anyway I just put the card in the gas meter and it only credited my account with 55 Units???? That doesn't seem even close to right surely?…
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Wood Burning Stove- Recommended Cleaners?
Hi Everyone We got a stove installed last year and was thinking about getting it cleaned before we begin to use it again. Does anyone have any recommendation for someone who does this (we are based in East Belfast) or do we need to contact the installer to do this? Thanks in advance for any help:)
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Skip Hire - recommendations
Hi, Looking for any recommendations for hiring a skip in the Lisburn area. Need it for approximately 1 week for kitchen removal. Thanks
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Oil Burner Grants
Hi all I have a problem that Im hoping somebody out there can help with. My elderly parents (mum 73 dad 75) bought their housing executive home about ten years ago, they are both getting pension and dad is getting diability benefit at the higher rate as he has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, they have applied for…
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Easyjet or Aerlingus
We have the option of flying to spain with either easyjet or aerlingus with prices both much the same. Is there any advantage to using either one or other ?
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Tripp woodburning stoves
Does anyone have one of these and would they recommend them? Have decided to get one as it's 5kw and it's an insert.
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PVC door handle problem
My PVC door handle has stopped bouncing back into the normal position after use. When pressed down its a bit 'crunchy', but at the moment it is still usable. I took the handle partly off last night to find the 'spring cassett' is broken ( I know nothing about doors handles, I've just been on you tube and discovered the…
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Wedding at the Ulster American Folk Park?
Has anyone had (or been to) a wedding at the Ulster American Folk Park? We are looking for a 'different' venue and this would be interesting! I have a separate quirky wedding venue thread, but this is in a post on page 2 so might not be seen by anyone! :o Thanks in advance. :)
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Thermomax Solar Panels
does anyone know much about them? the previous owner of our house installed Thermomax solar tubes on the roof and an SMT100 controller. But it appears to be faulty! One of the tubes on the roof is missing, and the temperature on the controller never goes about about 15 on v warm days, up until last year or so it would have…
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Land Registry NI
Is it really as simple as going in to their hq and asking to see who owns a certain house/piece of land? Or have I massively misunderstood the process?
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Carpet cleaning - hire machine or company and how much per room?
Hi, I was thinking of either hiring one of them carpert cleaners from Homebase or getting a carpet cleaning company to come and clean maybe 3 small carpets (bedrooms upstairs in a semi detached house). Does anyone know how much this would be about? and if it would be better to go with a company or the hired machines?
