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Over 50s MoneySaving
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Parents in 80's selling to rent? Good idea?
My in-laws (who are in their 80's) are selling their mobile home to move to live nearer their son. They hope to make about £80K form the sale. They have discovered that this will not buy them anything where there son lives so have considered renting a property. The rents is approx £650 pcm for somrthing decent. My wife has…
anyone heard of the advocacy alliance?
This is with regard to an elderly relative, who has been put into local authority care. He's apparently signed something with them and it sounds dogy. It looks like the local authority may be trying to force the sale of his house, although he says he signed it over to grandsons several years ago. It is the local authority…
Internet Cafe opening soon!
Following on from a thread here I thought it was time we liven up this board and wondered if an Internet Cafe would fit the bill. Tonight I watched the BBC2 programme regarding VOIP (it came from Edinburgh and they didn't ask me :mad:) and it featured some SS testing SKYPE one from an Internet Cafe and another using her…
Free swimming for WELSH over 60's
BBC - Mid Wales Health & Fitness - Free Swimming
Selling my fathers bungalow
My father has moved to a warden controlled flat and is presently renting out his bungalow. Although he is 80 he is still very fit and wants to sell the house to raise cash for a new car and holidays. The bungalow is worth in the region of £150,000 and my sister & I want him to keep as much of his money as he can. He worked…
Mobility vehicles
old mail please discard
Getting £200 heating allowance abroad?
Some friends of ours are moving to Spain to live. It's common knowledge that their retirement pension, local government pension and Civil Service pensions will still be paid, and rightly so, however another friend tells us the government will still pay them the £200 winter fuel allowance too. Surely this can't be right?…
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