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Buying House which needs full refurbishment - Some questions!
Hi, I'm due to complete on a typical terraced house in London suburb, which requires full refurbishment. I'll be living in it on my own. The rear and loft have NOT been extended before. I've been thinking through the refurbishment and had several questions, that I would appreciate some insight and experience on. Apologies…
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Our garden boundary, what are my rights?
Hello Hoping you lot can give some advice on a situation in my garden. See attached photo first. This lean-to/porch/walkway (whatever it is) is attached to our neighbors bungalow but as you can see it looks out into our garden. It has doors at either end and one in the middle (you can see through the glass). I think it is…
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'Temporary' cheap pond ideas for child!
Right, time to Don your Blue Peter badges for this one gang! My little rascal, age 4, seems to have a bit of an obsession sbout us getting a pond. Simple answer, we aren't, and we won't, we don't have the space, and have a new baby on the way...! However, I got thinking, if I could somehow do something small scale and…
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Silverfish - How to get rid of them permanently?
After move into "the rental properties", I found there are some cracks along floor board in the hallway, and under kitchen fitted in wardrobes. Silverfish came out in the night in the hallway and kitchen floor. I found many of them. I am not sure if it is landlord or tenant responsibility to take care of? I kept cleaning…
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bathroom flooring
I had a wetroom installed for my late Husband who was diagnosed with MND. Sadly, he passed away. The closomat toilet was removed, and the doors around the shower area. We paid extra to have heated towel rail, new ceiling with spot lights etc, I got a nice little unit and it looks nice. However, the flooring had to be the…
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Ideas for making fake logs/coal?
This is a very strange question, but I'm wondering if someone has any creative ideas for a little project? To pretty up a redundant chimney breast, I repainted an old broken woodburner, added some plastic pipe for a 'flue' and some flickering orange candle bulbs. It's quite effective in the daytime, but I would like to…
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What would you do with this extension frontage (with pics)?
We inherited this extension when we purchased our property (a repossessed, 400 year old, non-listed mill in rural Wales) during 2018. A previous owner had it built as an artist's studio (complete with huge boiler 🙄 which we have since removed) around 1999. Overall it's a useful addition to the living space but the quality…
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Smart switches
I'm looking to change our light switches over to smart switches, but want to do it myself if possible. Is it as easy as changing a normal light switch and are there any recommendations for manufacturers?
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Creasote off a stone patio
Hi Everyone, I've just discovered a little trick that I felt might be useful to others.I accidently spilt some creastoe on my stone patio and found this can be taken off with WD40. I sprayed the area with WD40, left it for a few mins, sprayed some WD40 on an old rag and just rubbed/blotted it off. Repeat until all the…
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Money Moral Dilemma: Should we help pay for the fence our new neighbours put up?
This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks... We had an old but solid garden fence that our new neighbours have ripped down. They've now bought new fence panels and have asked us to share the cost (there's nothing in the legal documents for either property about who's responsible for it). Should we pay up as we'll…
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fence issues
Hi, jsut a quickie. My bordering 6 foot fence that i have just had erected. neighbour quick to knock on my door when it came down in bad weather saying it needed sorting out...which i was fully aware of...now that a new fence has been erected and paid for by myself she is putting throwing washing on top of it to dry. Does…
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Cleaning roof of oven
Does anybody have any tips for cleaning the inside roof of an oven? My double oven is so small that a large chicken practically touches the roof and consequently the roof is thick with crud and so belches out black smoke when the door is open. Spray oven cleaners are no good as you can't spray upwards. I've tried paint…
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"Supply and Fit" windows- should include labour, yes? (Humour me please)
This is a very strange question, but we've just had a final bill for some work and I need a sanity check before I go back and query it. We are very happy with the quality of the windows and quality of work, so no dispute there. However, the original quote said "supply and fit", whereas the invoice now has several hundred…
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Howdens Kitchen - price match?
I have got a quote from howdens through my builder it is the cheapest so far out of Wren, Magnet and few local kitchen shops. But it still seems a tad bit high. So armed with the quote I went over to Diy kitchens and tried to add everything like to like.. I’m pretty sure I am maybe 80% correct in adding like to like and…
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Nah missus, it will be fine....
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Self-cleaning / Pyrolytic oven - Warning
So I recently had an engineer out to my Smeg self-cleaning/pyrolytic oven. He warned me not to use the self-cleaning/pyrolytic function when the oven was out of warranty. Apparently, pyrolytic self-cleaning has been known to crack the oven door glass, which is not just an inconvenience, but is expensive and messy to…
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Noisy neighbours
Can anyone recommend any sound proofing ideas please. I live in a terraced house and I am struggling to cope during the lockdown with the constant music from my neighbour. I have knocked several time’s and very politely asked them to turn it down. The young guy just laughed and said he can do what he wants. He rents the…
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British Gas Homecare - RENEWAL WARNING
Hi guys, Haven't posted for such a long time but thought I should warn others about this BG rip off! I've had Homecare for 20 years and always taken the renewal without even thinking about it (I always do a new quote for everything else so why not this!?). This year, on seeing the renewal price of £692.72 for Homecare Four…
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Harvey Water Softeners - Prices / Cost REVEALED
To all MSE I've gone through the process of having a Harvey water softener installed and it became apparent there was a lack of transparency and consistency in the prices they are charging. Online searches were unfruitful, so this thread aims to do one thing: REVEAL the cost you have been quoted for a Harvey Water Softener…
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How to fix a kettle switch that won't stay down
I wanted to reply to the thread "Skint and kettle's just broke !! How can I repair it??", but unfortunately it's closed. A neighbour was throwing out a nice kettle, so I thought I would take a look at it. Turns out the only problem was that the switch wouldn't stay down. It's one of those kettles where the switch sticks…
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