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Car Tax NI
Hi All, Just a general enquiry about taxing a car in Northern Ireland. Is a grace period given? For example if tax runs out on the last day of the month and the car wasn't taxed until the first or second of the following month - is this allowed or does it result in a fine?
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Stena line holiday to Scotland with young kids, advice please..
Hi, I'm looking to book a holiday to Scotland for 3/4 days work a 1 and a 2 year old. Has anyone any experience of this and could advise of an area or hotel please? Looking to go over half term..Many thanks.
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Wedding Suits
Hi folks, I'm getting married towards the end of 2017, but I thought it might be a good idea to start thinking about suit shops. I am willing to travel around NI to get a good deal for a nice sharp suit. I was thinking about buying, but not totally against hiring, will be for 4 people total, I think. Not sure on budget,…
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Good plumber to replace my bath with a shower - North Down area
Any recommendations for a good plumber to take out my bath and install a walk in shower - the shower unit is already in place and plumbed in over the bath
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Holiday in Oct
Thinking of holiday in October . Where is good and reasonable at this time Thanks
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Door and Window Replacement North Down
I'm looking to replace my UPVC doors and Windows - Can anyone recommend any local companies I might ask to quote for the business? I live in Bangor
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NICS Executive Officer II (EOII) Recruitment Competition 2016
Hi All, I am just wondering if anybody else has passed the NICS interview for the EOII competition and has been given their merit number? Anybody have any information regarding if/when successful applicants will be placed etc? I have undergone the pre-appointment checks so I'm just waiting to see when and if I will be…
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Travelling to the US from NI
Hi All, I was wondering if there are any legal requirements for travelling to the US from Northern Ireland? Thanks in advance.
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Rehoming a stray cat in NI
I've been feeding a cat that appeared in our back garden in July. All attempts to find its owner have failed. We can't keep him as our cat throws a complete hissy fit whenever he's around so we need to get him rehomed. There's the obvious two options of Assisi and Cat's Protection League. Can anyone tell me if either of…
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Individual Vertical Blind Strip Replacement
Morning, I have three blind strips that are damaged and need replaced, is there anywhere around Belfast where I can get individual replacements without having to buy an entire blind?
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Kitchen Installers Perkins & Son
Hi Just wondering if anyone has ever used Perkins & Son. Crumlin? Its 20 years since our present kitchen was fitted and came across their website. Would appreciate any advice. Can't decide whether to go for a refurbishment or a new kitchen.
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Happy and Gloria's
I see Gloria hunniford got swindled by a lookalike con woman in a really remarkable bank fraud job, in the papers today. Santander employee had never heard of portadown's favourite daughter, and the scam even involved photocopying the fraudster's driving licence. Looking at the pictures, I'd say police should be…
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Vauxhall key fiasco
Looking for advice please. Has anyone had problems with Vauxhall? My young son wanted a 2nd key for his Vauxhall car so went and ordered it from Vauxhall, Mallusk. It took a few days because it had to be ordered and coded. When it came it wasn’t a Vauxhall one but Opel and worked fine. It worked for a few days but then it…
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Custom made picture rail
In one of the rooms in my house a previous owner removed the picture rail. All the other rooms have the original picture rail. I have a small section of it and I was wondering would there be anywhere in or about Belfast where it would be possible to have identical picture rail made from it? I know it would be possible to…
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Dublin for 1 night
I'm going to Dublin for the day on 6 September a Tuesday and I'm taking my 18 year old. Going on the train from Belfast and fancy staying a night. Does anyone have recommendations of somewhere central reasonably priced that also does beakfast?
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kitchen company recommendation newtownabbey
Hello! I live in Newtownabbey and am looking for recommendations for kitchen companies that people have used in the past or recently. Had a lot of problems a number of years ago with making appointments with kitchen companies to come out to the house to quote and they just don't turn up (very annoying). Good or bad…
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Best place for leather suite
Hi all, I have just finished looking at 3 piece suites at DFS, Haveys at our local retail park (I,m from L'Derry) but they don't have anything that would make us want to buy. I have bought from DFS before. Any other retails you would recommend in Belfast or closer,apart from these big UK firms as they seem to have very…
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Thousands of £s of Unclaimed 'Funds in Court' monies Northern Ireland
Thought it worthwhile posting the following, given the large amounts of money lying as yet unclaimed. Hopefully it will help someone retrieve what is rightfully theirs. For more info, please refer to https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/unclaimed-money-court And for a list of some of the known names…
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Anyone know of a good Pet Sitter?
I'm going on holiday for a week and have a pet rabbit. I've tried looking online but there doesn't seem to be many people or any companies doing pet sitting here, compared to England. I've found a bunny boarding place, but I'm unsure if maybe it'd be better to leave him at home and get someone to call in. However, I'm also…
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Converting to gas heating system
Thinking of converting to gas heating - three bedroom semi detached house - anyone had a recent experience regarding timescale and cost.
