New job, new beginnings.

so_very_confused

Sorry o hear your news Patman. Complain and remember to get the charges reimbursed. Hope things start looking up for you.

patman99

Had 1 job interview today and felt it went well. Have another interview lined-up for Friday, so things are beginning to look up at last.

Skint_but_Optimistic

You really need something good to happen. Have you looked at peer to peer lending?

patman99

I'm unemployed and, as my spouse doesn't have full NI contributions for the last 2 years, so is not entitled to benefits, am surviving on £80 p/w.
Luckily, my parents are giving me the money for my mortgage each month, so that is covered, but it looks like I will have to cancel my mobile phone, home phone/BB and anything else I can just to make ends meet.

patman99

Quite pleased with myself.
My flat is all-electric, so heating is by 1 oil-filled radiator in the living room and one in the bedroom (used to be a mix E7 & convector, but they cost to much to run, so got removed and dumped).

The bedroom rad developed a problem with the thermostat on the temperature adjuster jamming on, so the heater got stripped and the thermostat cleaned. However, a month later the thermostat was playing-up again, so since Sept. 2014, the bedroom has been un-heated.

As luck would have it, my son's oil-filled rad developed a fault with the element which meant every time he turned it on, his electrics tripped (he has a fully centrally-heated council flat, so no idea why he still uses electric to heat his abode). Anyway, lastnight when I dropped him back at his, i picked-up the broken heater and today, dtripped-out the thermostat and fitted it in place of the broken one in the bedroom heater.
Gave it a test run and Bingo!!. Bedroom heater fixed and working again. Saved £15 on buying a new thermostat.

patman99

Been a busy 7 days. First off, dad was taken ill on Monday, then admitted to hospital on Tuesday by his GP (got discharged Friday).

F-in-L admitted to hospital on Sat. (found-out via is ex-D-in-L who was phoned by her ex-husband (in breach of her restraining order against him)).
Had to take son + niece + great-niece to walki-in centre Sat. evening.

Redeemed myself today though. Renewed parents house insurance online (something they were dead-against). Got them a better policy via their original provider, but saved them £140 over the renewal price (and they will get £50 in food vouchers to boot). Did it via TCB, so earned myself £26 for my troubles.

patman99

So far so good on the 'ill relatives' front.
Job interview Wednesday, so looking forward to that.

Jobs for the week:

• Re-fix drip-bar on front door.
• Clean windows.
• Investigate whether my BB router can be set to cut the WiFi at 23:00 in order to force my wife to stop using her laptop to play online games until midnight every day.
• Book car in for MOT and to get horn fixed.

patman99

Well, as off Wednesday next week I will be back in work.
No idea if it pays weekly (preferred) or monthly, so will find that out when I start.

Still holding-out hope for the 2nd job I had the first interview for though as I see it as a better future prospect than the first job.

patman99

More paperwork done for E-commerce manager role. Must drop this off Monday as I need closure on it.

Start handy man role Wednesday, but only see this as a short-term role as I look to move up the earnings ladder once again.

Need to apply for WTC in order to keep treading water.

Can't believe how slow the DWP can be sometimes. When I signed-on back at the beginning of December '14, I put-down that I had a mortgage but no MPI. I duely received, filled-in and returned a set of forms to claim for my mortgage interest to be paid.
Last Friday, i finally got a letter telling me that they will be paying the interest after all, just as I am about to sign-off and go back to work.

Witless

Do they not only pay mortgage interest after 13 weeks?