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Nice people thread part 8 - worth the wait

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  • Spirit_2
    Spirit_2 Posts: 5,546 Forumite
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    NDG you are lovely and Isaac looked adorable too.
  • silvercar
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    Spirit wrote: »
    Silvercar we warmly invite you to visit, and in return for tea and cake , expect you to attract pied piper style all bitey things.

    Thanks; glad I can be of use;)
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  • silvercar
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    Spirit wrote: »
    NDG you are lovely and Isaac looked adorable too.

    Agree.

    All that hair to hide under a wig! What does Isaac make of you gowned up?
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  • silvercar
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    michaels wrote: »
    Well obviously there is stamp duty, financing costs and CGT unless you go down the PPR route. It should cost about 1k per square metre to extend for a straightforward site plus the refurb on the existing and obviously you don't want to spend too much on the kitchen etc but I suspect on a 900k outlay you would expect to make at least 200k profit - look at my figures above and scale them up. I am hoping to buy at about 550, spend about 200+ finance and stamp duty and end up with 2 x 500 on the property I am looking at at the moment. Split that 50:50 with my bro and spend 6 months on project management and the returns are ok but not stellar.

    Won't work like that round here. To sell at premium prices you have to have expensive kitchens and bathrooms.

    When the other side has got over its bandwidth limit, I'll post a link.
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  • silvercar
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    For michaels and other Amex / avios collectors.

    New points offers here

    GAP and House of Fraser have an extra point per £ spend.
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  • silvercar
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    Resolved - as in from tomorrow?
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  • zagubov
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    PN, you need to get it back! ;)

    BTW, in future some smoke detectors slide rather than prise. It's not easy to tell (the miracles of product differentiation)
    There is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker
  • PasturesNew
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    So, at some point this morning, I flicked on my bedroom light and nothing. Not a problem - bulb must have gone. Add that to the list of things to do. Anyway, gas man's turned up and I borrowed his ladder... to at least find out the type of bulb to replace. Well, I have about 6 bulbs of that fitting/size.... so tried ... them all. Nothing. "I know" - genius clicked in - I'll just double check by using another bulb that I know works to prove if it's the bulb or the electrics. Flicked one on (that was also working last night) ..... nothing. Then I realised - I have NO electric lights. I also have no fuse box. I think the fuse box is in next door's house :) Luckily they were in and flicked the switch and I have lights back.

    As for the kitchen bulb that blew... with the ladder, I got up there - and as I have never seen/touched/had spotlights before, I have no idea how to get it out....
  • PasturesNew
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    zagubov wrote: »
    PN, you need to get it back! ;)

    BTW, in future some smoke detectors slide rather than prise. It's not easy to tell (the miracles of product differentiation)
    Gas man had a battery ... and ladder. So SD is back in place :)
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    On, what happens if the switch trips when LL is away?
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