Nice People Thread Number 10 -the official residence of Nice People

tomterm8

In the event that a window doesn't open and your house is on fire:

1. Get chair.
2. Smash window.
3. Escape.

Actually, I think one of the reason that windows are designed not to open is that the route isn't considered a safe one in the event of fire.

Doozergirl

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

I agree with both PN and Doozer - it could be a 2 bed house, but it's not at the moment. That crawl space is an absolutely lethal place to sleep - knock yourself out on the ceiling, fall down the stairs (no rail, nothing to one side) or fall off the platform (no rail, again).

I also think it's pretty pricey - that's E2, should be cheaper than that.

Get some money off that, none of the stairs comply with regs either

silvercar

Doozergirl wrote: »

I stumbled across a house for neverdespairgirl on twitter.

Kitchen is a bit [STRIKE]missing[/STRIKE] arty but I love the look of it from the outside, and other things.

http://www.themodernhouse.net/sales-list/padbury-court-london-e2/description-813/

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

I agree with both PN and Doozer - it could be a 2 bed house, but it's not at the moment. That crawl space is an absolutely lethal place to sleep - knock yourself out on the ceiling, fall down the stairs (no rail, nothing to one side) or fall off the platform (no rail, again).

I also think it's pretty pricey - that's E2, should be cheaper than that.

I agree. I am surprised that there are no building regs that force upstairs rooms to have guard rails.

silvercar

Doozergirl wrote: »

Get some money off that, none of the stairs comply with regs either

Maybe they complied with the regs that were in force at the time?

We have a bit of flat roof that is a balcony. We needed to replace it but the area is sandwiched between the ceiling of the room below and has door openings from the upstairs rooms. So the height available was tiny. We used the densest insulation stuff we could, but still not enough for building regs on a roof. The solution was to do it in 2 jobs as then it counts as a repair not a replacement, so doesn't need to comply to current rules. Definitely toastier now than it was before.

lostinrates

I think that house is Truly lovely.

Would be far too big for us in Town. Decent location for us though.

lemonjelly

Update on my car dilemma:

so, the car I'd like is not massively popular in availability. Thus far, I've been monitoring the vw used cars website. There's one I'm watching - 11 reg, 25k on the clock. It was priced at 15k (which I felt was overpriced). Over christmas they knocked £500 off. I suspect that a bit more will fall off the price around 1 March, when the car will be 3 years old. But, it is from a dealership. Does that mean more security I wonder? Is it worth paying the extra moolah for that security?

Or is it merely overpriced? As I found another that is 6 months older, only got 14k on the clock, but is 3500 cheaper. Downside (perceived at least) is that it isn't from a dealer, but an unaffiliated car sales place.

Looks to be a small-ish firm. website alleges they're a "family business". Not local (leicester) so I don't have any local information on how good a company they are, or whether they're dodgy as hell.

I appreciate that a dealership is likely to have a slightly inflated price, but am wondering if 3500 is an excessive price for that peace of mind? Or am I better chancing saving 3500 but keeping it for the repairs that may come about?

Your thoughts are welcome...

lemonjelly

zagubov wrote: »

I've spent ages explaining to students that comas can't last more than a few days weeks or months at most. You have to exit into recovery, decline or a stable PVS.

Now the newspapers are saying the former Israeli Prime Minister's been in a coma for 8 years. They really mean he's been in a persistent vegetative state. Got to correct this factoid/ misconception next week before the young file it away with "we only use 10% of our brains " or similar tosh. Labour are talking about making teachers be licensed every few years. We speak to a few people each time.

How about the chumps who write the national news. Can we have them tested before they stand up and tell the world that fire's a liquid or potatoes cause earthquakes or simlar drivel!:mad:

You really need to read Nick Davies - Flat Earth News, & also both Ben Goldacre's books...

lemonjelly

lostinrates wrote: »

I have eight horse legs on my freezer as a favour to a friend ATM. In the kind of circles I move its not surprising that she offered me one if I wanted it........

Of all the things I never expected to read on this forum, this really has to be the winner!

Generali

lemonjelly wrote: »

Update on my car dilemma:

so, the car I'd like is not massively popular in availability. Thus far, I've been monitoring the vw used cars website. There's one I'm watching - 11 reg, 25k on the clock. It was priced at 15k (which I felt was overpriced). Over christmas they knocked £500 off. I suspect that a bit more will fall off the price around 1 March, when the car will be 3 years old. But, it is from a dealership. Does that mean more security I wonder? Is it worth paying the extra moolah for that security?

Or is it merely overpriced? As I found another that is 6 months older, only got 14k on the clock, but is 3500 cheaper. Downside (perceived at least) is that it isn't from a dealer, but an unaffiliated car sales place.

Looks to be a small-ish firm. website alleges they're a "family business". Not local (leicester) so I don't have any local information on how good a company they are, or whether they're dodgy as hell.

I appreciate that a dealership is likely to have a slightly inflated price, but am wondering if 3500 is an excessive price for that peace of mind? Or am I better chancing saving 3500 but keeping it for the repairs that may come about?

Your thoughts are welcome...

IMHO there is no extra security in buying from a dealer. If there was ever a 'profession' that was known for double dealing, lying and cheating it was 2nd Hand Car Salesmen.

lemonjelly

silvercar wrote: »

Given the number of obese people and the reduction in window sizes to meet EPC requirements, I suspect there are a lot of people who couldn't escape their homes in a hurry.

Nikkster wrote: »

At least we'll have a soft landing if we do make it out of the window though

Brilliant response!:rotfl:

vivatifosi wrote: »

There are some flats near my parents that have a half bedroom. IIRC the room is something like 6ft by 6ft and the council would not allow it to be described as a bedroom in the sales literature as it did not meet size requirements. Cot room or dressing room I think.

These half bedrooms have led to a lot of LA's & similar re-designating tiny rooms as non-bedrooms to avoid the implications of the so-called bedroom tax.