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An in-between phase
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Thanks @teapot2 @lucielle @beanielou 😊
Though have just got a message from builder about radiators. We ordered three radiators. All three arrived damaged. They re-sent them, one was still damaged. They re-sent it, and it's bloody damaged again! And in the meantime their couriers are also sh*t with collections so our builders are grumpy about the now FIVE unusable radiators cluttering up the place, as are we 🙄
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6466032/an-in-between-phase/p1
'self-blame can be as egotistical as self-praise... any work worth doing is greater than we are... we must not overrate our importance to it, either for good or ill' Margaret Kennedy Lucy Carmichael2 -
Well done on the win. The candles sound amazing.
I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)1 -
Boo to the radiators.
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One debt remaining. Home improvement loan. 19months left.1 -
Boo to the radiator supplier
Fashion on a ration 2025 0/66 coupons spent
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One income, home educating family1 -
You might as well just order 10 new radiators in the hope that enough undamaged radiators arrive. A bit like when I order posh frocks from Sheen, knowing most will be crap or not fit and I'll send all but one back.
Debts 04/01/25 01/04/26
Natwest2 £6,509.97 £4,200
NatWest CC £7,612.74 £6,325
Lloyds CC £6,112.60 £4,115
1st Direct CC £176.03 £9.11
CC total £20,411.34 £14,649.11
OD £1100 £0
Car loan £4,000 £3,600
1st Direct Loan £10,684.44 £7,000
Total £36,195.78 £25,249.11
EF £1,750.33
HF £150.762 -
Is there a more local stockist …?
KK
As at 17.04.26:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £216,847
- OPs to mortgage = £17,793 Estd. interest saved = £9,021 to date
c. 16 months reduction in term
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 26 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 12th April.
Produce tracker: £78 of £400 in 2026
Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.1 -
Very annoying about the radiator. We had two new ones fitted in our bedroom (2 years ago). and the white coating cracked soon after. They sent a new one which has sat in its box cluttering up the garage ever since. The effort of getting someone to install it is just an a*se ache too far.
Good that your builders are still in place to fit new ones👍2 -
What a saga with the radiators.
Made it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became
In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!2 -
You can get non slip tape for outdoors PiP, I had some with glow in the dark strips as well for when I came home at night.
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Thanks all for your comments, much appreciated.
Today has been one of those days you have to drag yourself bad temperedly through. Woke to find message from builder having a hissy fit about delays we can't do anything about and refusing to install tiles splashback. JP Morgan still not letting me into my LISA account and being completely unhelpful resolving it. Radiator company saying we'll have to buy it from elsewhere. Kitchen company haven't got back to us and it's a six week turnaround time. Shower screen from different company has arrived damaged. BS Complaints Dept sent me an encrypted email I can't access. Mortgage world going insane just when we need a mortgage.
Usuals
Half wussy situps
Shower and hairwash using free toiletries
Steps dropping off a couple of vinted sales and doing bits and bobs errands
Various spec work
Will try to do a couple of vinted listings this evening
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'self-blame can be as egotistical as self-praise... any work worth doing is greater than we are... we must not overrate our importance to it, either for good or ill' Margaret Kennedy Lucy Carmichael7
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