An in-between phase

badmemory

Any chance they would do the EPC & post date it? The only one I have had anything to do with was a pile of twaddle & they refused to correct it. They said the house had a solid floor & it definitely didn't & that was when I stopped reading.

KajiKita

SiL can flipping do one …! Well done for delegating that to Mr PiP for a bit. Really hoping that was just SiL being thoughtless… 🙄

So relieved by the scan result ❤️, though that marker pen comment nearly had me choking on my tea! 😂😂😂😊

Glad there was some time in the sun with Mr PiP and beer 🍻

KK

beanielou

Good news on the scan result. I’m due one too but avoiding.

jwil

Good news about the scan result, and well done on handing over to Mr PIP for a bit.

PennysIntoPounds

Bejesus @badmemory that is shockingly bad. No idea what they could do as we haven't been told the name, whether they're a verified assessor, how much they quoted for. Not a single word to us let alone consultation with us. I would be absolutely fuming but I'm on build strike so I am letting it wash over me, it is water off a zen and only slightly sweary duck's back (the inconsiderate, rude, entitled, arrogant f*ckwit b*stards) (😊)

Thanks @jwil and @KajiKita. The marker pen is really not coming off whatever I wash it with, convict boob is here for a good few days 😂

Thank you young bean @beanielou. Please book your scan x

kayannie

Regarding paying council tax, are the rules the same in England as they are in Wales? Just wondering, as when we bought our house in Wales, we didn't have to pay council tax until we had actually moved furniture in. We bought during covid & couldn't move until we had cleared out the temporary house we were in. (Luckily, rent free as our relative had moved into care). I checked with the council as to where we stood regarding c.tax on our new home & was told no c.tax was due as long as no furniture was in the house. The helpful man i spoke to at the council said that even one chair counts as furnished. He advised me to draw the curtains across, as they send an inspector round to check & they peer through the windows!

Good news on your scan, always a relief.

KA x

PennysIntoPounds

Thanks @kayannie, and while that is hopeful info, the council tax dept email us regularly saying 'are you ready to give us money yet' so doubtful we could get out of it- and we don't yet have time or money to get curtains 😂

I think because it's a build as soon as the building controller signs off they see it as 'live' so there's no allowance for us being normal people moving home, they've treated us the same (well, much worse) as if we're a multimillion property developer company the whole way through this process

beanielou

Jeez. Words fail me.

Watty1

I think that is because they have fewer small builds to consider and make the paperwork just fit the process. I've noticed that with my planning, the paperwork would be the same if I was trying to build one or one thousand houses!

It is frustrating but when you return from build strike you will see how close you are to the finish line

PennysIntoPounds

Usuals

Survey

Steps getting olio bread

Bit of cleaning

Beer in sun with Mr PIP, rather glad it's cloudy and cooler now as that was more sun than a British person can cope with at the start of May 😁 Hope everyone only has cooling and non disruptive stormy rain this evening.

Won £10 on the last day of a daily quiz competition and £125 on PB, thank you Ernie 😊

Snooker and cheese and crackers with salad and hummus for dinner 🥂