-
Claim from DCB Legal
Hello, wondering if anyone can help, I received my claim form for an over stay pcn back in 2022, I have no knowledge of the original fine and moved from the area in 2023. I received a final notice for the charge in September 2025 which I ignored and then a letter of claim November 2025. I responded using the advice on here…
-
2026 Fashion On The Ration Challenge
(The Fashion On The Ration Challenge is about restraining our shopping impulses and buying the clothing we need as well as what we want. As @Laura_Elsewhere said "If this group is about anything, it's about understanding how we buy and what we buy and when we buy...". After some discussion, it was agreed that the 2026…
-
Buying my old house back after 3 years
hi I need advise on buying my old house back I sold it 3 years ago for 400k and now regret it but now it’s back on the market for 460k the new owner has done nothing to it and he’s let it go I’ve offered 425k cash and he won’t accept my offer he says wants 440k but I feel 40k in 3 years is delusional as other houses in my…
-
Moorside Legal NCP Court Claim
Hi, hoping someone can advise. My son has had a Letter of Claim from Moorside Legal for £170.00 for National carparks Ltd. There isn't any information on the letter as to where the claim is from, date of the alleged offence etc. There has been no prior communication regarding a parking ticket and my son has no clue as to…
-
A whole new world, for now
So, here’s the new thread I’ve been promising myself for a few months. My old one, that served me so well, is https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4855808 A potted history of me. I’m 49, live in NI with OH, DD and dog and DS is London based. Have been in debt for a lot of my life and came here post personal debt…
-
Claim for parking in disabled bay with blue badge but not registering inside mall
I am writing on behind of a friend who took my mother to a shopping mall. My mother has a disabled blue badge and my mother's friend parked in a disable bay with blue badge displayed. What she didn't realise that since her last trip to the same mall, the rules had changed and the mall requires the blue badge to be…
-
Balancing the books
After some pondering, I've decided to start a new diary to reflect a new focus chez la maison Blackcats. My previous diary (giving every £ a job) was pivotal to moving from early retirement wannabe to achieving early retirement and it has kept me on the straight and narrow through my first years of leisure time. Being on…
-
Probate Delays
Hi, I will be interested to hear about anyone else experiencing similar delays to myself since applying for probate. Or if can anyone can possibly explain as to why my application is taking so long? My story: My mother passed away last September and in early October I applied online for probate, as I was named executor in…
-
Don't hit me with those negative waves Moriarity
I have lurked for a long time on this forum, then joined and lurked (and lurked some more). Maybe should have gone with an Adams family reference for the title but ho hum I'm here now. I think I'm ready to start a diary even though I've had one running through my head for months as I had my light bulb moment back in…
-
Dumping the Dish, Sky via Fiber
We are soon to be with full fiber. We are still on Sky HD and have to share a Dish with a neighbor due to line of site issues. So it seems like it may be a good time to change our Sky sub scription to its streaming via pucks. Would be looking to have 2 extra pucks for other rooms. Means we could get a few of our other…
-
EV Tariff off-peak TOU out of synch for Economy7 users
Hi members, Just wondering if anyone else in the same situation and what is the likely solution apart from adding an individual timer to my consumer unit. Recently switched to EDF Energy GOElectric EV tariff and time of use (TOU) off-peak hours are from 23.00hrs to 06.00hrs (7hrs). However my home has the traditional…
-
NOW Broadband letter - £27 to rise by £3 - to £30
I can only get Superfast 80 in my area (still no FTTP as yet) Just received the letter from them today I'll phone them, but…has anyone else managed to negotiate with them this year? Also - aside from Sky - any better offers than £30 for 80 Mbps speeds? Cashback offers included? EDIT - just checked some alternate providers…
-
Five Year Fix, Five Year Plan
I've not even got a mortgage yet, but here I go. I'm finally getting on the housing ladder and settling, after living around the country for the last decade. I've been in a position where "I'm just about to buy" for about 8 years for various reasons, so while I've not spent well, I could have saved better instead of…
-
Reward apps for walking/steps
I have 3 currently, Cashwalk, Macadam, and Winwalk. I used to love cashwalk and made 200 coins from steps plus extra from challenges but app updated and now it's rubbish. Winwalk and Macadam pays less but you can make a bit from playing games and surveys. Are there other apps primarily for steps for coins that are worth…
-
Am I being Petty?
I go to a meeting once a month. In October I was asked if I could take another lady with me (she lives around the corner) as she didn’t like driving in the dark. I happily said yes, and she said that she would drive us in the summer. Roll on to May. She never texted me and I texted her to see if she was going. She said…
-
Parking Code of Practice Consultation 2025 - now let's see what happens
This was a thread to discuss these questions: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/private-parking-code-of-practice Let's see what the MHCLG do next.
-
Portable aircon
Hello all. I hope you're doing well and coping with the HEAT :( I've decided to buy a portable aircon. <drum roll> I know you guys can help me decide which one to buy. 'Cos you are all amazeballs. I really want one for my bedroom, so its a reasonably small ish room with a window and an ensuite. Any ideas and advice would…
-
IHT Gifts From Income - Tax Refund and Use of Excess Income.
I have started at the beginning of this tax year to compile records of income and spending in order to gift money from excess income to my daughter in March next year. I have a couple of questions that have arisen during my first two months of record keeping: Does an income tax refund from the last tax year received this…
-
Incorrectly issued parking charge - length of stay incorrect
Avonmeads retail park, Bristol A keeper of a vehicle has received a "Parking charge" letter issued by VARS Technology Ltd for overstaying the 90 minute limit for parking. However, the driver has dashcam footage showing that this was not the case. Essentially, the driver entered the car park, stayed for about 45 minutes and…
-
Purple Bricks' Lifetime Guarantee
Hi, we paid Purple Bricks' agency fee 4 years ago on the basis that it would be honoured whenever we chose to sell our house. I've now been advised that the new owners of the company will only give us six months to sell our house, after which we lose our money (c£1700). Anyone know if there is any way of challenging this…
