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Ocean Parking Whitefield Metrolink
Just contributing to the threads on here regarding Ocean Parking and Metrolink car parks, particularly people caught out by the No Overnight Parking rule. I'm helping an acquaintance who received a PCN Feb 2025 as the car had been left in the free car park at Whitefield due to the driver missing the last tram home. After…
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Are UK take-home calculators too complicated?
I’m trying to understand whether people prefer simple tax calculators or detailed ones. I built a stripped-back prototype to explore this and would appreciate critique. Thanks in advance.
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DCB Legal ltd LoC (Smart Parking ) Angouleme way
Hi All, I disputed a PCN back in 2022 for keeper wasn't notified with 14 days which Smart parking replied say they did and they matter had been passed to Debt Recovery plus. I had never and still to this day don't any evidence of the offence. I know for a fact it wasn't me and evidence should show the sex of the driver is…
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Double Probate needed?
Person A died, naming persons B and C as executors in their will. Person C reserved powers because of ill health, and Person B was the active executor with the Grant of Probate. For various reasons Person A’s property was not sold after death and Person C has continued to live in it. It is in shared ownership and the…
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Advice on DCB Legal Letter of Claim (Smart Parking) – Oakland Quay, London
Dear Money Saving Expert Team, This is my first post on here and hoping to get some guidance from all of you hero's! I recently received a DCB Legal Letter of Claim acting on behalf of Smart Parking Limited. The letter relates to a parking charge from July 2022. They demand I pay £170 with some urgency and their usual fear…
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Teflon free Saucepan
Not really money saving but can someone suggest a good place to buy a teflon free saucepan?
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Never a good time but here goes..
Having lurked on and off for a while, it was about time to commit. I’m 38 and about 7 months pregnant so instead of traditional nesting in the form of cleaning, I seem to have resorted to financial nesting instead. My mortgage was originally for 25 years - fixed for 4 then reduced by 3 years when I switched to a new deal.…
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Please help
my mum received this letter over the weekend. I was the driver, she the registered keeper at the time of the incident and had completely forgotten about the initial letter. I wasn’t informed I had to put my reg into computer at the church (my child was attending a class there). It was very dark, poorly lit and I hadn’t…
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Help - small claims regarding unfair parking ticket
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Changing US Hotel Booking
Hi all, Might be a strange one but I will ask anyway. My husband and son are going to Boston for the World Cup. They have a booking for a room in a Marriott Hotel. My nephew would love to go too, but there is no space on the flight, so I have offered to fly out with him. The issue is that there are no more rooms in the…
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Royal Mint Issues?
Is anyone else having issues with Royal Mint's website? Have (had?) some investments there in digital gold. Couldn't log on for weeks, now I'm in and my digital gold all seems to have vanished… As has the function to buy any more. As have the records of a few small purchases I made as gifts over the last 10 years. And the…
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Debt, Endo but now Pregnancy and a now Reno-d rental
Hi! I’ve been reading different diaries for a while and think I need to hold myself accountable! I have a slightly odd set up as I live with the boyf, but have a house that’s now a holiday let/buy-to-let that I need to finish and get let out. I know evil landlord and all, but don’t want to put all my eggs in one basket…
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John Lewis - Miele vacuum dispute.
Hi looking for a bit of advice. I bought a Miele vacuum from John Lewis 6 months ago (£150) and the handle mechanism has broken. I raised it with JL support who said I had to go to Miele. Miele said this was wear and tear and offered to send me a new part for £90! I'm now back at John Lewis and have been pushed to their…
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42 Year olds diary for last min retirement planning and debt free living
I guess you get to a point in your life where you wonder what will my retirement actually be like? I am at that stage now…. This is going to be a long post!!! My plan for this diary is to update it weekly with what I have done, and keep a running total of side hustle earnings (i want to keep under the 1k limit) and the…
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LGPS & State Pension Age
I and 43m and joined LGPS in 2017 on the CARE scheme - which I understand is tied to the State Pension Age. For me, this is currently aged 68. (with the increase from 67→68 scheduled for sometime 2044-46) The current implementation of the SPA rise to 67 got me thinking about the risks around this for planning for…
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Ed miliband says Plug in solar will arrive by summer. Realistic or will it be delayed ?
Yesterday’s speech said plug-in solar should be available by Summer 2026. Do people here think that timeline is realistic, or will standards, supply and rollout delays push it back? Could be a strong money-saving option for renters and flats if it happens properly.
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Repayment Threshold 27/28 and Interest Rates 26/27
With RPI for March in at 4.1% the repayment thresholds applicable from 6th April 2027 and interest rates applicable from 1st September 2026 will be as shown in the following tables. Thresholds Plan Threshold 1 £28,005 (up 4.1%) 2 £29,385 (frozen at Budget 2025) 3 £21,000 (subject to review) 4 £35,185 (up 4.1%) 5 £26,025…
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Leasehold shock: what can I do?
It’s a perfect storm. I was very ignorant about leasehold when I bought my flat in 2004. I didn't know a thing about leasehold -- how could I? I was a German citizen, moving to the UK so my children could attend the schools I'd chosen. Yes, it was my fault for not seeking advice and informing myself. I acknowledge that. It…
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Help seeing a will as a beneficiary not executor
Hello all. I couldnt find a specific forum for wills and solicitors so I put it here by all means move it if needed. I am currently embroiled in a lengthy probate process for my late uncles estate. I will make another post detailing far more information than this but would like a very specific peice of adfvice first…
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Apple muncher's number crunching
Time for me to start a diary :j. I work 2 days a week, dd is at school and dh was made redundant in the summer. We are living carefully, although the redundancy money is being nibbled away at of course. We are fortunate to have no debts other than the mortgage, so I would like to get rid of it! We'd also like to have a…
