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How do I now insure? In only my name as policyholder? They don't live with me. I tend to do comparison sites but unsure how to register other parties part-ownership. Advise please. Policy shortly expires so shall be trawling for new quotes.

I bought a house last summer and the existing patio was a bit of a mess, so I decided to redo it myself, to save money. I built brick retaining walls on a concrete footing, including one perpendicular from the house where the patio drops down two bricks height. See photo attached. However, I noticed that a crack has…

Long post… thank you if you get to the end! I'm hoping there may be people here who have been through something similar and can offer both practical advice and a bit of support. After many years of nose diving, about 6 months ago, my family ended up in severe financial difficulty and were eventually evicted from our home.…

Has anyone else had an issue making a balance transfer to a chase credit card? In this case from a Santander All in One (fee free) card to the Chase Card. Santander said it was successful, but nothing showed on the Chase account. After a week the money reappeared on the Santander card as a credit.

Hi, I am looking for a cheap laptop to be used for email and youtube and other web browsing. Ideally I would like a reasonably bright screen but I realise that this may not be compatible with cheap. I have found this at Argos. I wonder if anyone has better suggestions or comments on this laptop:…

Plumbing question… I have a working toilet that uses a concealed flush system and works, however the flush button on the outside does not pop up after flushing any more. If I adjust the internal parts inside to raise the concealed part, in order for the outside button to rise, the toilet keeps filling and excess water is…

anybody used the news Lidl & Go scan as you shop in the app?

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Welcome to the weekly Flylady Thread. What is FLYLADY? Well, it's our version of the US flylady idea - but we work on the principle that housework is not fun, it's boring, can be time-consuming, is often thankless but, unfortunately, necessary. It's here on Old Style to provide the support we all need and to make the whole…

I went on UC a few months ago, before applying I had about £20k in my bank but had credit card debt of around £9k, I read the UC legislation about paying off debt "(2) A person is not to be treated as depriving themselves of capital if the person disposes of it for the purposes of— (a)reducing or paying a debt owed by the…

H everyone, It's been ages I know and the forum has changed, but my posts were getting really boring as nothing really changed very much and to be honest I was getting bored writing the same old things. Anyway I thought I'd start another thread as its coming up to winter and like most basic OAP's I'm expecting this winter…

Hi, I went into a well known high street shop on Friday at 0700 hrs and ordered takeaway food and coffee. After drinking the coffee, I began to feel like a burning, painful sensation in the lower regions of my gullett. I believe that they must have washed the coffee machine with dishwasher detergent but forgotten to rinse…

Just received this 50Ah powerbank from Temu however when I press the power button it only powers on for two seconds then turns itself off again. However I have found that if I unplug the USB device from it and reconnect then it stays on… until after the next time the power bank is turned of when the power-on problem comes…

Sold an item for £5 plus £3 postage. Not received. Evri photo "proof" was of the parcel being left on a doorstep of a very different (closed) front door (I can see the correct front door on StreetView). Spent ages going through the complaints and claims procedure, uploading every tiny little thing Evri demanded, and…

Hi everyone, I booked an appointment over a week ago for a painful front tooth and was charged the standard NHS Band 1 fee. - No issues about this fee. During the visit, an X-ray revealed part of an old tooth—extracted 2 years ago at the same clinic—was left behind in my jaw. I had returned twice back then complaining…

I'm a newbie to investing. I've just opened an S&S ISA to use up the allowance for this tax year after receiving a small inheritance. I see that as a long term investment (ie to leave something to the kids). My issue is that I'm not sure I really understand the various fund options on the AJ Bell platform. There's so many!…

Back in the 90s my wife was persuaded to take out a pension with an insurance company rather than join her DB pension scheme. A lot of this was going on then the poop hit the fan as these companies were considered to have mis-sold their pension policies by giving bad advice to their clients. Many of you will remember and…

I've only just started selling via Ebay since Simple Delivery came into operation, and I can't quite get to grips with it. I'm selling an item that is more than 61cm x 46cm x 46cm, and although I have enabled all four carriers in Simple Delivery (RM, Evri, Inpost and DHL) when I go to select the size of the item for…

Hi Folks, Hope you are all well and many thanks for any replies. I had a search of the forum for answers and struggled to find any for this question so apologies if its been asked already. Ok so I've got an ISA i opened last year at the full amount ( 20k ) and it's going to be hitting it's end of year. I'm under the…

Hi, My children (16 and 12) have inherited around £8500 each from their grandpaents. The both currently have several Halifax savings accounts and I am looking for recommendations of what to do with this inheritance. Put it all in stock and shares isas? or split it between a S&S ISA and cash ISA? Or split it 3 ways between…