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  1. 5 hours ago, anonguest said:

    I dunno....

    IF you're in London, and have time to spare, it can provide a perfect excuse to get to see the interior of the Bank of England and get the old banknote exchanged for new. It's an 'experience' in it's own right. A wonderfully quaint exercise - of entering details in an ancient Dickensian style huge ledger book with your details amidst the opulence of the building interior.

    Did it once years ago with some foreign friends who were visiting the UK, after a previous visit many years previously, and had some no longer valid banknotes to change.

    You’ve pricked my ears now! I have a modest £500-ish in old £5 and £20 notes and have been lethargic in sorting it out.  I already live in London so it won’t be a ball ache travel wise. Great post anonguest.  

  2. 2 hours ago, canbuywontbuy said:

    Tech has gotten hammered in the last 12 months, and it will accelerate with AI replacing low-to-mid level developers, stock photographers, graphic designers, web designers, accountants, paralegals, writers, marketers, all kinds of support staff + fairly much any desk job.

    I’ve seen some really impressive AI artwork recently, I was totally flabbergasted to say the least.  If the results (using the the same text input every time) are unique (don’t want two people using same text input getting the same graphic design/artwork else that would be a copyright nightmare), I’d be a bit worried if I was in this business I can tell you.  

  3. Two takeaways from this comment on the DM article

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    Donna is currently renting the property that she lives in, while at the same time renting out her cladding-hit property in Berkshire.

    However, she explains that the rental income does not cover the existing mortgage and service charges on the cladding-hit flat.

    Firstly, I hope she can live with herself renting out a home that is known to be a fire/death trap and secondly, when did people start thinking they had a god given right that rental income should be equal or more to what the mortgage currently costs?

  4. 12 minutes ago, Saving For a Space Ship said:

    The Tower: A Tale Of Two Cities - Part 1 (turn off ad blocker to watch)

    edit: video is on dailymotion, but link does not appear on hpc ? 

    here is vid search link 

    Good find. I also have all the episodes on my Plex that I downloaded from around the time it was first broadcast.  I’m surprised why the BBC don’t make it available?

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00tr9sc

  5. I’ve commented on this before. My local Tesco Metro, people just brazingly walk in, pick up what they want and walk out. The shop has two entrances but only one security guard, so they’ve permanently shut one of the doors in order to manage the shoplifting, but the guard’s not always on the only entrance/exit.  
     

    One thing thing that’s only just dawned on me writing this is now there is only one emergency exit should there be a fire etc.  

  6. 6 hours ago, Stewy said:

    Popcorn for the wailing here at only .25%?

    A .5% would make my December cut more likely though.

     

    No chance.  We’ll most likely follow the Fed and they won’t be cutting till at least May 24.  
     

    Check ‘probabilities’ on left side of the link below.  
     

    https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/interest-rates/cme-fedwatch-tool.html

  7. 39 minutes ago, Oliver Sutton said:

    Didn't realize cars were the only form of transportation in London.

    There are some situations where public transport is not practical.  And I say this as a Londoner (and driver) that gave his car up for a whole 20 years (1998 - 2018).  I've only now got myself a car as I plan to leave London at some point and wanna get my insurance no-claims up, also I need to be able to drive across England at short notice to visit/look after aging parent(s).  

  8. On 07/07/2023 at 23:25, Pmax2020 said:

    Hard to tell because it’s a small place with not a lot coming to market. I know St Andrews really well though because I was there at the same time as a royal 😉

    I spotted this. Jeez, imagine building a crappy wee outbuilding in your garden and trying to sell it for 220k!!!

    https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/135486347 

     

    OMFG! Where to start with this one?  Firstly, from the outside it looks like a personal sauna room/block.  And does that really back onto a public park? So you could have rowdy chavs pissing it up right on your doorstep/decking and be completely powerless to do anything about it.  
     

    Anyone that buys that deserves what they get.  

  9. Regarding passing on offers to vendor.

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    Passing on Offers to the Seller

    Estate agents are legally obligated to pass on all offers to the seller. They must pass on all offers all the way up to contracts being exchanged and the sale is finalised. Estate agents must inform sellers of offers in writing – either letter, email, or fax – and they must be passed on promptly from the offer being made. This means that anytime a buyer makes a formal offer, the seller must be notified about it.

    The only exception to an offer being passed on to the seller is if the seller has formally requested to not be informed of certain offers. For example, they may ask the estate agent not to pass on offers that are below a certain amount.  

    What Estate Agents Legal Obligations to Buyers? | SOLD.CO.UK

    I can imagine the conversations go something like this:

    EA: "Do you want me to inform you of offers below £xxx"

    Vendor: "No, thanks"

  10. On 17/04/2023 at 09:25, TheCountOfNowhere said:

    Browsing rightmove today, it seems to me that the rush to sell has started.

    There are an awful lot of people trying to sell an awful lot of houses for an awful amount of money.

    Despite houses not selling for months more and more people are listing stuff for more and more money.

    Saw this nice £4.3M house in London, which is RIGHT ON THE PAVEMENT.

    https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/131553797#/?channel=RES_BUY

    Maybe I am old fashioned buy £4M for a house where people can p*ss on your front step is bona-fide madness.

    There are countless listings springing up now, properly 2022 + 20% prices while the world collapses around them.

    Reduced to £3,999,950 last month.  £4M and it’s not even detached. 😂 

  11. 48 minutes ago, Roman Roady said:

    p322, another 5k

    2b flat

    51 Talbot Street, Southport, Merseyside, PR8 1HS

     

    Price Change History
    20/07/2023 Price changed from £50,000 to £45,000
    22/06/2023 Price changed from £60,000 to £50,000
    07/06/2023 Price changed from £70,000 to £60,000
    29/04/2023 Price changed from £68,000 to £70,000
    26/04/2023 Price changed from £70,000 to £68,000
    06/04/2023 Price changed from £75,000 to £70,000
    31/03/2023 Initial entry found: £75,000
    Overall change: -40% (-£30,000)

     

    Classic example of where the kitchen has been ripped out, tacked into the corner of the living room and then hey presto, one bedroomed flat becomes two bedroomed flat.  Must be fun watching the tele with that washing machine on full spin. 😂

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