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Thanks for the tip about Pestology @Alex88, I'll give them a call as a last resort, after working through the other methods before giving them a call. I did once deal with a regular pest control guy at a different flat many years ago and he was as good as useless. Basically showed up, said "ye...

Those large wooden ones are lethal. Fucking thing nearly had my fingers off. Would place it down like it was a bomb. I appreciate there may have been some user error involved. I preferred a decent plastic trap. You could dump the body in a bin and wash/reuse the trap. Wasn't keen on reusing the old ...

Gavin, you may remember that I dealt with a similar issue myself - rats were somehow gaining access to my home's cavity wall. Tried everything - ultrasonic devices, traps, poison.. They knew they were safe within the cavity and became an absolute PITA. Had temporary wins over them, but they kept ret...

Nice! It's fairly close to us; we're in Arlesey at the minute. But as WFH is more of a thing, being near a train station/A1 etc isn't as important as it once was. Ha, we're in Ickleford, give us a wave! :D Nice! Only a few miles away. Maybe we'll see you at one of the local meets when the weather i...

Without meaning to tempt fate, it's going very well! Perhaps even suspiciously so :lol: We put our home on the market and had a ton of interest. The agent ended up doing an open house and we accepted an offer of £20k over our guide price within about two weeks of it going live :shock: which was very...

Cheers. Only issue I have is that the floors downstairs are all concrete, and they're only in the cavity of the extension - the rest of the house is fine (no cavity wall). We've had the one-way flap fitted right next to the extension, and we're considering chucking some poison in the wall/extension ...

Thanks Jobbo, appreciate that. That's what I'll do!

Cheers guys. That makes sense. We've not actually instructed a conveyancer yet, but if it isn't resolved quick, I'll disclose it to them for advice.

Alright all, May I ask for the forum wisdom on this issue? We've had multiple offers on our property, and are about to make a offer on the one we want. Issue I have is that yesterday, typically, my previously solved rat problem reoccurred. We can hear some scratching in the cavity of our extension. ...

It's definitely an issue that needs addressing properly. DDD. 'Dogshit DNA Database' 'Dear Resident. We've analysed the Dog Shit you found outside your home through by running it through the council's state of the (f)art DDD system. I regret to inform you that the Shit in question is in fact your h...

Tenner a go? Brilliant. Wonder what else we can shoot.. people not picking up their dog shit?

Laser weapons were always going to be the next breakthrough in warfare. And does this mean the UK is actually leading the way.
in something?

Cheers! Our home hits Rightmove, etc tomorrow.

Before I saw it I'd have scoffed at the idea of living in a pink house but I'm surprised at how much I like the colour

I think pretty much all areas suffer this, and have done for a long time. Because people. The decent dog owners will rightfully complain about it, but the penalty for not clearing up is just a FPN issued on the spot (IIRC), and I imagine the amount of penalties issued is minuscule. It's definitely a...

The residential areas in London though are fucking terrible for it. I reckon I’d be pretty good walking through the land mined parts of Ukraine as I’m forever watching my step and dodging mounds of shit. + Fox shit as apparently they're just cute little rascals and therefore no need to exterminate ...

Interesting, thanks. That sounds like a truly awful system with the surveyors. If I get rejected on those grounds, you can bet I'll be challenging it!

Indeed it is. We currently live opposite a village pub and HSBC were fine with that, and the last two people who put offers in also had a mortgage approved, but obviously I don't know who the bank was. I hope it will be ok, and that the surveyors incorporate some common sense.. Who would you say is ...

Cheers Rich! Appreciate it. It's all in motion now, so fingers crossed indeed.

What a load of absolute 'computer says no' BS. I get what they're saying about no wanting people to be able to change their location themselves, but the fact that TikTok themselves won't do it is just nonsensical. So they'd rather have a creator be operating with incorrect information? It's plain si...

Nice! I like that a lot

Thanks for the comments, all. That was really helpful. Our own house is going on the market today/tomorrow (I'll pop a link in when it's live) and we're going with the same estate agent that the seller is using. We've been getting on really well with the agent and the seller, so fingers crossed we c...