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Jobbo is spot on 8-) But yes, the bedrooms sharing the same access through is absolutely fine. I'll use it as an office type space and my partner will use it as a dressing room. We'll have sofa bed for the rare occasion someone comes to stay. Indeed, no interest in those other homes I'm afraid :lol:...

Ascender, appreciate that! It's a lovely little place. I've spoken to the bank and it all seems ok so far, but it looks like they'll want a proper survey done to make sure all is well, which is understandable.

Cheers Swerv! I'd actually noticed the same thing when viewing it on Google Maps. I wasn't sure if that type of drain was normal or not, but came to the same logical conclusion that you've mentioned there. Unfortunately you can't really see if it was there or not in the previous dated Map in 2009. I...

Thanks Jobbo. Some really useful info there! Appreciate it. Your old house is just stunning. If we were further that way we’d have been all over that. It reminds me that one thing I am slightly disappointed about is the lack of off-street parking. However, the area appears to be relatively quiet and...

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.

Cheers guys. Hopefully Jobbo can give his thoughts. Good point re. The fireboarding. I'll find out. Here's the house - https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/133545503#/?channel=RES_BUY On the street view, you can actually see the crows pulling the thatch :lol: a thatcher is going to tidy it up befo...

Has anyone got any experience of living in a thatched home, or know anyone who has? GF and I are very tempted by a thatched, grade 2 listed home. And one I say very tempted, we're mulling over putting an offer in.. Only snag for me is the roof. It looks great, was recently re-thatched, but I have no...

Can't really help other than to say I hate TPMS sensors with a passion. Yeah, this. The Mustang has a permanent TPMS light on, and the Mini dives me up the wall with tyre pressure warnings. Every other journey it tells me to pull over and check the tyre pressure. Apparently 2.2 bar is too low to co...

Good work

The wheels and car look great. Dark wheels are for those too lazy to regularly clean them properly. Cripes, that's a sweeping statement if I ever saw one :lol: I bloody love dark wheels, and they look awesome when clean.. I'm actually trying to get hold of some gloss black Shelby Razor wheels for t...

Yeah, bonkers isn't it they're still a very effective visual deterrent.

I've had a Disklok for ages now. Used to keep it on my 650i and now the Mustang. I'm tempted by one for the Mini, although it's not keyless entry, only keyless start.

Rich, Beany, appreciate the recommendation. Sorry you couldn't get a quote, GG. Reading the PH article on this, apparently JLR had an insurance product but that insurer pulled the scheme last year. Now they have another one. I'd imagine that to convince an underwriter to let them write LR/RR's again...

I agree. I check my snap traps every day once set. The large and very small rodents can actually survive them and will have an awfully painful death (especially this time of year) unless they're put out of their misery. On the humane-ness, I'm not really a fan of using poison unless there's no other...

I think the issue with Telematics policies is that the quality is dependent on the insurer, the type of device being used (hard-wired box, app, OBD plug in), the accuracy of the data, and importantly, how good they are at reading the data, and separating the genuine bad driving from those who’ve bee...

Thanks. I think I'd read something similar. That will probably be the route I take for now, and I'll then have to work out how they're gaining access to the cavity. Annoyingly, I think they're borrowing to it, but I do have a good idea of where they're coming in, so it will just be working out how I...

Interesting point on the telematics. Any idea why? Ill be shopping in that market very soon as the boy is 17 next year. Insurers have been losing money in the young, newly passed driver area for a little while now. Surprising, as the point of a telematics policy was to monitor driving behaviour, en...

Teslas were some of the most easily stolen cars a few years ago, then they did an over the air update which meant you have to enter a pin to start the car - same as unlocking a phone. No more thefts on pin enabled cars after that. Staggering why it's so difficult for other manufacturers, unless the...

Insurance market has gone absolutely nuts. I've never seen premiums like this. Some of the rates people are having to pay is just insane. I really hope these higher amounts don't become the new norm.. Edit. Even worse if you're a new driver - loads of insurers pulling out of the telematics market, w...

Indeed. Hopefully that'll do that trick.

I'm still unsure about dumping some poison in the wall as I don't really want a dead rat (which I think it is) stinking the place out if it dies in there.. tricky one.

In prep im going to start a motion towards Xbox... Whilst I don't regret buying my PS5, I have always enjoyed every Xbox I've owned and am particularly envious of the backwards compatibility! I think that's something that MS nailed. I want to play GTA4 but don't have a PS3, and I'm not buying one.