As far as I know, the land was purchased by the John Bowes Co from the Church (Durham Dean and Chapter) to build houses for miners at their local colliery. At some point, some of the houses and land were...
Thanks. I have the title number of the property I own and the owner of the land on the other side of the lane since 1978 (the Council), but I'm not able to tell where the lane belongs. I also...
Reply to the comment left by Neil Patterson at 24/08/2022 - 10:43Done most of that. the Council actually said it is owned by no one - obviously untrue, but I am now the longest standing owner and I don't know....
Reply to the comment left by Judith Wordsworth at 24/08/2022 - 10:20Conveyancer is long gone - owned property for about 50 years. Deeds are not clear - can't understand anything apart from a right of access for the Dean and...
If there is a general election and Starmer gets in, that White Paper and worse will be law the next day. I'm just going to proceeed as though nothign has changed - ie sell up.
It certainly is. All mine are getting the boot ASAP. Haven';t noticed Shelter acting a a guarantor to any prospective tenants or helping any to buy their homes. Polly Neale is too rich and out of touch to understand the...
I've had enough. Will sell all mine even though they are in negative equity and tenants are all decent. Can't risk not being able to evict in order to sell when mortgages come to an end (which is soon), and...
You won't get as much benefit from an SSD disk for backup as you would for using for the operating system and files. Might as well go for a much cheaper-for-the-size regular spinny (SATA) disk
Reply to the comment left by Paul Shears at 12/11/2021 - 10:46You can recover data from a "normally" formatted disk (and it probably won't be C: any more as you'd need to boot from an external drive - can't saw...
Norton products are pretty bad and have been for years. For AV, if you want to pay, try ESET - most of the free ones are now awful and bloated (perhaps Comodo or Bitdefender). Plus Superantispyware free edition (not Malwarebytes,...
So most of the money isn't actually going to give anyone a place to sleep, but is going into the pockets of (rich) psychiatrists - that in itself is enough to make many of the rough sleepers run away. Why...
Only fair if they are going to tax the capital value of everyone's assets: paintings, gold, jewellery, fancy cars, stocks and shares. I can't sell any of mine as they are all in negative equity so they are, as capital...
May I say that, as a hearing impaired person, I hate videos as they almost always contain sound, while the information could be easily shown in writing
And how many of those issues are caused by the life style of the occupant? Yes, it's very hard if you can't afford the gas and electric bill, but if you can't heat it, you just have to go to...
I don't think you will, but only set losses against tax you might pay in future years or get back overpyaments for current year. I've got nothing back for losses, but I hadn't overpaid on account for current year.
Reply to the comment left by Old Mrs Landlord at 17/11/2020 - 01:00Every MP who didn't vote against the continuation of the Coronavirus Act and those who sat back and let all this happen should be impeached
Reply to comment left by charles stevens at 24/08/2022 - 23:16
As far as I know, the land was purchased by the John Bowes Co from the Church (Durham Dean and Chapter) to build houses for miners at their local colliery. At some point, some of the houses and land were...
Read More →Reply to comment left by charles stevens at 24/08/2022 - 18:09
Thanks. I have the title number of the property I own and the owner of the land on the other side of the lane since 1978 (the Council), but I'm not able to tell where the lane belongs. I also...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Neil Patterson at 24/08/2022 - 10:43
Reply to the comment left by Neil Patterson at 24/08/2022 - 10:43Done most of that. the Council actually said it is owned by no one - obviously untrue, but I am now the longest standing owner and I don't know....
Read More →Reply to comment left by Judith Wordsworth at 24/08/2022 - 10:20
Reply to the comment left by Judith Wordsworth at 24/08/2022 - 10:20Conveyancer is long gone - owned property for about 50 years. Deeds are not clear - can't understand anything apart from a right of access for the Dean and...
Read More →7th July 2022, 4 years ago
If there is a general election and Starmer gets in, that White Paper and worse will be law the next day. I'm just going to proceeed as though nothign has changed - ie sell up.
Read More →16th June 2022, 4 years ago
It certainly is. All mine are getting the boot ASAP. Haven';t noticed Shelter acting a a guarantor to any prospective tenants or helping any to buy their homes. Polly Neale is too rich and out of touch to understand the...
Read More →16th June 2022, 4 years ago
I've had enough. Will sell all mine even though they are in negative equity and tenants are all decent. Can't risk not being able to evict in order to sell when mortgages come to an end (which is soon), and...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Jane Breakell at 13/11/2021 - 15:53
You won't get as much benefit from an SSD disk for backup as you would for using for the operating system and files. Might as well go for a much cheaper-for-the-size regular spinny (SATA) disk
Read More →Reply to comment left by Paul Shears at 12/11/2021 - 10:46
Reply to the comment left by Paul Shears at 12/11/2021 - 10:46You can recover data from a "normally" formatted disk (and it probably won't be C: any more as you'd need to boot from an external drive - can't saw...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Jane Breakell at 11/11/2021 - 11:36
Norton products are pretty bad and have been for years. For AV, if you want to pay, try ESET - most of the free ones are now awful and bloated (perhaps Comodo or Bitdefender). Plus Superantispyware free edition (not Malwarebytes,...
Read More →1st November 2021, 4 years ago
So most of the money isn't actually going to give anyone a place to sleep, but is going into the pockets of (rich) psychiatrists - that in itself is enough to make many of the rough sleepers run away. Why...
Read More →Reply to comment left by neilt at 24/10/2021 - 06:55
Only fair if they are going to tax the capital value of everyone's assets: paintings, gold, jewellery, fancy cars, stocks and shares. I can't sell any of mine as they are all in negative equity so they are, as capital...
Read More →22nd October 2021, 4 years ago
Same here
Read More →22nd October 2021, 4 years ago
Who has had a rent increase of 6.6%? Most of my tenants haven't had an increase for years. Must put the rents up.
Read More →13th October 2021, 4 years ago
May I say that, as a hearing impaired person, I hate videos as they almost always contain sound, while the information could be easily shown in writing
Read More →13th October 2021, 4 years ago
And how many of those issues are caused by the life style of the occupant? Yes, it's very hard if you can't afford the gas and electric bill, but if you can't heat it, you just have to go to...
Read More →26th August 2021, 5 years ago
I use Taxcalc for Self assessment return (about £30) but haven't done mine for this year yet, so I hope it still works
Read More →Reply to comment left by peter sharples at 25/01/2021 - 17:57
I don't think you will, but only set losses against tax you might pay in future years or get back overpyaments for current year. I've got nothing back for losses, but I hadn't overpaid on account for current year.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Old Mrs Landlord at 17/11/2020 - 01:00
Reply to the comment left by Old Mrs Landlord at 17/11/2020 - 01:00Every MP who didn't vote against the continuation of the Coronavirus Act and those who sat back and let all this happen should be impeached
Read More →Reply to comment left by Badger Badger at 24/10/2020 - 19:18
North-East
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