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31st May 2026, 1 week ago
Balcony mounted Solar Panels? The management co for my block of flats is not keen on us installing balcony mounted plug and play solar panels (upto 800w) that are becoming available in various stores and on-line (for not much money,...
Read More →10th May 2025, 1 year ago
Hi DPT The council made no attempt to use this event for propaganda and it was the very last (reluctant) thing they did after exhausting every other option. Certainly, the council did not want to go to cost of raising...
Read More →10th May 2025, 1 year ago
I am active with our local councillors in protecting our area. A lot of you are making assumptions and jumping conclusions :-). A few years ago we had problems with a block of flats. The landlord allowed the flats to...
Read More →10th February 2025, 1 year ago
I think this is biased - a different perspective can also be applied 1) Comparing a capital cost to a payback-rate is not alwats valid. 40 year payback is likely the worst case. But in theory at least, the dwelling's...
Read More →3rd October 2024, 2 years ago
For balance - 1) the EPC provides “recommendations”. There is the potential for the recommendations to be implemented as part, other larger, improvements that might be considered in the years ahead. 2) Would you prefer the EPC to provide no...
Read More →9th September 2024, 2 years ago
Can anyone clarify Every time I read progress reports and summaries on this legislation - I wonder if we have misunderstood the true intention. Does this follow 1) Landlords can continue to evict but need to make a case. This...
Read More →9th September 2024, 2 years ago
Whatever you do, do not let your wife try and fix it! My lovely wife took it on herself to throw a kettle of near boiling water down the toilet. She says she then heard a crack, but everything seemed...
Read More →5th May 2023, 3 years ago
Thanks - but thinking about this. I could create a contract and let's assume you sign it - that says you must provide me the name of your firstborn if you want to buy a packet of crisps from me....
Read More →20th April 2022, 4 years ago
I too have been wondering about this....Thank you for the post. I have a flat with a private garage in large well managed estate - my garage has no power. It is only a matter of time before my tenant...
Read More →27th October 2021, 5 years ago
Catherham police station (in Surrey) was built back to front. It went through nuemrous levels of review and budgeting - and yet no nobody spotted it. They opened it as a police station and now the custody suite is in...
Read More →2nd June 2021, 5 years ago
Hi SimonP, thanks for the comments - I understand that some might make "assumptions" about my tax and accounting knowledge. I take on board the comments by yourself and Paul that HMRC will tend to trust that a qualified accountant...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Mike at 10/04/2021 - 14:34
Smart meters (electricity) deliver 3 benefits to the nation and the consumesr and they all work together 1) Consumer become aware of their rconsumption - stats show we do reduce consumption from this awareness 2) The leccy companies can provide...
Read More →10th April 2021, 5 years ago
To echo Doug Ellison, and add some balance here. Smart meters are a positive and result in cheaper power for little effort. Octopus Energy provide variable (every 30mins) kWh fees that are directly linked to the wholesale prices. So it...
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