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We/our solicitors offered an indemnity policy several times and each time the buyers solicitor pushed for a regularisation certificate. We genuinely looked into getting what they requested but just felt it was too invasive to do and certainly not in our financial capabilities at the moment. Let...

Thanks for the comments. I should have mentioned that this particular buyer has pulled out as we refused to get building regs involved, but I want to try and resolve this (or satisfy myself) before remarketing the house. The issue for the buyer I believe is that the solicitor has ‘spooked’...

Just a bit of an update, ended up going further down the Ryobi rabbit hole, bought a couple of brushless drills, a multi tool, a couple of 2.5ah batteries and a 5ah charger. Used the drill for the first time this weekend and absolutely love it. Metal shank is fab and so much quieter than the...

My conversation with building regs was 100% anonymous. Didn’t give a name, address, phone number, nothing. My solicitor had already advised to not give them any identifiable info.

We are in the process of selling our house and the buyers solicitor raised some queries about some work we had done to the house when we bought it 7 years ago. The works involved removing the UPVC doors between the kitchen and conservatory, making the opening a bit wider (1.92m wide) and...

Sorry, I meant £45 each. They were bare so no batteries but got a couple of batteries to go with them. Spent £180 in total for 2 x R18PDBL‘s and 2 x 2.5Ah batteries.

Thanks for the replies. I've ended up going further down the Ryobi rabbit hole as I was looking for a 2nd drill and found a deal on Amazon for the Ryobi R18PDBL-0 for £45, so ended up buying 2 and a Ryobi multi tool haha. I do think I'll go down the plunge saw route for the worktop vs a...

Thanks I'll have a look at the suggestions. I've just had a look at plunge/track saws and they look pretty good for cutting straight lines (didn't even know they existed) but I'm worried that I'll buy one and not use it again. Yes, I had forgotten to add a multitool to the list. The original...

We are in the process of doing up our new house before we move in, so will be doing a lot of work in the immediate future (ripping out and fitting new kitchen, new flooring, new office with some cut down furniture, new bathrooms are on the horizon, and with young children they will be wanting...

It's always difficult isn't it. The only real experience I have with Ryobi is the SDS Hammer Drill but I've only had that for about a year (and probably only used it 5 or 6 times). We do have a Ryobi lawn mower which I like but that's wired rather than battery powered. I just worry that I'm...

Ah I get you. Yes, makes perfect sense :)

Genuine question but how is it a good way to set the house on fire? If the cables remain terminated with the connectors that are present, I don’t understand why that could cause a fire. You can see from the photo we are not talking a lot of cable, probably half a meter if that coming out of the...

We are in the process of moving house and our new house has a 20 year old kitchen that we are ripping out. We will be fitting the new kitchen ourselves and doing other jobs around the house so I am looking to get a few tools to get the job done. In particular I need a circular saw that can cut...

Thanks for the replies, very useful. The old units are completely out now but I can’t see where the wiring is coming from. There are just 3 holes in the walls, each with a wire with connector on for the old lights. My plan was to put a single socket on each wire and mount them above the new...

I am ripping out the kitchen in our new (to us) house, and have come across the attached connectors that were connected to 20 year old under cabinet fluorescent lights. I am wanting to install LED light strips so I was wondering if I can swap the connectors on the end of these cables for a...