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A few things surprised me about Greenland (I assume that's why we're referencing the Danish PM), I hadn't taken much notice of it until The Donald expressed an interest in buying it. From various articles I've read. Greenland is the largest Island in the world, roughly a 12th the size of...

hi, has anyone out there had or have a property with a garage/stable out building able to get passed as a separate living accommodation on the out building, but must remain ancillary to the main dwelling house, if the answer to the above is yes, have you applied to the council to split the...

I currently rent in the south west, having sank 100k into a terraced there some years ago. It gives me a reasonable return (around 1k) with happy tenants. The trouble is my 9 to 5 is unreliable and I'm bored with the area I work in.I was thinking about selling on and making a tidy profit from...

Skirting and decorative flooring is missing from the list. Insulating is too, though you might have been thinking to ball it up into "walls" or "roof", though you then run the risk of an ass job being made of it; maybe you'll do it yourself. Structural flooring will come before stairs, possibly...

I'm surprised people can get mortages on properties that aren't freehold. From my experiences they have to be but sometimes things like that are mentioned but not entirely true. I was told I had to buy it when my parents property was sold. Some time ago now. Also told that I had to move the...

That yale system is a low cost, easy to install DIY package, you can have it working in half a day and the batteries will only need changing every year or two. You say you're after an alarm for piece of mind with your family at night, and it will do that. You can set the front and back door...

After Colorado became the first state to legalize the sale of recreational cannabis to any adult in 2014, it took just 10 years for about half of the country to follow suit. More than 100 million adults in the US went from having no legal access to the drug to being able to waltz into their...

To be fair to you, I also bought a £50 bagless cylinder vac from Argos, solely for hoovering the car out (got bored of getting an old piece of carpet out onto the gravel drive, to stand the Dyson on). Again, apart from cleaning the filters (and having to replace the hose, which kept splitting at...

There are some facts that are about. Numbers of people who live below certain poverty lines. They aren't invented. Benefit scroungers. Popular area with the Tory faithful. In real terms they want everyone working really. When ever scroungers are looked at in detail % are found to be very low...

My biggest mistake was not investing in property, or rather I did but I’m the only person I know who lost on two homes. (First in divorce and second on buying a ridiculously over-valued piece of council crap). But I landed on my feet four years ago when I bought in the recession and others...

If that is what's happening it shows that we rely too much on foreigners, we should make proper use of our own people and resources. The answer is not to go back in the EU - that would be like a drug addict going back to his dealer instead of fighting to get clean. If that is what's happening...

Thanks for your post. yes that is true. I won't get my hands on the deeds unless I buy the place, but if I look the house up on the council planning website, this is what I get on the map: I have written G over the garage so you can work out the angles etc. The road the pic I took of the garage...

Then those are not problematic. As I said, I have been putting "4x4" in quotes as not all of them are built like tanks etc. The Porsche 911 is an example. If you are going to wriggle and claim that I have to define what a normal car is because otherwise you won't know the difference between...

Just thought I would share this little project I did for my garage. Was looking at the cost of buying a Power rack and, though you can get cheap ones they are not great quality, and after a bit of research online, I decided to build my own. It meant I could make it to whatever size I wanted and...

Not trying to resurrect an old thread, just thought this was rather a good article. A bit long but worth the read https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/21/richard-branson-bailout Motorboating enthusiast Richard Branson is playing a particularly idiosyncratic game of Monopoly. He...

A peculiarity of many Brits....They cannot abide a guy who has done fantastically well in life and career...Have to shoot him down in flames.

Thanks diyisfun for your encouragement. I thought folk might like to know how I got on..... :o . WARNING l-o-n-g post!!!! Well the first task was to source a replacement element. First stop try manufacturer's Customer Service number...oh but what's this?... its an 0870 number ....and yes...