Big Jimbo

As @Mr Punter said

I hope they vented top and bottom? What a shame to have somebody, doing something for the first time, using your hard earned cash.

I totally agree. Its just people with limitless money, want things that nobody else have. Stupid Mansory Rolls Royce for £800k

I built a vanity unit for an en-suite that was £12k. I'd call that high end. It was made of Wenge, marble, included lights, and a shaver socket. Another had a feature glass panel between Two rooms, that cost £120k. Obviously my vanity unit looked fab, but the glass wall thing looked tacky. Russian Mafia money.

I did some work in a place that was 120Million. It had some sort of very fancy Airstream door, that prevented any smell from the swimming pool, entering the rest of the property.

always try and fit, unbranded items. That way you can say they are handmade. One off, and seriously expensive. I think it was that Northern monkey @nod who said that all the people who viewed his house only ever asked about the boiling water tap.

High end, quality, means that i have sprinkled my magic wand over it.

Best of luck @-rick-.You have a good heart, and a good heart these days is hard to find. (quote F S) I just can't see you winning this One. However, well done for trying. Most of the above has been tried before, by other well meaning people.

So the company selling it could get the grant money, and pocket a few bob.

I don't believe that anybody on here is trying to bully Zoot the hoot. However, it is easy to see the frustration. Zoot appears to be very good at avoidance. He had very fixed ideas as to why he is correct in his assumptions, and that nobody else can possible understand. He has a belief that no matter what he sets his ASHP controls to, it will not work. We all know that the phisics say it will work, but i bring you back to the following points. Who thinks that Zoot can get his "Special. One of a kind cottage" in the "Special. Micro climate" to be nice and comfortably warm during the depths of winter for £70 per month. I for One don't. Can all the tinkering being suggested on here make a huge difference ? It's possible, but i believe that to make any substantial difference, it is going to cost more money to run. Will Zoot spend more money. NO, he had said so himself. Then there is the fundamental point that Zoot is not going to run, his ASHP at 16, 0r 18 degrees during the night. I believe he said that, that would be madness. He has said over, and over, that the max he will consider is 10 degrees. I can honestly say that despite, what i believe is all the good intentions, nothing is going to change his mind about the three main points. Special house. Micro climate, and that running heating during the night is not madness. I don't think i am trying to bully Zoot when i suggest, a damn good ski suit might, be an easier way to stay warm. If you all manage to change his way of thinking, then hats off to you. The thread does make entertaining reading. The mods are free to delete this post, if they think i am being out of order.

I still think that we are still a nation of people who want to own property. So much of the rental market is expensive, and shite quality. I was on a newbuild site for about 1 hour last weekend. Two people selling, and i saw 4 appointments in that time. All 4 paid to reserve a property. These were not flats. They were small houses, and were not in London. However, in NW9 on the site of what used to be the Met Police training centre, Hendon. They have built a shed load of Tall Blocks of flats. I think the total is going to be about 5000 new homes. No sign of them not selling. The next door underground station. Colindale, has had a multi million pound refurb. I just think that the shine has gone from London. I grew up in London in the 1960's, and it was a shitehole. There was no Notting Hill, or Islington. Well there was, but not in the same way that we think of those areas today. Islington property all had outside toilets, and was poor as. Notting Hill was a bit of a no go area if you were White. London came up in the 80's. Areas where you could easily have previously got stabbed, or shot, became trendy. London had 30 BOOM years. During the last 10 people have just come to realise that, if you are single, London can be fun. If you want to start a family, and you are not rich. Time to get the Fudge out. The arse has fallen out of London. The young trendies who would have historically owned those flats, just don't have the money that used to slosh around London. So the younger trendies are not there to buy off the previous generation of young trendies. £7.20 for a coffee in Canary Wharf !

It won't be a can till the metal roof goes on @Nickfromwales

Zoot the Hoot. i love ya fella. Except for the setback bit (I think you are talking Balls, about now understanding that ). Every other thing you wrote......I could have guessed. Fair play, you are you're own man, and you play it you're way. Hats off to you my friend. Personally, due to being a lifelong smoker, i suffer a bit with cold feet. A hottie on those tootsies, and i'm happy as a pig in poo. Long live Zoot the Hoot. (ain't nobody gonna tell him how to play the game) My sincere best wishes to you pal. If i didn't have a long standing wife, i could see myself being very similar. The only difference is i would have Six rescue dogs, and perhaps the treat, of a lady of the night when funds allowed. (Just as a workout for the old ticker)

Because i had an O2 business account, they gave me a booster. They gave up supporting it a few months ago. Wi-fi calling only now, and that's shite.

I am old ? I still aspire to a massive boom box with at least 10 big batteries, that last 1/2 an hour. Bring back the early 80's