Ferdinand

I have driven a Leaf and i3. Liked the price of secondhand Leaf and the pave of the i3. But the i3 was like a roller skate with the suspension taken out, so I suspect it is best for countries with smooth roads (which is not us .. or at least not us where I live).

Just remember to fit it before you have a shower...

I think they will all work and you just need to stop pfaffing and toss a three sided coin. ?

If it is crazy then it will be hourly.

I think that should be OK if you check up on the seller. Feedback, their ebay shop, their website (which will let you trace their history) etc. And buy with a Credit Card. I have done about 5 that way. Then flipper panels are fine if that is what you want. I normally avoid as it is a moving part which I avoid as far as possible - but I have had one in a rental since 2011 or so and it is not dead yet. For that wet room feel, have a short panel and no flipper then you will have real water everywhere ??? . F

That's the attitude. "We love window shopping for all the things we don't need to buy." ?

I don't see why they would need to dig up the street, unless someone was going to dig excavations. I had one where the people I had sold it to were doing that, but they were turning the house into a side road ? . Phone up the supplier and ask for the cost of having the meter removed. It should not be that bad - guestimating somewhere between zero and a couple of hundred. F

Since the real thing should be between (estd) 150 and 200, I would look for that. I usually buy off eBay. F

I think the effective ultimate lobbying mechanism would be individual MPs to get them to ask Questions, nobble the Housing Minister, the Housing Minister's cabinet level boss and the Chancellor. Plus the direct letters that have to be done. Plus media - letters to nationals and personal stories in locals. Plus perhaps direct contact with journos or twitter journos with sob stories - there are umpteen journos on twitter looking for emotion driven stories. I don't think we can do the mass stuff, as we do not have 50-100k twitterers who will sign any petition that moves. F

My lost comment (!) had a good old whinge about the prevalence of marketing and 'architectural bollocks' in the 200 pages of these documents ? , and speculated whether "innovative or outstanding" in Paragraph 79 needed changing back to "and". eg: There were some very good comments in the objections, and I did not think that overall it really merited a 20Ha site in an AONB, though I approve of the relative lack of prominence in positioning in the site. I think that a good opportunity for Selwyn Gummer houses will be in small conifer plantations by 'keyholing' the house in, and turning it into a more mixed woodland by introducing and enlarging with deciduous. This was a good way of presenting the basic layout, however: Ferdinand

I think that selling a Trombe Wall as "innovation" or "energy saving" is misconceived - this is only billed as saving 6000 kWh per year, and the same can be achieved using a few solar panels and a couple of Heaters in the slab.

Thanks. Never mind. I had published in error some time ago, and then removed the incomplete stuff for re-editing properly. Unfortunate timing. F

Did my entire detailed comment that I edited over the empty one just vanish? What did I do?

£3000 for one day to do one tree. Team of about 6, cherry picker, traffic lights ... the works.

People commute on motor bikes ? .

I read that as 79 dwellings, and thought that the 'group of dwellings' idea had finally succeeded with para 79 ? . Could you drop in a link to the Officer's Report, and quote the Planning App number at Ryedale Council, which may be useful? Cheers. F

I was thinking you must have the calves of one of Cinderella's footmen.

Welcome to the madhouse. All that experience / expertise is great to have on board. If you wish, you can add your approx location to your location by the drop down on your name (top right) then Edit Profile. Ferdinand

Given that buses are one of the things Boris has tied his balls to wrt the Red Wall seats, we may find out in the next few years. Our new Tory MP has been reminding him - albeit foolishly positioning rural buses in opposition to HS2. I had 6 landlords in London over about 8 years, and I think only 2 had cars. This was 1-2 decades ago. One was unable to drive due to eye problems, and it had not affected his career at all - he was a programmer for Teletext. One Saturday the Wimbledon scores went nuts, and he had to rush in to work to mend it ? .

Yes a number of us have. Main resource thread here: You will do more prep, but should overall save between several days and several weeks depending on the house. For a normal size 3 bed trad house I would reckon on half-one day prep and one to 2 days spraying depending on the no. of coats. Best balance is probably to do everything except the final coat, but perhaps also do the final on eg ceilings etc. Good advice in that thread, eg backrolling to add texture so touch ups do not show, and to learn on eg a garage if you can.

I think that will not be a problem, having looked into it a bit. It will just wither on the vine as an issue. For these reasons: 1 - Conventional drivers in terraces do not demand a personal filling station at their house, for reasons of a - The car outside has 300 miles range. b - They have reserve range in a can in the shed if they want it. c - The RAC and similar are an efficient rescue service. d - "Recharging" takes about 5 minutes at a filling station. 2 - For electricals, except for (d) all of these will be available within a few years, or are here now. I think refilling 60-80% in 15 minutes with a complimentary coffee would lick that. 3 - The grid can be built in the time - consider how quickly it was done in the 50s-60s. The Planning System and green NIMBY yahoos are a bigger problem, and political cowardice in dealing with them both appropriately. 4 - If it isn't built, we could replicate the existing fuel tanker model - a Freight Container can already transport electricity in batteries to charge perhaps 300-400 cars. That is ANAD the same as a 5000 gallon petrol or diesel tanker. 5 - Flats often have a dedicated parking space. But 65% of UK dwellings have off street parking. I suspect that this is mainly London based politicians shouting out of their igorance silos. The *potential* problem is much smaller than claimed. 6 - In cities (where terraces and flats are in the main located) car usage / ownership can be encouraged to fall with proper public transport and bike provision, car clubs, hire, policy initiatives such as congestion charge etc. 7 - There is *some* data (though not a lot). Car ownership per household fell modestly in nearly all London boroughs in the noughties when congestion charge was bedding in. That was by about 3-5% relative to growth in other places. And of course London is a place with decent public transport. A straw in the wind. 8 - It will need some infrastructure for the alternatives (eg cycling for 10% of journeys - increase of about 5x - should be childsplay once we are serious about it), but demonstrations exist. 9 - We already have urban tram system carrying about 120m passengers a year outside London, in only about 7-8 cities. 10 - Nottingham would be an interesting study, as they have a - A tramway, carrying 20m a year, run by City. b - Serious amount of part and ride (9500 spaces), integrated with trams. c - A heavy rail "Metropolitan Area line" (Robin Hood line - say 30 miles long) carrying 1.25m a year, run by County. I know several people who cycle 15-20 miles one way, then train the other way - one in his 50s. d - Serious effort put in to encouraging cycling. Targeting 10% of journeys by 2025. e - Workplace parking tax of about £400 per space you provide for commuting employees, with exceptions for disabled etc. Ferdinand

I did not realise just how big a Tesla Model 3 is until I stood next to it. It is the same size as a Mercedes C Class Estate.

I think you would be reckoning £120-160 per day for a ground person, and £180-240 for a climber. Plus kit, plus etc... Ferdinand

I suppose one can have a voice controlled device on the socket to switch it off :-=) . "Electra: Anti-Earwig"

What is the height and girth of the trees? And the difficulty of the access? Old ones are more dangerous, of course. Ferdinand