Ferdinand

On flashing, I have one facing into the wind on a 600ft ridge, with a fall of only 6%. I flashed into a wall using the full fat Ubiflex 300mm B3 Lead Replacement, as I had a roll. I am 7nder the red. M8nimum and I have had on3 problem a few years later with wind blown moisture, but I did poke the weather in the eye. That is noticeably rigid though formable, and I struggled a bit due to inexperience. Now I would use the lighter one now available, B2, Also cheaper. Obvs attaching it properly and sticking down thoroughly is a detail that will determine your quality. A suitably formed pressed piece is probably better if appropriate. F

That looks to be fairly straightforward and what the services would call ‘regulation’. Metal corrugated sections ordered at the right length which will overlap one ridge. Plasticol coated in a colour of your choice following te fitting regulations. The suppliers should have all the edgings and things in the appropriate shapes. Fall looks fine. Personally I prefer box pattern to corrugations, nice it is easier to walk on and is more tolerant of things not quite lining up to your joists. Issues I can see 1 - You need to match the spacing of your timbers since they are already there. 2 - I am not sure how you attach it directly to your higher roof .. I am used to going into the wall. Presumably there is a profile to flash underneath. 3 - Need to think about insulation and ventilation. 4 - Are there any weather issues for That far North and the howling gales. As opposed to the Howling Gaels ? Someone will know a supplier that way, who should have all the Details. F

Welcome. These days mortgages can go into your 80s.

Do you need a portable air con to cool it down for your viewers, and to be quickly inserted into the closet?

Hoicking this thread back out of the underworld, how are bh-ers doing in the heat? My house - built to 2010 building regs plus a bit better - ran all the way up to 26C yesterday in core temperature (hall stat], which is nasty for me, and I managed to purge ventilate it down to 21.5C this morning. A bit longer and I will close most of it to keep the hot air out If any appears. linterestingly I am getting cool air intoigh the South side in te last half hour. The happiest people I have talked to are a couple of tenants in the nothern half of pairs of semidetached houses .. both 1900 solid walled vintage - who say it is lovely and cool. F

This is a useful chart from @Visti on the other thread about his quotes fro 48sqm.

The best 2G is now not much different from some 3G in thermal values, and there are options around such as dark grey upvc (Eurocell amongst others) that look very sharp. In my head I think of upvc 2G as a 25-30 year solution, and aluclad 3G as a 50 year solution. Not sure if that is a useful reflection for you ... and there are plenty on here who know far more than me about 3G. It is quite possible that someone will take a quarter or a third off their price to get an order on the spot. But a8 am sure you know that. We also see very significant price variations for things that are ostensibly very similar. This thread from Jan 2017 quotes 3G prices: the range quotes for 3G is say £250-600 per sqm plus £70-100 per sqm for fitting, very very roughly, and with some outliers for special or idiosyncratic requirements. And you can get quote variations of 200-300% for a seemingly similar project or job. These are for jobs in the 25-100 sqm range mainly, so I would expect a price 7-15% less than otherwise for your 200sqm Crystal Palace (!) job. But this is just me guesstimating. Obvs there is a cost vs service trade off. For 2G I would estimate perhaps 20-30% less than an equivalent 3G, but again that is gut feel. Were I doing a new build, I would probably look for the high quality 2G or 3G established use product without going to the bleeding edge, and be willing to simplify my design in search of price (eg using a small range of window sizes or French Widows rather than a space-engineered nirvana). But that is just my general mindset, and others are just as valid. Hope that helps. Ferdinand

Since much of the market demand may be armed forces related, It would make sense that that still has a male predominace, so the partners would be more likely to be looking. F

There is no valve. Just a pipe coming out of the ground that vanishes under next door. Thanks all. Will call the supplier. F

Have an open day on Saturday to mop up the viewings 1 hr slots or free for all if they have said they are coming if you wish. With a published deadline for offers of Tue 31st 12pm. Hard deadline at Wed 8am or Tue 7pm if people ask. Then decide on Wed. Then make a choice. People making offers will be looking elsewhere after about 1 week, or will be finding greener grass if they are looking continuously. Need to strike before the birds return to the bush. F

I have a strange situation in a shop that has been in the family for a century - a small shop in the middle of a terrace of similar. There is a former outside toilet, and a supply pipe that comes out of the ground to where the cistern used to be. The shop is on a meter (inside) and this supply pipe is not on my side of the meter. When there was a burst some years ago, we talked to all the neighbours and closed off all 4 underground stop taps at the corners of the block of streets, and the pipe was still running. So my plumber simply crimped the end and left it. I would like to get this thing properly capped, but I have no idea where the supply actually comes from. How do I deal with this? Phone call to the water company and explain? Cheers Ferdinand

I have dealt with Purple Bricks before, but for a purchase. My comments: 1 - Yes, competent and a good system, but you are beholden to the competence of your counterparty. If your buyer is useless or appoints a poor solicitor, it can cause havoc. That is no different to normal EAs, however, except that the pile of doo-doo is on your plate, and you do not have a rep around to chase it up. 2 - Make sure that you have all the information in the system copied to be out of the system. In particular, make sure that the contact details of all your potential buyers or sellers are recorded in your own system somewhere. You need the direct communication. The best way is to swap details at the viewing for questions and so you can go back later if it falls through. Given your approach you have probably done this already ! 3 - Obviously the quality of the local Purple Bricks rep is important. On the transaction. 4 - You have highlighted that you want a quick sale. That means choosing the offer that is not encumbered but also the people with the support services that can deliver that sale. And responding to queries on a very short cycle. 5 - These days the selling and buying process is a hell of a lot more box-ticky than it was. Careful judgement needed when someone demands a change because of x or y whether to comply or walk-away. If you have eg all applicance instructions and so on in place, so much the better. 6 - Looking at the contemporary market (subject to Dorset being different if eg it is a total sellers' market or your place being gold dust), it will be dead in August and from autumn half-term; that is, a remarketing should the thing fall through will need to be in place by late Sept at the latest, or you will be taking a winter price, or waiting until at least March 2019 before remarketing seriously. 7 - So my conclusion would be to give it a very short time (perhaps another 10 days or end of July) for viewings and written offers to be received, then choose one that meets your criteria but with a strong emphasis on which one you believe will deliver, then ask for exchange quickly - perhaps end of August. That is easily doable if there are no serious problems. If you can find a cash buyer with a hard constraint kicking their backside (eg need to move in time for school year), then so much the better. 8 - Maintaining it for an extra 6 months will be £1000-2000, which counts against any costs from taking a slight hit elsewhere. I took a biggish hit (25%+ off a price which was really difficult to judge from the start so I started high and came down) on my last property, which took 18 months to sell, but do not regret it. I could have been in a situation of being stuck for several years, as the property was so unique. Was I there now, perceptions would also (falsely) be blighted by HS2 which is close but the other side of a motorway. OTOH we save about 20% on the one we bought. @ProDave has taken the other strategy of not slashing the price and waiting - horses for courses, as there is not a universal best strategy. Ferdinand

When no one attaches any weight to EPCs, it is probably 1 I am afraid. F

It will be about year 3 before you have a very significant proportion being repeats, if it is gooD enough and good enough value that they keep wanting to come back. Even after that, reckon on needing to recruit perhaps 30% or 50% new each year, though if you get customers with ties eg people visiting married children then you may do well on this front. Finding a good management service is important, even as a backup. Have a good look at my links above. Aberdeen should be a good location, however. But ca; it give a decent return on a 500k investment. F

I think you are into the various options for BTL funding. Holiday let’s are more specialised than usual BTL, possibly with lower LTV. And I think you may want a specialist broker especially if you want to build it as well, or bridge + remortgage, or fund via a main residence mortgage. Holiday let’s have not been as heavily clobbered by tax as btl, but who knows what will happen, and Scotland will do its own thing. Useful links: https://www.propertytribes.com/holiday-let-every-portfolio-should-have-one-t-127628186.html https://www.propertytribes.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=25&action=latest_posts https://www.primelocation.com/discover/property-news/the-most-profitable-places-to-own-a-holiday-home-in-the-uk/ Ferdinand

At least on the internet you get to send it back. After all my palaver last week about my replacement basket strainer for my sink, and ordering the part from the Franke recommended spares place, I *still* ended up with the wrong one. This week I'll be hawking the other one around spares places to find one that matches :-). F

Should we have said this first? My defence is that I did not come in until nearly page 4. What about you lot? But think how less interesting @newhome's weekend would have been.

It is worth a price on the check of the entire mechanism. If one thing has worn out, so might another piece. The last leakyloo problem I had, we just replaced the entire mechanism for very little money.

I look so young anyway that I am still on the same bottle !

Pears or Imperial Leather. And I look so young because I use Oil of Ulay.

I like soaps, but I missed the episodes of this one. ?

Some landscaping?

Potential for a by bulk purchase later in the year?

This might be of serious interest to me, since though I have a large 10kWp solar array, I do not currently use a Divert Device or have a suitable sink load. I am also move to an small electric car for local stuff after the current super mini wears out. I am also waiting for an excuse to move about a third of my solar to South facing from East facing and shaded onto a new car port/veranda, so I could perhaps increase my output and get a better distribution through the day. Have you done any calculations, Jeremy? My current pv production is around 5MWh per year, and electric usage is around 3.5kWh for an elect bill of say £500 per year. That looks very viable just from savings if they have say a 10 year life or more. If I get £350 bill savings that would be a 10 year flat payback, ignoring price increases of electricity.

Thanks for the quick correction. I just twigged and was editing out the thickitude from my post. ? Light, heat, services eg boiler and sewage plant if fitted, sufficient cooking, sufficient water heating in case of gas loss, and selected mains sockets. PS And the cat shocker.