Owning your own home

https://www.hivehome.com/ british gas were trying to up-sell me on these.
No idea if it will work for you....

Needs a central heating system controlled by a thermostat. The hive unit is basically a wifi thermostat which is easier to program/control.

Easier than fiddling with clocks on the front cover of the boiler anyway.

Reminds me, must set the heating schedule for the week now I know which days I'm up at 5 and where I'm up at 8.

Anyone extended their lease? How did they do it?

I'm getting pestered by a company called leasehold solutions. 91 years left on our lease.

Done (heating set for the week, different schedule each day)

Yeah- that seems to be the majority of cases, and from the blurb I've read so far the Farho thing is individual receivers/ thermometers on the units, which are centrally controlled by the router.
That + an additional thermometer in the rooms could solve the issue- I'd hope.
Will have to have a think.

can someone come fiddle with me clocks on the front cover of the boiler ?
;)

got my first gas & elect bill in new house.
Christ, so I'm sitting here, I'm cold. I put uggs and a jumper on instead.

Have it, it works and is handy. Can see the temp and control the heating from phone anywhere. I think Nest is better tho.

Got Hive over the weekend, really like it so far. Nicely intuitive.

Hi! Cheers for your help.

Ex LA block. They mumble on about purchase of freehold, but no idea how that would work with a mixed tenure block.

They upsold me on one a few weeks ago - We has an old mechanical timer with no thermostat, and had the hive wireless thermostat, wifi bit and installation for about £150. Totally worth it, if you ask me.

As I've recently discovered, LAs like to hump you with service and maintenance charges, particularly when there are covenants in your deeds that mean you can do eff all about it.

Woo-hoo! Planning permission granted! Brick built bike shed here I come! (and a side return for the kitchen, downstairs loo, glass veranda, offstreet parking, etc)

Boiler at my place is broken. Is there a forum plumber? Or anyone recommend anyone? 10 yr old Keston boiler and Keston can't make it out for 10days

I have no hot water!

So we've been told we didn't get the place in Walthamstow. we got gazumped by £30k and we went in over asking.

http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/38355111#dX6Bvl74hUXAABDq.97

Paging @sacredhart

If he can't help you out himself I'm sure he'll recommend someone who can.

Unbelievable. I paid £421k for a whole house in Leytonstone one year ago, albeit it needed some work. I think I'd consider looking over a wider area, ie. include Leyton and Leytonstone too.

Yeah...I've heard this can happen. So Citywest have been seem pretty good actually. Service charges are not unreasonable, as far as I know.

Of course now I'm tempting fate for a nasty major works charge. Fuck.

£150

My quote for same stuff was £199 - !!!!

Thanks.

@sacredhart any help would be hugely appreciated

Yeah, generally we're looking at houses in and around leyton but that flat was lovely and a loft conversion seemed very doable. But that is nuts expensive imo

Switch to BG then apply as a BG customer then switch away again.

waiting for nest 3rd gen

@Tenderloin I guarantee they would have got the additional £30k due to a decent taste in furniture. The interior is simple, cheap to do but well appointed. Guarantee the owner is in a design field.