Owning your own home

We'll be the new China in no time...

Burberry is now buy 1 get 4 free, you pay the he cheapest item only.

Oh wait a min, Burberry is now made in China I believe? In that case, only buy 1 get 3 free... more expensive having them made in China than in the UK...

£ hits 30 year low against $. FTSE 100 hits highest point since last big f*ck up.

Brilliant news!

We are buying a house in Sheen that needs a lot of work - is there a forum-approved electrician in the Richmondy area?

I started this list a while back... Clive is good and I have recommended him to a few folks here, never heard any bad feedback from anyone, so guess he is approved? Certainly by me... he does all London as far as I know...

Sounds great, thank you! What is Clive's username?

Sorry mate, I am on a high dose of pain meds this evening, he is not on here I don't think... here is the list

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/291015/#comment13147692

Clive - 07904 188645

Perfect, much appreciated!

Morning all, Mrs Roo and me just had our offer accepted on a place up in Upper Clapton after a long while looking. Our last place fell through because of our solicitors taking over two months to complete the initial queries (they are called RMNJ and are based in Liverpool, I would avoid them at all costs if you can).

I know people have posted details of good solicitors on here before but it's almost impossible to find using search. If someone has used a good un recently, could they pass me the details? Thanks.

I wholeheartedly recommend Caroline Sherry at Glazer Delmar in East Dulwich.

May be a bit out of your way for visiting to sign things, but if not then I would use her in a heartbeat.

Martin Browne at Gisby Harrison.

Latest reviews on here of Martin have not been favourable. I decided against him this time round, having used him in the past.

This is who I used http://hugginslaw.co.uk/about-us-ann-hines She was decent and I'm guessing reasonably local for you (although I never found it necessary to see them in person).

Gibsy Harrison seem a bit expensive at just north of £2k, or is that just me being tight?

That's for everything

Seems expensive - think I paid £1200 for everything

I paid £1200 ish per flat (we were selling 2)

That's who our seller used, we nearly pulled out due to how she was handling things at her end. We went nearly a month before questions our solicitor raised were passed to the seller. The seller was consistently told we were not yet in a position to sign when our solicitor had already said that he had everything signed and was just waiting on the answers to questions. She even stopped talking to the estate agent's progressions manager because he kept calling for updates.

Got multiple leaks from the shower / bath. Thinking of getting rid of the bath and putting a proper shower enclosure in instead.

Any recommendations for bathroom stuff shops or brands of shower units?

thanks

Better Bathrooms. Bristan, Gröhe.

Doesn't sound as good then. I had the opposite experience where the seller's solicitor was shit and she was good in chasing them up (it ended up with her sending letters to the head partner at the other side as the individual we were dealing with was so poor).

I suspect for a lot it's very workload dependent. If they're busy they turn crap which is a bit useless.

workload dependent

Very much this. The number of files one conveyancer can deal with efficiently is quite low, so the tipping point is easily reached.

Alright kids.

Anyone have any experience in getting proper wooden floors installed over concrete? Just want an idea on cost and if there's any reason I shouldn't do it.