Owning your own home

How low is low in % terms

5%. 30 000 notes.

Doesnt look like much, but it got us over the line.

5% of a shit tonne of money is still a shit tonne of money.

it'll keep us in Aesop exfoliating handwash for a few months.

You might even be able to afford a coffee in the Blue Mountain Cafe.

No need for gears (well, more than one anyway). Single speed up Dulwich Wood Ave after casing the mansions of Alleyn Road, then Farquhar Rd takes you to the Parade then you can drop down into Sydenham. Piece of piss, and I'm heavier than you and @hippy put together*. Plus, you get to ride past the house belonging to Victor Meldrew's wife.

*Depending on how you put you and Hippy together, of course.

Dibs 'top'

@andyp: it's all about 161 now. Though the Woodman on Kirkdale (which is where it's at) is providing competition.
Avoid Sherrif Coffee on the platform of Syd Hill.

@stevo_com WHUT?
Just go up College Road, either walk up nonsense hill or keep going. Double roundabouts. Turn left on to where you need to be.

SIGH.

DWA+ FR = Q7

I used to do Gipsy Hill but it's more and more driven by wankers. College Road is too far East, I need to go West so Q7 is a good compromise.

pls dont put random numbers next to 'Q'

https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/cycling/lambeth-q7-wd/user_uploads/quietway-7-elephant---castle-to-crystal-palace.pdf

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Also, I had no problem with Gipsy Hill apart from the traffic and your blatant moto-doping

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Is that fast?
I don't think I could do that now.

I've been enjoying a cheeky weds morning riding through Sydenham Hill Woods recently. Nice there - will take the dog 'n' kids for a legal visit at the w/e.

T here was a rave there a couple of weeks ago. Wish I knew. I'd have been there....

I call bullshit.

That i would be there?
Or that there was a rave?

Any tips on removing tiles without damaging them?
From a wall, possibly been there for a long time.
Looks like we are buying a house, last time I viewed it I noticed some awesome tiles in the kitchen, id like to take them off and reuse them once we've refitted the kitchen.

You could try sawing them off with a guitar string or something.

I'm no tile pro, but that sounds like a real ballache. Even if you do manage to remove them without breaking them, there will grout stuck to the back of them which you will have to painstakingly chip off, again without breaking them.

The former.

For the purposes of the real world it's impossible. In some kind of imaginary world where you can bend space and time and tile adhesive is weak and poorly applied you can save some.

Ah well, I'll sack that idea off then.
Cheers gang.

If they've been there for a long time, they 'may' come off easily, sometimes in big sheets. But you have to be super careful not to break them. If you get enough off whole to reuse you can probably use brick acid to clean them. It's pretty lethal but does the job. I cleaned 100 used glass bricks that were really covered in grout / cement and reused them good as new.

What's the first port of call for finding out the length of the leasehold on my ex council flat? Council or is there a website somewhere?
Also need to find out how much it would cost to extend the lease?