Owning your own home

In your post, on the other page, theblanguage you use to describe your plan to get on the next step of the housing ladder sounds cold and harsh.
"When people are suffering and realise they're paying too much for something they can't afford. I'll be able to benefit from that situation".

I'd suggest there are numbers of people on here who have stretched themselves to get a house in London where their work is. But because of supply and demand theyve overpaid on a house and are finding it tight.
I'd suggest from this at least two people find it offensive you can talk so callously.

I'll explain what amey was doing now.

Thatcher had this plan to sell off social housing and to make everyone a home owner. I'd suggest that amey posting a picture of Thatcher dabbingbher eyes, is to point to the "she would be proud" type phrase. She's not sobbing, she's not distraught, it looks more like she's wiping a tear due to excess emotion.

Finally, the Rorschach test is to make reference to "what do you see in the picture?". It's a common, though now flawed as the "what you should see " is all over the internet, test to determine what your state of mind is like and if you are a total sociopath.

Thanks for the explanation.
Apologies if I sound callous, and language used was insensitive, it was more aimed at brexit and the financial disruption/pain that will cause, and a desire to see those that voted for it feel the effects (even knowing I didn't vote for it and will also feel it).
As I've explained before, I'm lucky to have brought the council flat I grew up in from my mother who brought it from the council. Yes I'm part of the contingent that are taking social housing stock out of the system. But I've also lived in the same neighbourhood for the majority of my 40 odd years, I'm london born and raised and desire to live in a place where I am not lone black face so the options of moving out of london, to commuter land, or a.n.other U.K. City aren't an option.
So looking into my crystal ball, anything which gives me the opportunity to buy a property in london which is larger and not on the edge of nowhere (relatively) will be thought about.

Those that voted for it have been feeling the effects of the current economic vibes firv49 years.

See Grimsby.

It's a shame people like Hannan etc won't suffer from Brexit.

live in a place where I am not lone black face

Cool Native American name brah.

Went the visit the place we buying yesterday and something I noticed is in the main bedroom is a rather strong woody odour. It's hard to describe. Not a damp smell, kinda old wood barn like smell. The floor is currently just the original floorboards which aren't sanded or filled as far as I can see. Some fairly big gaps between some of them (8mm)

Curiously the other two bedrooms have the same flooring but don't have the smell.

Could it be a sign of some underlying issue? Am thinking I might need to lift up the floor boards and give it a good clean and hopefully it will die down?

We are going to eventually either sand and fill the floor boards, or carpet it all. Not sure which yet.

Wooody smell suggests mold which does suggest damp I'm afraid.

https://www.buzzle.com/articles/what-does-black-mold-smell-like.html

Ugh. I guess I'll have some damp people in to have a look. I hope it's not too big of a deal.

The full fat survey might flag up the cause of the damp - broken drain pipe, blocked air bricks or something.

Damp guys will be like DPC ya? Cool sign here

Yeah, I need to get that arranged. Will mention the smell to the surveyor so they hopefully pay extra attention to it.

Make sure it's a full building survey rather than home buyer's report.

Anyone used Collier Stevens for a full survey, any good?

Is there a legal requirement to have an internal stop cock (love that name)?

We have an external one but I think that turns off water to the hole segment of flats we're in. There's no internal one listed on the survey and I've never found one. We can turn off almost everything, except water to the shower, which is of course the thing that's got issues.

hole segment

Filth.

I have a wrench you can borrow to turn off the outside one if you need.

We had the same problem atbour old place, although we eventually found the stop cock was just by the boiler albeit coloured yellow - which meant I overlooked it, thinking it was for gas...

You know me. I fill the whole hole.

Do you know what the wrench is called? I think I should own one, if it's the only way to turn off our water!

I'll have a closer look but I'm pretty sure I've identified all the taps and what they do. Even the survey guy didn't find it.

Under the sink ?

There are at least three taps under the sink.

One is before the meter under the cold water tap and only controls the kitchen cold water tap.

The other two are on the hot water pipe. Neither of which do anything as they're at the 'dead end' of the pipe.

There's another hot water tap behind the washing machine which is yet another dead end.

There's a tap that controls cold water out of the splitter to coffee machine and washing machine.

There's another series of taps in where the boiler was. One is a functioning hot water tap which stops boiler water getting to the bath. One is pre-boiler which stops cold water inlet of the boiler. I think there may be yet another one on the outlet of the boiler which duplicates the function of the previous one.

I will have another look but it's not my first rodeo with this shit :)

... so the cold water feed to your shower is unmetered...? ££cashback££

Um.. shit maybe?

Sweet!

I mean, oh no.

The question will be: is the free water going to be more or less than the cost of the inevitable flood when I can't turn off the water... ?

I feel your pain. Our flat has three separate mains water ingress points (and no it’s not huge, abt 650 swift). One stopcock is helpfully located under the wooden floorboards by our front door. Nice and easy to access...

Do you know what the wrench is called?

It's a stopcock key. The cost £5 - £10.

Are there any taps / levers on the pipes to your boiler?

Do you know what the wrench is called?

It's a stopcock key. The cost £5 - £10.

Are there any taps / levers on the pipes to your boiler?

Try the one before the meter I any case.

Cheers. I'll find one.

We removed the immersion heater + cold water tank and now only have a small electric 'boiler' that feeds the kitchen hot tap, bathroom hot tap and bath hot tap.

So the two taps on the 'boiler' only stop water to/from boiler which means only the hot taps are stopped, not the cold water going to the electric shower.

YMMV, but it may still be that the pipes do weird weirs things behind walls.

Turn everything off.

Hammering frozen sausages into the ends of the pipes may work too.

We've tried turning everything off. I know because I was even clever enough last time to write some labels on the stupid fucking pipes.

Also the shower is working better now. Missus fucked around with it yesterday and I reckon she's loosened some limescale or something so it has much better flow rate again. It really is best to leave the womenfolk at home...