Owning your own home

Free tumble dryer if anyone wants one.

Collection from E12 ASAP or I could possibly deliver it tomorrow if you're close by because I've got a Zipvan for a trip to the dump.

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because I've got a Zipvan for a trip to the dump

Might be worth checking as I was turned away from my local dump (Wandsworth) when driving a Zipvan as it was classed as a commercial vehicle and if I'd dropped off anything they'd do me for fly tipping. I had to go to the commercial tip in Battersea where I was weighed before/after and charged based on the weight difference.

Any recommendations for 'small' time bespoke furniture in south london?

I want a record player unit made, ideally in plywood in the 'style' of plykea/this place type stuff with some coloured panels on the side.

I've been to my local in a Zipvan a few times, so hopefully they haven't anything about that.

What has worried me slightly is that it says no "large vans" are currently allowed, but I'm assuming that means long wheel base or Luton vans rather than the VW Transporter, which I think is just a van van.

Mate of mine runs this place.
http://www.themoderncarpenter.com/

No longer south london based but could still sort you out.

@dbr would be my go to for furniture. But he’s not south.

Some others you can find on IG - kerfworks, Stuart Indge, zac Matheou, Jon grant, penroe and king, Luke povey, Gary banks

Thanks both, will reach out, @dbr interested?

Has anyone used a good carpenter who would fit a front door in East London?

I tried to bribe @Bobbo without any luck.

Too far away from me I'm afraid.

Do you know of any good people working in this end of London?

Interesting to see what other people are up to.

Sure @rogan, drop me a PM ✌🏻

@dbr if you ever make your way down South I need a bedside table and an existing cabinet repaired (I acknowledge you may not be interested in the repair of someone else's work)?

Could I have one final question please and ask you to read the whole paragraph and confirm that my understanding is still correct:
So often as reasonably required to decorate the exterior of the Building in such a manner as shall be agreed by the majority of the tenants of the flats or failing agreement in the manner in which they were previously decorated or as near thereto as circumstances permit and in particular (but without prejudice to the generality of this covenant) will paint the exterior parts of the Building usually painted with two coats at least of good quality paint at least once in every four years.

Yep, that does change things. I read that as meaning that the majority can decide how the exterior should be redecorated, not whether or not it should be redecorated. Even so, I think it's extremely unlikely that a judge would have any sympathy for a lessee who is objecting to the building being redecorated at someone else's expenses, particularly when it would need doing if it hasn't been painted for 20 years.

I read that as the number of people rather than flats.

So if he's got four people on the lease living in his flat (unlikely), and you've got two and your other neighbour has one, then he's got the majority?

I can't see any realistic possibility it would be read that way by a judge, as it wouldn't make any sense. It would simply encourage the owner of each flat to have the legal title to the leasehold held by four people (the Law of Property Act 1925 imposes a limit of 4 joint legal owners), which would be futile and pointless. Legal title to all land is held jointly, so where there's more than one owner of a leasehold flat they each own all of the flat jointly at law (the position is different in equity). So collectively they could be viewed as 'the tenant', and I'm sure that's how it would be interpreted.

You have, with this post and others, unwittingly become my go-to passive cooling consultant.

Much like @Howard, we have a loft extension heat problem - during the London Summer month, the top bedroom can hit 35+°C, making it impossible to use.

This is in comparison to the first-floor mid bedroom, which is in shadow in the day, and has one external (solid) wall, that maxes out at 23 / 24°C.

It's only this year that I've really started to look at it, as with the house filling up with children, I can't just change rooms to the coolest one any more.

So far, I've been trying to mitigate it with selective window opening, (interior) shutter closing, and door opening / closing, but that only knocks it down a few degrees.

I've just shelled out for external awnings for the Velux windows - per your comment, stopping the sun before it gets to the windows seems smart - and also some more reflective blinds.

I rather feel, though, that the real problem is that the extension was built on the cheap, and the insulation in the roof is well below building regs for extensions (not that it was ever signed off...) - I've chucked a load of PIR between the roof rafters in the eaves (as there was none), and when doing so, could see that there is what looks like a very cheap thermal quilt in the main roof space.

Out options appear limited to:

• Close the door, and give up the room over Summer,
  
• A split aircon unit, with solar panels powering it so that I don't feel too much like an environmental disaster
  
• Rebuild the roof with more insulation (the rafters aren't deep enough to have think PIR and adequate ventilation
  
• Is there such a thing as roof shades?
  
  

Thanks again!

He has previously agreed that it should be done and agreed on a quote but subsequently went in the huff so hopefully that puts us in the clear.

No problem. If it was me, I'd just get on and do it, and try to ignore the whinging.

I do venture south, did a kitchen in Peckham recently.

Bedside table 👍🏻 - fixing existing things isn’t really my game though.

@Sparky is doing something interesting things with wood at the moment. He’s currently designing a trumpet stand for me.

Out options appear limited to:

Close the door, and give up the room over Summer,
A split aircon unit, with solar panels powering it so that I don't feel too much like an environmental disaster
Rebuild the roof with more insulation (the rafters aren't deep enough to have think PIR and adequate ventilation
Is there such a thing as roof shades?

Put a huge fan in the room and shut the door.

Now is the time to lowball! But not on the place where you already looked the buyer in the eye and said £X is fair and they agreed.

Ugh. Had been planning on exchanging a few days before lockdown. 5 or so house chain that seem to be in limbo waiting (after the top pulled out of selling).
I expect the number of houses sold will fall off a cliff, but I'm not convinced the prices will crash in line with that.
Fuck knows...

And just as the seller at the top of my chain is finally able to start looking for somewhere to rent so that everyone can move then the news starts reporting record price drops.

Lovely time to be needing to buy :/

Is there a forum approved plan of action yet?

I'm currently in a chain with about half a dozen properties scattered around London and Oxfordshire. Got the offer last week which was fractionally higher than the offer I accepted (which subsequently fell through due to coronavirus panic) prior to the coronavirus problem. Who knows what that means for prices.

Not feeling that confident that this big chain is going to work out though. Not due to complete for another 8 weeks and would be concerned at the best of times. The news of price drops and the current uncertainty makes me even more concerned.

2 leasehold maisonette flats in a semi detached house. I own the ground floor. The guy upstairs (an estate agent owner by day) has suggested we buy the freehold. I'm clear on the advantages, but what are the downsides to this?

My lease has 81.5 years left so I'll be spending some money imminently (before it hits 80) either way.

Having to organise your own building maintenance / insurance

If the other person decides they can’t / won’t pay (see previous pages of this thread).

If the other chap wants sof then absolutely go in with him.

sounds like perfect timing for you.