Owning your own home

Cheers for the various suggestions. I liked the idea of wood but my other half isn't so keen, thinks it will clash with the floor (slightly shitty wood effect laminate). Wood may actually be OK in terms of maintenance. Sink and hob are in the other work surface so limited exposure to heat and damp

The original surface hasn't been in long so aging shouldn't be an issue. It appears to be by these http://www.artemisquartz.com/ but they didn't answer when I asked for help in identifying it.

Also, any tips for a cleaner for this type of surface. It's showing some stains which doesn't seem great

I did this and still managed to fuck the surface up with a boiler that died and leaked a load of brown shite all over the surface - ruining it and about 700 quid of cook books that were stacked beneath it. Had it looking good for about 3 months, then had to get a new boiler and stomach the stain for the sale pictures - we drilled in a bit to see if it could be sanded back but it was so corrosive it just wasn't worth the mess.

Very much so. You just have to accept it will stain and needs resealing a lot. And it will be fairly expensive. They look great though, have done a couple recently.

I'd love one, also would love a polished concrete floor but feel that would be too much concrete.

This is why I need a party wall surveyor, next door are extending their kitchen and it requires new foundations close to my building.

We had a party wall thing a couple of years back - it was a massive pita. Our neighbours (who are really nice) or their builders (who were not) chose the surveyors - 'The Party Wall Collective'.

I don't really know if this is a recommendation or not, as we didn't appoint them; however I was pretty happy with their survey, and they were very helpful later on when the jokers the neighbours had for builders thought that concrete was a suitable alternative for the limestone patio they ripped up.

One thing I did learn about party walls for what it's worth, anything they break or demolish they have to replace with the same material (eg London brick walls get replaced with London brick, not engineering brick).

Hope it goes ok, you'll have to practice your suffering / understanding smile :)

If they're on youtube, they probably involve epoxy resin rivers down the middle of them too. And maybe some hotglue.

I know the ones, all over Instagram too. No thank you.

700 quid of cook books

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I'd love one, also would love a polished concrete floor but feel that would be too much concrete.

Impossible :D

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Love this project by McLaren Excell. Mega concrete porn.

Yeah but expensive.

Amazing.

Does anyone had a recommendation / link for a set of nonstick saucepans?

I've got a decent size Tefal one which I picked up years ago from Home Sense / TKMax so was just going to pick up a multi set from Amazon, but lots of the reviews have left me unsure.

I don't need anything super fancy or #40kkitchen, just decent nonstick and thick bottoms.

Cheers.

Rooftings

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The stuff we have is Tefal from TKMaxx, no complaints.

(Le Creuset non stick stuff is awful BTW)

wifes dad swears by circulon, we got ours 3 years ago and have been great

Nice roof bro

Gonna look drip...

for all the people in the tower block across the road

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Love the look, but I always think living with such a hard surface would be uncomfortable. At the other end of the spectrum I loved the brief period we had foam tiles in the kitchen when mini-H was learning to walk - So. Warm. And. Comfortable.

@brokenbetty and @rogan - cheers.

I guess if I buy from Amazon and they feel thin I can return. It's exactly the sort of thing I'd have previously bought in store preC19.

If you can go for something that is not coated but which had a surface treatment to make the material nonstick. Somebody mentioned Woll pans on the food thread which look good.
I have an Eaziglide Neverstick 3 pan from John Lewis which has been great so far.
I had a Tefal Meteor before and the coating started flaking off after a while.

Saw this house in the flesh. The extension is lovely.

don't want to think about how much this cost. 200? the external cladding is class
http://mclarenexcell.com/archive-project/ingersoll-road/

Anyone got/thought about a mortgage from Leek United Building Society?

Non stick - we got given some Analon pans in 2010. They stayed non stick for years - we inevitably replaced them this year, but they did a great stint compared to other non sticks I've had in the past. Would buy again.