Owning your own home

not that I would ever start some beef or anything, but pretty sure you have to go above the pink line on the attached image for it to start getting good

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My thoughts before clicking that were what does he know that I don't!

Then opened it and clicked on map...

I love Scotland but brother-not-in-law lives in Crathie (right by Balmoral) and it was -23 degrees there last night. Fuck that!

All food in Scotland is beige.
Not for me.

no anti scotland racism itt pls. only anti english sentiment acceptable

I know this might be a crazy thought but a half decent home shouldn't cost north of £500k.

Absolutely no argument from me on that.

Is it normal for tradespeople, in this case a plumber, to charge to come out and give a quote? Will only agree to something that I don't actually want doing for a set price. Otherwise it needs an assessment which costs £65.

I’d say no but London is a whole other breed

Ye that's why I'm asking. Would usually just speak with my dad about these issues (we're from Teesside) but I can only imagine he would baulk at the idea.

I’m half Scottish, it’s fine.

You’ve never had a pizza crunch, how can one say that is beige

What’s the context? What needs doing?

What is this wonderful sounding thing?
Actually tbf chippy sauce isn’t beige and that’s heaven.

Mah black puddin's nae beige son!

Edit - unless it's bought battered and fried from a chippy.

chippy sauce isn’t beige and that’s heaven.

If you request chippy sauce on the west coast you'll get chased out of the shop! Mainly because folk from the west coast are jealous that they didn't come with the idea.

Chippy sauce that’s a pure Edinburgh thing, mad weirdos. Salt n vinegar and sauce that’s what you want.

A pizza crunch is like a shite pizza you know the ones that are like bread with a sorta sauce and cheese on top that is then dipped in batter and fried. Honestly I hadn’t had one in about 15 years and thought I was gonna have a heart attack after eating a half 😂

Theres holes in the flexi waste pipe at the back of the toilet, I don't know what has caused them, I'm hoping it is not rats but there are lots of stories of this on the internet.

Anyway I want it replaced with solid pipe, I understand maybe it's difficult to do because of the space and they want to make sure they can but I am not keen on paying £65 for someone to come and look and then say no.

Can you ask him to do a boiler service or something like that when there? Will cost roughly that amount and then you'd at least have something to show for it?

No, not even in London's famous London, sod that.

Racist.

I don't think we really disagree, I accept that it's a first world problem.

Exactly.

I'll always lobby to move back into London if we can afford it.

Also I fucking hate this schools bullshit. I love that buying your way into areas with better state schools is acceptable, whereas having some fucking honesty and going private needs a load of qualifiers and justifications.

If decent homes in London cost a maximum of £500k, the entire home-improvement part of the construction industry would be untenable.

We've got used to people (including me as I've just done it) spending many many thousands on extensions and loft conversions, safe in the knowledge that the money spent will come back as house value.

If the government were to increase house building to a level that house prices dropped, perhaps to more realistic levels like £500k, it would hit the economy pretty hard.

Probably a very London-centric view I'll admit.

They can’t build the houses people want in the volume required, so it’s not really a possibility.

Or, your home improvements just wouldn't cost as much because the people you're paying would have cheaper mortgages.

Which is presumably how it works in parts of the country where houses aren't so expensive.