Owning your own home

Particularly with the uncertainty at the moment, there's a non-negligible chance of a mortgage falling through for various reasons.

One of these - https://www.acrheatproducts.com/stove/acr-stoves/earlswood

So it's good for the fuel, I think, but is it really any healthier?

So the real humans live in squat and squalor whilst those guys get clean and glam?

Hah we saw quite a few like that, often in the same roads - seems that people see their neighbours sell up and want a piece of the action regardless of the state of their house.

Humans have only been burning wood since the dawn of time. There are a million other things trying to kill you that aren’t as click baitish for a guardian article. But if you’re in a city or built up area then it probably is a dick move .

At least it is Defra approved.
For you & yours to minimise particulate exposure you could avoid opening the doors: set a fire and let it burn out.
For the environment, burning fully seasoned wood reduces emissions.

Doesn't it depend on the local market and need at the time?
My dad's neighbour's place sold a couple of years ago - elderly bachelor whose parents had moved into the place when it was almost new in the mid-1930s, nothing had been maintained/updated for years (no central heating, original windows etc), bought by a young family to live in - they had to spend a bunch to fix it up before they could move in, but they definitely live there now.

I think that can be the problem, getting emotionally invested in houses before you get em.

We had a log burner installed last month, a mi tinderbox which was the smallest but ranked high on efficiency and heat output with a big window

The first few times its used it does stink

On a side note the fitter recommended going to b&m for their seasoned hard wood that is in the plastic bag rather than nets. It's also certified and kiln dried so ready to go. I popped down and it's cheap as chips at £4 bag,

What's an acceptable / expected range of humidity for a house? Mine appears to alternate between 40% and 70%.

50-ish percent. 70% is very high for a warm house in winter, as the cold air outside has very little moisture in it.

Have you considered a bent rad rather than trying to join 3 together? Or are you sold on column rads?
I had a bent rad in a large bay in my old flat. As easy to plumb/install as any other rad and looked really neat. Abs then I stuck a sofa in front of it 🙄

If you’re regularly hitting 70% consider getting a humidistat extractor fan. It made a huge difference in my place.

I have. Undoubtedly more functional, but a bit ugly imo. Maybe I need to reassess my priorities.

If you are drying clothes indoors and don't have a whole lot of ventilation - through trickle vents or air bricks - then you are going to see high humidity.

On the flip side ours gets down to about 35% and Tado starts nagging me to have a shower with the bathroom door open and the extractor fan turned off.

set a fire and let it burn out.

One does not simply set a fire and let it burn out

Doesn't it depend on the local market and need at the time?

Always! The area is weird, all the old houses are being knocked down and turned in to middling footballer mansions with astroturf gardens. Unless you had similar 'spectacular' plans for the place then you'd buy somewhere modern and cheaper in the next town. No point living in a cold 1930s converted bungalow where doing any work requires unpicking 70 years of modifications that weren't done particularly brilliantly to start with. Nice garden though.

Tado starts nagging me to have a shower

Somebody had to say it

Chunky rads. I like.

Somebody has to!

No doubt!
(Only way I can think of not getting a lung clogging amount of particulates into the air of the room is t not open the fire box doors whilst dried wood logs are still burning).

People used to routinely die from particulates, (admittedly mainly from poor quality coal).
It's odd that well meaning people are undermining the Clean Air Act.

I spoke to a local estate agent and offered £15,000 for the two garages, 10k for the one with the long lease, 5 the one with the short lease.

Had my loft boarded over and a ladder and light fitted. Loads of storage space up there now.

Surely £10k for a garage within the M25 is taking the piss.

This one in Wandsworth is £85k and doesn't look dissimilar to the ones in your block. This one all the way out in Ham is £25k. Sydenham here for £34k.