Owning your own home

We are going to be the Peloton of immersive cinema experiences - all you need is a VR headset and to load up your digital wallet

pitching this to Chamath rn

@NickCJ want to get in as an early stage Angel?

The vertically stacked balconies and wooden decking are going to be a problem, as will the clad walls to the pod on the top floor.

My prediction is B2. Sorry.

The RICS says any kind of cladding shouldn't be an issue if it covers less than 1/5th the total building, but we'll just have to wait and see.

Yeah I saw that and our building is 13% but the surveyor I spoke to said because it's on more than 25% of elevations it might be tricky, there is some ambiguity in the wording I think.

Anyway, good luck!

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/oc­t/14/secret-cinema-bailout-arts-venues

Actual shower of cunts.

lol. SPAC it, dump the 20% promote, skip leg day & hide from twitter

ah you read the investor prospectus already!

Anymore for anymore?

And to the wider forum... Any benefit to the conveyancer being local? We’re looking around Wiltshire so if anyone has any recommendations I’d be tres grateful.

I used Tom at the Hillman Partnership. He’s in Swindon.

Cheers, Dov. Would you use him again? Initial online quote looks reasonable.

Yeah. Totally.
He’s retiring soon though so no chance of me doing so.

Any recommendations from people here around buildings insurance and income protection etc ... for someone who's never looked at this stuff? Not necessarily a specific provider but more what to look out for and what is likely to try and be sold to us that we don't really need etc ...?

So whats the going rate of a loft conversion on a 3 bed semi in London?

Some chat around costs around this post in this thread https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/359046/?offset=550#15906171 (and a fair bit of loft chat on that thread in general).

40ish+ was what we were quoted having done very little research. Just be aware of fire regs if downstairs is open plan (no separation from stairs to living area), will have to install a sprinkler system or make non-open plan to get is signed off!

We're getting ours done later in the year. I got 5 quotes ranging between 50 and 65 for 2 bedrooms and a bathroom. Those quotes don't include the bathroom suite, flooring and decorating. So somewhere between 60 and 70 all in depending on what you spec for things like windows etc.

Honestly the big aggregators are pretty good - so moneysupermaket, gocompare etc

@motman @.Rodders Keep hearing people say 30k - but 40-60k sounds more realistic. Have an open plan so will be also needing $prinkler

40-60k is the range I’ve always worked with (add more for custom specs on internal/external)

You’ll most likely need a specialist company to do the sprinkler system

I had these guys quote me 4.5k for 3 nozzles to cover the open plan ground floor. That was just for installation so you need to chase out the walls for the pipes and then make good after as well! Going to speak to the BC guy before deciding what to do but its either the mist system or getting folding doors to close off the living room. All depends on what your layout is like.

This is 'sometime in the future' thinking - but has anyone done a loft conversion which is like posh boarding out with insulation in the rafters, ceiling and floor added, but no rooms? That's what I'd like to do - with 1 opening rooflight and an electrical socket or two. Maybe no fixed stair (so it doesn't become a 'habitable room'). Basically to make it a warm controlled space instead of a cold draughty space.

There's a bunch of more immediate stuff to do first though