Owning your own home

Try tomato ketchup to see if that cleans it up

Compare the market so easy to add bikes for contents insurance. Others didn't let me add more than 1

Anyone remember the 'mind the big rat trap' house on Hampton Road in Forest Gate? Went down the road today - amazing houses! We had talked ourselves into going to see it, but we called the agent and unfortunately it is under offer.

2 hours, 3 shops, lots of side by side comparisons and I cannot find a lock to replace this that will fit the door as it is currently. Apparently it's chub who put the key in a different place to everyone else. So I think I'll need to just drill a big hole in the door until I get a new front door

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Have you looked here?

They're pretty helpful on the phone too.

It is a nice road. However if you are on the wrong side you have a train track going through your garden (or very nearly).

My brother also taught at the local school and whilst it's not appalling, what he has told me would put me off sending my kids there.

thank you that'll do it

You can replace the levers. A decent locksmith shop should have them in stock and would probably replace them for you.

Can recommend this guy:

https://thebristollocksmith.com/

Also this door guy
http://www.oldwooddoors.co.uk/location.html

Chubb were taken over by Union.
The equivalent may be this - Union/Chubb 3G114E - 5 Lever Deadlock

Available in a case depth of 67mm or 80mm

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If / when you do update the door it’s worth digging in to the regs on entrance doors in flats - they have to meet a fairly high standard (understandably) for fire resistance and provide an effective smoke seal / barrier.

So replacing it and the frame will cost more than you think.

10/10 guy thanks for this he said take it to Bowden's or gem and they'll fit a new lever system

Cheers for this! I think I can get the internals changed but that's plan b

Thanks will do! Lock guy said on the phone having something you need a key to open from the inside above ground floor doesn't meet regs (mine)

Shame that writes off using a Victorian door

Wood glue fixed that cracked chest of drawers.

Starting to put stuff in and speak to trades about kitchen/bathroom. Need to move the meter from under the bath and get a building reg approved plan for the new kitchen/bathroom for starters.

Bike storage thing to think about

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I suspect anything other than a completely modern door and frame won’t meet regs.

Free door anyone?

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I think that means you have to have a thumb lock (keyless) on the inside. I might not be understanding the problem though.

yeah that was what he said

Quoted £600 to supply and fit one new double glazed window (1300 x 600). That seems high to me - am I being a cheap cunt as per?

One is always going to seem worse value bc it’s a smaller job, it’s maybe at the higher end but doesn’t seem wild

Mine worked out over £1k each in a job of 11, they are about 1800 x 600. uPVC sash, so £600 for standard doesn't seem toooooo bad.

If it’s wood, does that include painting it?

Nope, a bog standard uPVC with an opener meeting Fensa Regs. This may well be the going rate, but of course only 1 of the half dozen companies I contacted have actually responded, so I have no idea.