Owning your own home

Just got a quote for a loft... off someone good... not as horrific as feared.

I enjoyed the reference to in being close to the crematorium.

Just got a quote for a loft... off someone good... not as lofty as feared.

Fixed.

Any chance you could share the ballpark figure? Am looking to do this next year and have the fear about how bad it might be!

Mind me asking who? And where?

It's something I'm keen doing but the only people I've tried to contact so far are Dan James, who didn't respond to webmail, email or voicemail. I took that as indicative of the general state of things and haven't attempted to bother anyone else since.

Any recommendations for a lawyer who specialises in Family law/cohabitation/deeds of trust etc?
Have contacted one who totally ignored our questions and banged on about higher stamp duty and mortgage issues when we are not even buying together but cohabiting in one property and possibly renting one out but each being sole owner.

it’s complicated but all our questions will have been answered before for the millions of non-married couples out there and we just want some advice on the best way to go about it and future proof us from inheritance tax when either of us pops off etc.

if anyone has a similar situation then be interested how you did it (live in one, share bills etc, rent other one out as your pension but have ownership of one property)

Dan James were big enough to be decent with comms when I dealt with them, there was nearly always someone in the office. They do seem to be doing half the ladder at the moment though.

The other popular local one is Another Level http://www.loft-conversion-specialist.co.uk/
I nearly went with these but decided on Dan James in the end.

As a very recently ex-Boden employee, this is pretty close. Just need some mad wallpaper and some random confetti.

It's still pretty, mind you.

It's completely soulless and looks a made.com product photoshoot.

looks like a made.com product photoshoot.

I use this insult with @amey far too regularly.

Every now and then TMH list a property that clearly belongs to a mate of theirs as a favour

can't believe you're all roasting user amey's gaff like this. he'll be on the blower to the moderators

Hey what brand is this please, looks nice. Agony trying to find a colour to paint our house, which is currently brown (who paints lovely London stock brick poo brown?!)

?
Do non white people not go to the shops then?

Planning for simultaneous exchange and completion Monday! Hopefully will be smooth from there. Thanks for everyone's help.

Any good trades in Bristol? Need a lot (sash window work/kitchen/bathroom). Need to speak to someone on the floorplan too as doing kitchen/bathroom anyway.

Is having bikes hung on a wall vertically on the first floor flat of a 5 storey building with the odd wheel being visible by a busy road bad/dangerous (x3 bikes there)? Corner on the attached photo

2 Attachments

They're using Sandtex

55k base, not including bathroom suite and prob basic upvc windows, so thinking 65 will be more realistic for me.

E17 and these folks who friends can vouch for… https://www.create-spaces.co.uk/

Thanks. Had seen their site before but it's good to know they're recommended.

@aggi am aware of how busy Dan James are. They were doing simultaneous jobs on Seymour and Allison recently. I'd tried the 0800 number on the website about three times a couple of months back and only ever got voicemail. Another Level were on my list, will give myself a kick up the arse and see if I have any more luck with them.

Good stuff Chris, need to start thinking of that too and good to have a recommendation. Hope all is well. Lucky you topped out at the 65k in last sentence or sure that’s would have made the golf club bar chat. ; )

55 seems quite Spenny to me especially if you are using basic upvc window etc.

Thanks - is that inc. VAT?

I got told around £60K all in for a flat roof dormer. That’s on a Victorian mid terrace in Bristol. That’s from a well recommended company, who are always booked up a year in advance.
Interesting Bristol-London price comparison. Londoners often think they pay more.

Oh good shout. I bet it’s bloody not! I’m going to flip out if it isn’t.
I AM A CONSUMER, I PAY VAT, I DONT GET TO WRITE IT OFF.

OH HAI! All good buddy, and yourself? Well, apart from finding our tiny house a bit cramped these days! Yeah I was worried everything from anyone decent would be 70k+, let’s see what a more detailed quote says…