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that is a phenomenal front door/entrance/transformation. Was that a firm in London?

haha good effort that! if they all came out at the same time that is impressive ticket procurement

they have definitely supported muse in the past. Likely sold out but may get lucky on a resale

This staircase just goes straight up to the maisonette so no ground floor windows to worry about. Thanks for the suggestions

thank you

Is anyone going to any of the upcoming Biffy Clyro gigs? I am going to see the Blackened Sky London gig solo on the 20th of October Shepherd's Bush o2

really good current projects thread on the forum from a few years ago - surly, flat bar, black, discs, mtb team mechanic owned, lots of touring around the world - can't find it anywhere. Can anyone remember it? think it cropped up again a few months ago. Cheers

My sis lives in a maisonette in north London and has some stained glass in her front door (other flat has its own entrance). She's had some solid locks fitted but isn't sure about the stained glass from a security perspective. Would the thing to do here be get the glass put in some secondary glazing? Any firms that do that?

Edit ps someone made a mess with the plaster and it needed painting anyway !

imagine it'll have some pre built in treatment as it's a modern frame? Is this just a one off job or will you redo it from time to time?

3x rendering quotes in, thank fuck. 1x roofing quote in.
Celebratory beer whilst I simultaneously sell the repair works to the other flat, plan strategy with neighbour (we need to lean on your roof) and go back to the insurers who aren't paying a penny

Yep, I think I am going to need to move it on. Are you interested? The frame is beautiful and absolutely mint.

Nice thread and bikes.
I have a peregrine and an osprey. Similar to you, I went for 2x on my peregrine. It has never shifted well so I was thinking about getting a 1x group on it.

Re Rune thing, isn't it a company set up by the people who run the woods, who sell both singulars and crusts? I am sure Singular Sam helped out a bit (though just conjecturing) as woods have been selling singulars for years

looks great

Some nice cars on whiteladies road tonight in Bristol. One is Chris Harris' 911 which I see often. Mentioned the NSX with the perfect plate to him as I passed. Absolute belter

Looking for a set of boots for winter. Ideally uk made, and ones that will last.

I am after exactly this too. Any brands to look out for?

On the topic, I got a pair of these - ish Noble & Wylie shoes in Sheffield a few years back. They feel like pumps. I literally use them to walk inside from my work's bike changing rooms to the office. They perhaps aren't supposed to me but don't feel massively solid. Please excuse the laces, they literally just broke.

Just to add to this, I paid £44.96 + VAT = £53.96 for oil I can buy online for £28.99. They've got to me making 4X on the oil alone given the size of the drum they're buying in bulk. Expect and would want them to make a margin to cover overheads and make money but that's significant!

Have done my own oil etc before but just at the moment thought I'd allow myself the luxury of letting them do the wipers

Just paid £500 for a 2012 Passat service and MOT. Service included oil, filter and check over and was £167.39 Inc VAT (ie very minor)

Asked them to fit new wiper blades (me being lazy/busy) and this cost £63.58 for the parts, again Inc VAT.

I'm not going to quibble it as been a few days now, but I feel like the price for the wipers before VAT was 2x the cost online. Potentially not taking the VAT off before charging customers?

Anyway, just a rant. I am popping back this morning as my undertray has come loose and wasn't like that before

Treated myself to a Mercian (which I don't need). Built in my home town and I will own one in my size one day. 6 hour round drive to get this one and that was meeting the seller halfway. Sold as c24.6 inches and that's about right for the seat tube, but the top tube is 57cm, which is shorter than I need and was expecting. It was a custom build for the seller in 1993. He was 6ft, I'm 6ft4. Felt a bit small riding it round the car park but didn't have a tape. Annoying!! It is such a beautiful frame - pro lugless model. Change the stem and see?
Cc @Acliff & @jupiz

that's shit. Think that's a very common issue in Bath too with so many of the houses being listed. Will need solving eventually

Looks fine. If any of it is rotten, they able to cut sections out/replace with hardwood?
I paid a a bit more than that a few years ago for 5 sash windows to be removed and fully restored / painted in dulux weathershield also in Bristol

Up on the roof, too high to fill in the cornice crack from a ladder? Render definitely blown. Coping stones to be covered.

Thinking - asap - cover coping stones in grade 5 or 6 lead

Try re render top section above cornice on the wall (about 1m down from the top of the roof) whilst also incorporating a led flashing over the cornice

Leave the main bit of wall and render to next year

I keep thinking about the bed & breakfasting. Is that common knowledge? There must be so many people doing it this year, not knowing it's a thing and when they do a tax return it doesn't ask for what they did with the proceeds

Basically the reason @Tenderloin states above

You are sat on 20k of capital gain this year. If you sell in this tax year, pay CGT at 0% for your CGT allowance then either 10% or 20% on the next bit, or a mix, dependent on your income.

If you kept it into next year, likely to have no CGT allowance, and will be 20/40/45% on the gain.

This year, you then reinvest the net proceeds and any gain from then onwards will likely be at the new rates

But as we was shared last week, can't rebuy the same asset within 30 days if trying to do this

@jupiz stag do, kayak fishing in Pembrokeshire, bbq on the beach after. One fella had this 50cm bass on his first time fishing

Thanks. I am on the HMRC website and don't get it from reading their guide.
However, looking at your comment, if you bought and resold instantly within 30 days (say in 2024), whenever you eventually close out the position, your original purchase price (say from 2002) prior to bed & breakfasting is the cost for Cgt purposes.

I never knew this. Don't think I've ever triggered it but never been asked on a tax return done through accountancy if I did anything within 30 days that I can recall.