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Pedestrian dies of a stroke 2 days after what sounds to be a minor collision with a cyclist.
http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/10611904.West_Wickham_pedestrian_dies_of_stroke_two_days_after_cyclist_crash_in_central_London/
Witnesses and cyclist being sought.

'Reimagined' IMO just looks wrong on paper. I have to read it slowly just to make out the word. How about 'reinvented' as an alternative?

Looks like someone will have a hefty capital gains tax bill on their hands when that Eltham house sells....
http://www.zoopla.co.uk/property/8-farnaby-road/london/se9-6bg/20992675

Ex council property on an estate with a bit of a reputation. Having said that, it's a lot of house for your money given what's available elsewhere in London. If you are interested I'd suggest you get an offer accepted and get it off the market whilst checking out the area thoroughly including talking to the neighbours before getting in too deep..

Most electrical wholesalers keep galv. tube. Newey and Eyre just off the OK Rd carry good stocks and I've always manage to nag a decent discount there. We used to have a bender too but it passed away after falling 3 floors down a lift shaft. Never replaced it as we now sub all the electrical work out.

Not sure if surface mounting tube in a domestic situation is going to help when you come to sell.

People will come!
Field of Dreams (5/9) Movie CLIP - People Will Come (1989) HD - YouTube

The idea of somehow incorporating the blocks into a keyboard crossed my mind.

I like that ^^^

Microcosm lets people
talk about their interest
on a site dedicated to their interest
and we take care of the tech.

Come across (to me) as clumsey and messy. The use of 'interest' twice is the real spoiler for me.
Could you use 'like minded people'???

that home for people who share an interest in something to come together and communicate.

Your new online clubhouse?

OK, so I just went back and clicked on the link. This aroused my interest....

On May 20, 2013, it was announced that Yahoo! and Tumblr had reached an agreement for Yahoo! to acquire Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash

This was top of the page. My education started and finshed there.

**tumblr **

Web definitions
Tumblr is a blogging platform that allows users to post text, images, videos, links, quotes and audio to their tumblelog, a short-form...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumblr

I did not follow the link...

And initially we started with the tagline "Like Tumblr, for forums"... to imply that we host lots and lots of forums that have different look and feel but a similar user experience... all on one platform.

I typed 'what is tumblr' into Google - seriously, I did!

thanks vb, excellent response

Can I have the 30 minutes back? Nah, it was worth it... hard questions make me think about stuff deeper and actually I learn more from the hard questions than I do from anything else. Thanks for asking it.

I found that a useful post too particularly as I still don't fully understand microcosm. Don't worry about trying to explain it though as I never read instructions and, when it's up and running, will just pull it out of the box and play with it.

It's not unusual to see properties that are being sold on behalf of the mortgage lender (repossession) or a probate sale being advertised with a 14 day notice inviting higher bids. The sellers of these have an obligation to obtain the best price. Gazumping however needs sorting! In the mean time it is possible to insure against being gazumped.

Hugely good piece

In fact one of your very best.

Beautiful, one of your best.

I thought it was crap.

Actually that's a lie. I thought it was great too but don't want you getting a big head!

As a previous Seedrs investor I recently backed a couple of other startups on their site and my investment was accepted immediately despite the money not having left my bank account, let alone having arrived at seedrs. Not sure if it works the same way with first time investors.

So glad I subscribed to this thread. Amazing work! Well done!!

Silver Curve and Glentham Capital caught my eye and I have taken the wise(?) investment strategy off diversification. Still have some pennies ready for round 2 though.
I'm pleased to hear things are going to plan even though I really don't really have a clue what's going on :-/

Stamp duty: does that have to be paid in one big hit? Or can you pay in installments?

All at once, as far as I remember.

All at once but how you fund it is down to you so you could borrow the money elsewhere and pay that back in installments if funds are tight.

Even though the agreement may end at say 12 months, unless one or the other of you serve notice to end it, you can just stay put and it will automatically become a periodic tenancy. You will probably have a standard worded AST agreement.
The way forward will really depend on your relationship with the landlord and the timing of your planned purchase. You could be totally up front with him and hope he agrees a rolling tenancy. You could renew for a shorter period, say 6 months.

Bit of advice? This may be a bad idea, but I was considering dropping a quick letter to the seller by post, just saying 'hi, I know things seem to be going well, but should you ever want to get in touch you can get me on 01234 567890. No worries if not, Sparky'.

The thinking being that if we're ever being held up for whatever reason, we could get the truth straight from the horse's mouth with a text message or phone call.

Bad idea or no?

Estate agent may not like it but there's no harm in talking direct with the seller and comparing notes if things start slowing. At least then you can both chase if things need pushing along.

How do you deal with a landlord if you are renting and hope to buy in the near future? How do the timings work? Been in our place a few years but hope to buy next year. Tenancy renews around Oct/Nov.

Cheers

There is actually no need to renew a tenancy. If you and the landlord agree, you need to do no more than just continue to pay the rent until such time as you wish to leave and then just give notice. Do a search of 'periodic tenancy' which is what it will automatically change to at the end of the fixed term period.
Most letting agencies like draw up a new tenancy agreement every year to get another load of commission but there really is no need.

Ha-ha! Fucking old!

;-)

Another corker Luci!

FTB's have been priced out of London already.

According to the sales guy on the £350,000 2 bed SE16 new flats I mentioned up thread, they're mostly selling to first time buyers.

He also threw into the conversation that these first time buyers we on £70,000 salaries.....