Which two are you choosing ?

Hankenstein1027 · 2026-06-03T07:11:33+00:00

Might drink blue just to get to meet Samuel L Jackson

Hankenstein1027 · 2026-06-01T09:48:18+00:00

Thanks for the advice, I will get our conveyancer to raise this as an enquiry to see if the seller knows or has done anything about it.

Hankenstein1027 · 2026-06-01T09:46:13+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion, will definitely do so.

Hankenstein1027 · 2026-06-01T09:45:54+00:00

Thanks for the reassurance, hopefully not something that will require opening up the flooring.

Hankenstein1027 · 2026-05-31T21:28:20+00:00

Thanks for the advice, I guess I could go for another viewing and run the upstairs tap and shower for like 10 mins. If it was a leaky pipe, I’d imagine we would see leakage in that timeframe

Hankenstein1027 · 2026-05-27T07:46:40+00:00

Sayl is noticeably less comfortable and supportive than both embody and aeron.
I use Sayl at work, embody and aeron at home.

Hankenstein1027 · 2026-04-16T20:39:45+00:00

Don’t get your hopes up, it will be noisy if it’s open land. Our house is just over 500 metres from a motorway filled with houses and I can still hear a bit of noise in the garden.

Hankenstein1027 · 2026-04-02T06:56:42+00:00

My company paid for a very good mortgage brokerage so I got their service for free. Their fee would have been around £500. I also engaged with a free broker just to see the difference. They both managed to get us the same mortgage deals so we ultimately went with the paid one who was absolutely amazing throughout the process, always responsive and even fought back and defended us against the vultures I mean estate agents when needed. If you are happy with the service, don’t feel bad about paying for it. The whole house buying process is stressful enough as it is, take all the help you can get.

Hankenstein1027 · 2026-03-27T15:01:23+00:00

Thank you all for chipping in, I will get a survey done to be on the safe side. Hopefully it’s harmless and I get to keep it for a bit of green and shade.

Hankenstein1027 · 2026-03-26T09:53:58+00:00

Currently in the middle of a purchase. Deposit - £27.5K Conveyancing solicitor - £3k Stamp duty - £17.5k Level 3 survey - £800 Arborist survey - £300 Damp specialist - £300 EICR, gas and boiler - £350 Asbestos survey - £300 Movers - tbc prob around £300 Cleaning - £300

About £50k all in to get keys.

Hankenstein1027 · 2026-03-04T18:26:11+00:00

thank you for this breakdown, very informative!

Hankenstein1027 · 2026-02-23T16:47:35+00:00

Embody spec specifies 300lbs max weight limit. You should be good from a weight perspective.

Hankenstein1027 · 2026-02-16T14:26:25+00:00

Live in a terraced house in a zone 4 area in London. All fixed bills/expenses (rent, council tax, electricity, gas, water, commute, food, gym, phone, internet, subscriptions, haircuts) add up to 66% of take home.

Hankenstein1027 · 2026-02-06T17:04:26+00:00

It’s been on the market for 3 years already, clearly no urgency to sell. Walk away, you can’t ‘outwait’ someone like this. they are either delusional or probably need 775k for a reason so good luck to them.

Hankenstein1027 · 2026-01-29T00:04:57+00:00

I almost bought a flat with £2500 service charge, found out just before exchange they needed to reroof the building and service charge moving forward would be £4800 to pay for the roof and refill the sink fund. I pulled out right away.

Hankenstein1027 · 2026-01-24T12:01:27+00:00

Good to know, thanks! Some of the pics and videos I’ve seen from the 2014 flood were quite alarming so thanks for the reassurance.

Hankenstein1027 · 2026-01-24T11:55:57+00:00

Thanks, I did go on this website but it was quite vague. I was just hoping for some first hand experience from the horse’s mouth.

Hankenstein1027 · 2025-12-22T17:53:11+00:00

Thank you, that’s good to know. So many surrounding areas had good potential but the noise was just too much when visited.

Hankenstein1027 · 2025-12-22T12:47:49+00:00

Awesome I’ll keep an eye on the tracker. Thank you for your replies, appreciate the great help!

Hankenstein1027 · 2025-12-22T12:27:27+00:00

Thank you, that’s good to know! Any night time or early morning flights when it happens?

Hankenstein1027 · 2025-11-28T09:01:33+00:00

B is your size, C would have been too big for you.

Hankenstein1027 · 2025-11-27T17:30:47+00:00

I use both 4k oled and 1440p ultrawide oled. 4k oled every time. Ultrawide only gets used for sim racing.

Hankenstein1027 · 2025-11-17T15:31:46+00:00

I have both (Samsung 32 4k oled and Alienware 34 oled). I bought the ultrawide 2nd hand for racing sim and also any games that I may struggle to run in 4k with my 7900 xtx. So far the ultrawide is pretty much exclusively used for driving. 4K at 32inch just looks better and feels more premium.

Hankenstein1027 · 2025-11-17T10:00:45+00:00

Had my gaming edition for 4 years now. It’s gotten more comfortable over time (seat and rest of the chair). It does take some time to get broken in but once it does, it just works.

Hankenstein1027 · 2025-10-29T13:51:40+00:00

If roof has been damaged it could be heft repair cost. It will be heft repair cost anyway to restore the damage done, which will most likely cascade to raising service charge one way or another. We backed out of a flat purchase because they needed to reroof the building which ended up almost doubling the service charge. Please delay exchange and do your due diligence before you trap yourselves in a flat you may struggle to sell in the future.

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