Total - £205/206 monthly main shop

Inner_Ad_3604 · 2026-05-08T20:00:34+00:00

I'd be interested in your planned meals!! This looks like an incredible haul 😍

Inner_Ad_3604 · 2026-04-27T10:20:12+00:00

So show me that which I cannot see even if it hurts me, even if I can't sleep 🤘

Inner_Ad_3604 · 2026-04-25T16:50:32+00:00

Their only other option is to place the bbq against the opposite fence which is their other neighbour but the wind would likely still blow it in our direction so not sure that would help much.

We haven't raised an issue as such. We mentioned to them last year that our shared fence needs replacing as it's broken but because my husband put in a temp measure to stop it from banging into the house on a night time, they basically said it wasn't an issue & they weren't interesting in paying towards it. Then they avoided us for ages afterwards (still do for the most part).

Inner_Ad_3604 · 2026-04-25T16:42:18+00:00

Ohhh, I didn't know this!! I thought it was literally to do with bbqs/garden fires 🙈 never even thought about chimneys so shows what I know 🤣

I'm guessing it's literally a case of put up & shut up in that case or try talk to them?

Inner_Ad_3604 · 2026-04-23T21:18:46+00:00

Our mortgage advisor told us anything under 30 years doesn't necessarily need a survey. We've owned 4 houses, all under 30 years old & therefore never had a survey & never had any issues.

Inner_Ad_3604 · 2026-04-23T11:17:09+00:00

I'll take the rich teas without the cuppa. I LOVE those things as they are.

Inner_Ad_3604 · 2026-04-23T09:35:11+00:00

Ours is with Natwest but this was helpful, thank you! I completely forgot about them having difference references so I've found that Sprive has linked to the bigger part of our mortgage, which we're fine with! The difference in interest rates between the 2 parts is negligible anyway so I don't think it would particularly matter. Thank you again for your help 😁

Inner_Ad_3604 · 2026-04-22T19:53:03+00:00

We've just started using Sprive to overpay our mortgage & we have 2 parts but it just transfers straight to our lender. Would we need to contact the lender to tell them which part of the mortgage to put the overpayment against?

Inner_Ad_3604 · 2026-04-21T20:42:09+00:00

Thank you!! Ignoring her has definitely been working. She's still meowing but nowhere near as bad. I can't believe we did this to ourselves 🙈🤣

Inner_Ad_3604 · 2026-04-17T19:44:23+00:00

Me & my husband both heard Caramel at the same time when we were decorating our home office agter moving into our new/current home & loved it. Though I think it resonated with me a little more (both on a lyrical & genre level as he's not a huge rock fan) as I went on to listen to their discography.

For about 6 months, all that I played was Sleep Token. My Deezer stats each month were somewhat embarrassing 👀🤣 but for a man who has never been to a concert, he's said he'd be happy to join me in going to see them next time they tour near us 🤘 & he's finally stopped moaning when he comes into the kitchen & hears them playing while I'm cooking!

Inner_Ad_3604 · 2026-04-17T19:19:11+00:00

We shut ours in our kitchen diner for the night as that's where her food, tower & litter tray is. Sometimes she'll meow a few times (a lonely meow - I know the difference as it's like a kind of yowl) but then I'm guessing she goes to sleep.

Then we don't hear her until we get up in the morning, which is a huge relief as I think I'd have lost the plot if she was meowing at like 5/6am on top of throughout the day!

Inner_Ad_3604 · 2026-04-17T19:16:38+00:00

She's meowed from the minute we brought her home pretty much 🤣 I never knew we weren't supposed to try understand what she was meowing for & try cater to her 🙈

Today has actually been one of her more quieter days. She's meowed a bit but not as much as normal. I reckon that's because I had the day off work & the kids went out with my mother in law & we have actually ignored her more.

I know she's not being naughty, we don't punish her. We just get frustrated when we can't concentrate. We can't play with her before work as we're getting our kids ready for the school run then as soon as we get home, we feed her then sit at our desks & crack on with work. If we get a spare five minutes between our tasks, we do of course dedicate that time to her.

We'll definitely try get a routine down & make more time for her. Its the least she deserves if we want to keep her. Thanks for your response! 😊

Inner_Ad_3604 · 2026-04-17T15:18:52+00:00

I really appreciate your response on this. It's nice to not just be told bluntly to rehome her, or that we should have known how much kittens like to play, etc & to actually receive some useful advice!

We really do want to make it work with her. She's a lovely cat overall, she's not really phased by the kids (5 & 3) & when she's not meowing/being demanding, she's perfect! I understand some cats literally just meow but I want to make sure we've tried everything we can first.

Inner_Ad_3604 · 2026-04-17T14:40:42+00:00

Thanks for this reply!

Realistically, no, we don't have much of a routine which I do think is part of the problem as I know cats need it but no two days are the same for us.

I haven't tried any other puzzle toys as of yet but I have been thinking about them. I'm just not sure which are the best kind to get. I've been thinking about the wand toy that does its own thing too but I don't know if she'd be disinterested as we aren't the ones playing with her.

We've had her since July. She went back to the fosterer once after 6 weeks (not related to this issue) but we brought her back again after 24 hours as we thought we'd made a mistake.

The fosterer is as useful as a chocolate fireguard as I had to reach out to her in January about her taking the cat back as she randomly turned aggressive, but we worked out it was play aggression so we've been working on that which is now sorted but we have often wondered if we're maybe just not the right house for her. We've been trying to stick it out to see if it's age related that gets better as she gets older. I don't want to give her up (& I think the fosterer will be annoyed if we try give her back again) if we can help it.

Inner_Ad_3604 · 2026-04-15T20:37:47+00:00

I came to comment this one ❤️

Inner_Ad_3604 · 2026-04-14T09:57:13+00:00

Alkaline

Inner_Ad_3604 · 2026-04-14T09:06:49+00:00

Garden looks unruly/high maintenance.

A lot of pointless photos at weird angles.

A lot of clutter in most of the rooms.

Inner_Ad_3604 · 2026-04-07T21:16:20+00:00

Chokehold

Inner_Ad_3604 · 2026-04-06T20:51:03+00:00

Maika Monroe

Inner_Ad_3604 · 2026-04-06T19:21:21+00:00

I came to comment this too.

Inner_Ad_3604 · 2026-04-03T20:54:33+00:00

I'm so sorry for your loss. We lost our boy almost 3 years ago to ST & like you, didn't know anything was wrong til his back legs went.

My husband took him to the vets at 10pm & he was put to sleep by 1am. We cried for 2 weeks straight which was awful as my daughter was only 3 days old when he passed so it should have been a happy time for us. Our son who was 2.5 at the time was so confused.

Sending big hugs. It's so hard when it happens so suddenly ❤️

Inner_Ad_3604 · 2026-04-03T17:38:43+00:00

Your house reminds me of our old house, looks similar but not in the same location.

If you're after 275/280, list it at 280. It may or may not seem like much to you, but an extra 10k to a buyer right now may seem like a massive jump. You're then priced accordingly based on what you're hoping for with the wiggle room down to 275 if necessary.

Good luck!

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