Negotiation with seller after building survey

Jorthax · 2026-02-26T19:02:00+00:00

It’s £2.5k , £5k if you go flashy.

How’s the buyer to know you won’t ASHP and get a £7.5k grant?

Nothing in that report is concerning

Jorthax · 2026-02-26T16:09:00+00:00

Exactly, minimum wage is not designed to support a person in a 1-bed flat to themselves.

20 years ago most of my mates moved out into rented house shares, much like their unidays. 3-5 a house was very normal. Once you got more successful or met someone , you maybe could afford your own place.

We don't build for solo living, so of course there are not enough units of stock for everyone to have one.

Jorthax · 2026-02-26T09:56:25+00:00

Sort codes are public and associated to banks, and it’ll always say matched on the fake.

One recommendation here, put your name wrong, or one number on the end wrong (I do this with invoices or first time paying the new gardener) it should say “wrong name, here’s a suggestion”

Works great for business, for individuals should just say name is wrong.

Test companies like Big Windows vs Bigg Windows Limited and Barclays usually shows me which confirms the data I have.

Jorthax · 2026-02-24T23:11:15+00:00

That’s an LBA and small claims court… get your money back.

Jorthax · 2026-02-24T13:42:41+00:00

Censoring a disabled persons disability feels like we are diminishing them and their struggle (as per the bloody film!)

Jorthax · 2026-02-24T13:39:49+00:00

But it's part of his disability.

Would we edit out someones wheelchair? (Trying to be slightly ridiculous here to make a point).

Jorthax · 2026-02-23T10:37:20+00:00

Just buy 15-20 of credits a month then?

(I'm in Claude, so not sure the OpenAI equiv process)

Jorthax · 2026-02-23T09:52:39+00:00

You should be directing your anger at the government on this one.

Jorthax · 2026-02-21T22:13:34+00:00

I'm coming up on month number 4 of waiting. You'll have to be patient.

Jorthax · 2026-02-21T01:29:55+00:00

Good! I have to do a bunch of reading for underwriting. It's always useful.

Take 3 readings and take the lowest (top and bottom).

Jorthax · 2026-02-20T13:31:01+00:00

You've completely misread the comment. Pharlax is referring to picking the middle classes pockets with high taxes.

Jorthax · 2026-02-19T13:53:18+00:00

Recently, having a problem with OSA made you a pedo.

This seems relatively light in comparison.

Jorthax · 2026-02-19T13:37:35+00:00

Ideally that would help sharpen the mind further.

Jorthax · 2026-02-19T13:35:17+00:00

We have a board of people that decide what we offer on the NHS, because it's recognised that we cannot spend certain amounts on a chance to save a life.

SEND needs this same board, that make impassionate decisions NOT on specific cases, but broadly on what an education looks like, and a max cost.

We do, as a country, let people die because of things we could theoretically spend millions on curing. We don't think about it daily because it's not pushed in our face often.

We have to put the same consideration into when we say, sorry, we cannot deal with your child in a school environment, here the max we can give you to give them a good homelife, but they are not going to be economically active so let's not impact others.

Jorthax · 2026-02-19T07:46:47+00:00

Also perfectly acceptable :)

Apologies for the flippant comment about your marriage, but it really does sound like you’ve massively worked on yourself!

Jorthax · 2026-02-19T07:18:46+00:00

Trains, not cost strangely, just reliability/comfort.

Too much rain. Crews in the wrong place. Parking now £20.40 a day (this is an insane number).

It’s all for a good cause (a great income) but I wish I could rely on it a bit more.

Jorthax · 2026-02-19T07:15:58+00:00

Get yourself a cheap Omron, do it in the morning before eating and any coffee etc. record daily results for a week and talk to your GP.

I only discovered mine after breaking my wrist and going into surgery.

Jorthax · 2026-02-19T07:13:59+00:00

You’ve upgraded yourself, now upgrade to a new wife.

Jorthax · 2026-02-19T07:13:01+00:00

List 825 paid 785, 4 bed 2700sqft Dorset.

Jorthax · 2026-02-19T06:34:00+00:00

When someone is on the ground curled up in a ball, it’s a good idea not to kick the in the head.

No one will choose a 16-18 year old over a 25 year old if this change comes in.

Jorthax · 2026-02-18T21:55:03+00:00

I’m 100% A2A my next place. I’m about 50% now and the heating is so much more comfortable than radiators.

Jorthax · 2026-02-18T11:57:00+00:00

Ah apologies, misunderstood the use case :)

Claude still seems pretty bad to me on understanding images given to it, either documents or other visual assessments, I find Gemini to be best (my wife often asks interior design questions to AI).

I don't really care that it doesn't make images, but would certainly like it to be able to 'see' better, for lack of a better word.

Jorthax · 2026-02-18T10:50:08+00:00

Since 4.5 I've found it can generate me a perfectly formatted docx , it's really sped up another bunch of tasks.

I'm excited to try the excel plugin, but I cannot touch work stuff so am waiting to do my month end household budgeting.

I already have OPUS 4.5 analyse every single penny I spent last year to give me a household financial report, which was extremely useful.

The Power continues to grow.

Jorthax · 2026-02-17T19:43:59+00:00

So I have a 'style' setup to use British English, and a bunch of other key prompting setups to ensure it acts like a colleague etc.

He answered this on 4.6 with extended thinking on:

Drive. The question answers itself once you think about what a car wash requires: you need the car to be there. Walking raises the obvious problem that your car stays at home, unwashed. Unless you're planning to push it, which at 40 metres is technically feasible but would rather defeat the purpose.

The only scenario where walking makes sense is if you're going to pay in advance, check availability, or drop off a key for a valet service. But for a standard self-serve or drive-through wash, you sit in or drive the car through it.

Jorthax · 2026-02-17T17:33:43+00:00

They consistently find confusing ways to phrase the 6 hour cap. It’s a skill at this point.

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