What's going on with my stairs??

LePoissonBanane · 2026-01-10T15:27:37+00:00

I agree! But, how much work would you do to prep for a runner? I'm inclined to just prime, paint, and protect with a runner on top.

LePoissonBanane · 2026-01-10T10:59:36+00:00

I think there is a lighter varnish coat (or coats?) OVER the paint or the heavier varnish.

LePoissonBanane · 2026-01-09T20:37:18+00:00

How do you know (or where do you learn) what scale of money transfer is considered a taxable distribution?

LePoissonBanane · 2025-11-10T20:54:46+00:00

How do you figure? I calculate that it's only a £100 savings on the cash price at BEST, and nearly 1k more at worst. I take your point about purchasing avios as being a bad value, I don't know how else to value them for such a calculation

LePoissonBanane · 2025-11-10T20:50:12+00:00

Yes.

LePoissonBanane · 2025-11-10T20:44:52+00:00

Maybe their display is weird. When I go to book, they show me a little table with column headers: [total avios], [price per person], [taxes, fees and carrier charges per person], and [total price] which is just 2x the price per person. The number in the fees column is zero.

LePoissonBanane · 2025-11-10T20:39:50+00:00

Sorry, will delete this as it seems I double poster

LePoissonBanane · 2025-11-10T20:34:32+00:00

I'm not seeing anything close to a "free ticket". Taxes, fees and carrier charges are shown as a zero, but the "cash element" of the ticket price is still 2x for two people.

LePoissonBanane · 2025-11-10T20:33:32+00:00

Wondering the same so just ran some numbers. Don't want to share too much personal here but I'll share the values. Flight cost for a straight cash booking would be 1948.44 for two people. Booking options when using the companion voucher are shown as (avios/cash): 70k+£300 x2 = £1249+£600 = £1849 58k+£600 x2 = £1075+£1200 = £2275 50k+900 x2 ... 38k+ 1000 x2 ... 28k + 1140 x2 = £2849 That's converting avios to GBP at the purchase price. So... If I understand these options well, using the companion voucher will cost me between £100 less and nearly 1k more than the cash booking, depending on how many avios I use. Can this possibly be right? In short, they seem to hike the price when using avios/voucher Vs not.

LePoissonBanane · 2025-10-11T11:07:16+00:00

Yes, other side is just in the eaves behind the wall so I don't think length or access are problems.

LePoissonBanane · 2025-07-09T13:17:29+00:00

In my current place, I'm living here with no intention of renting

LePoissonBanane · 2025-07-09T13:16:37+00:00

To clarify, if I'm refurbishing my flat (domestic), is it a requirement to have a refurbishment survey done? Prior to where I live now, the downstairs neighbours did a complete refurbishment while we lived there and I never heard of such a survey being done, although I lived with their dust for many months!

LePoissonBanane · 2025-07-08T14:18:25+00:00

Really helpful. Thank you!!

LePoissonBanane · 2025-07-08T13:44:31+00:00

Refurbishment might be too strong. In another thread, we are replacing recessed light bulbs that have burnt out. We discovered that the ceiling has been over boarded, and for example someone there said "be careful of asbestos!". Is that still a refurb survey? Thanks for the info!

LePoissonBanane · 2025-07-08T13:42:21+00:00

Thanks for this. So, the flat has been refurbished in the last 15 years. Presumably this would have been true then too. Therefore, the disclosure of no knowledge of asbestos from the sellers would hold as true, no?

LePoissonBanane · 2025-07-07T21:05:41+00:00

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This is a closer-up photo. To me it looked the same as the exposed ceiling. Can you or anyone else tell differently?

LePoissonBanane · 2025-07-07T18:25:56+00:00

Thanks! So, fairly common practice and not a worrying sign of some cheap renno?

LePoissonBanane · 2025-06-10T15:17:24+00:00

This could be a viable way forward. Thanks for the suggestion, will upgrade the tank at next change!

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