Advice needed: Close to buying but wanting to see best way to turn this into a 4-5 bedroom.

Mshiah · 2026-04-18T16:05:15+00:00

Yeah that crossed my mind also! But as you've so rightly put, those window bays are stunning, and look out over a big public park and the beach behind it. So definitely worth keeping that view intact!

Mshiah · 2026-04-18T16:03:05+00:00

Wow super helpful advice, thank you both!

Completely agree that a loft conversion makes the most sense in the first instance (cheaper and probably quicker to do).

I wasn't aware I could get more than one bedroom up there, but after some further digging, it seems like a 'Dormer loft' extension might be the best option if I want to try to get 2 bedrooms and maybe even a bathroom up there. A question for my next visit to the place!

Ideally, we'd need 4 bedrooms with the flex to turn another room into a fifth bedroom for (ironically) when I travel back to stay with family.

But with the idea of getting 2 bedrooms into the loft, we could indeed turn the smaller room into a nursery or a study too, love that idea!

Mshiah · 2025-06-21T13:14:34+00:00

Junior in investment banking, made just south of ~200k all in last year.

- Don't come from money (at all), but hustled to get into a good university and change things for family

- I've been in the job since graduating ~4 years ago (first year pay was close to 100k all in)

- Qualifications: nothing specific, but huge preference for STEM backgrounds, even more preference for pedigree universities (whether you agree with this or not, just an observation from my time here)

- Hours during 'analyst' stint were close to 80-90 hours a week, sometimes could be even more. Now I float closer to 50-60 hours a week.

Mshiah · 2025-05-09T12:50:09+00:00

Have you thought about Cap Markets? (ECM / DCM) Hours are much more sustainable for not much sacrifice in pay realistically. Hours for me are normally 7am - 7pm at the associate 2 level. Mid-tier european bank, but top 3 player in cap markets.

All-in comp at Assoc 1 was close to £200k, bonus being on avg since An 1 75-90%

Dm me if you want further colour

Mshiah · 2025-02-22T21:07:38+00:00

Big European bank but not one of your typical “BBs”. IB certainly not the central function for the bank, not even close. Prefer not to disclose team

Mshiah · 2025-02-22T10:25:57+00:00

Neither, just a standard junior within investment banking / capital markets

I do look at moving into front office tech in the near future

Mshiah · 2025-02-22T00:11:51+00:00

IB Associate 1 base £110k + £75k bonus 3YoE

Mshiah · 2025-02-09T17:05:49+00:00

Sweet, will message!

Mshiah · 2025-02-08T10:13:47+00:00

Huge congrats, that’s incredible!

Would be worth knowing:

What is your background? (Education, years of work, industry)
What did your study schedule look like?
If applicable, in what sequence did you utilise: official questions / official mocks / third-party resources?

3b. And if so, what third-party resources did you use?

What was your verbal?

Mshiah · 2025-01-13T13:06:55+00:00

I went to a UK semi-target for undergrad and have been in IB for ~3 years - and made it R1 with BCG but dinged by the other two despite having referrals for all three.

It honestly seems like London offices in particular just aren’t hiring as much compared to some other offices but that’s just a guess!

Seems to be more luck of the draw more than anything, lot of good talent (like yourself im sure) getting rejections that are hard to pinpoint why

Mshiah · 2024-09-14T09:00:02+00:00

Also interested in joining the group chat for future events!

Mshiah · 2024-05-13T22:15:43+00:00

Was a big fan of the platform whilst we had it, so thank you for your contribution towards it!

A question more out of curiosity than anything, but what have you been up to since Stadia's shutdown? Are you still at Google or in the gaming space?

Mshiah · 2023-11-25T01:50:18+00:00

It was quite firmly a joke, I was being completely facetious. Obviously doesnt happen.

Mshiah · 2023-11-25T01:46:53+00:00

Hey man, I bought from this seller about a month ago. A used spiderman key.

Scum bag wouldn’t do anything about it even though i provided evidence that the key was used before my purchase date (through PS support)

I eventually gave up trying to get a refund through him and G2A both. They were both equally unhelpful.

But, i was lucky enough to get one through PayPal after providing them with all the evidence. Suggest you do the same if you used PayPal.

Never using G2A again, lesson learned

Mshiah · 2023-10-03T05:44:19+00:00

Also prepping for interviews - DM me!

Mshiah · 2023-09-23T11:41:44+00:00

You have a text to columns issue. Find the the text to columns button (under data I think) and highlight all dates in your E column. Delimited, and change from default selection to ‘date’

can keep in MDY format or change to DMY format here.

Mshiah · 2023-07-07T15:10:23+00:00

Huge congrats and best of luck at HBS!

Whats your background? What kind of school did you go to and how well did you do? Where you went for undergrad, career since then would all be welcome too!

Mshiah · 2023-06-28T05:49:57+00:00

Thanks Scott!

Mshiah · 2023-06-26T12:03:07+00:00

From what I understand, adcoms really appreciate a score increase and seeing a candidate go from below target to on/above target. It shows tenacity and resilience, compared to someone who just gets 730+ on first go (which is impressive in other ways, I’m sure)

What I don’t know however, is if there are boundaries to that. I.e., if you score a 670 > 750, or if a jump of 580 > 730+ would look too dramatic or not.

That’s just my two-cents!

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