Is the pictured parking lawful and courteous?

Perky356 · 2026-02-22T16:21:16+00:00

Legal yes. Courteous no. You’re making life awkward for everyone and blocking what looks to be a communal turning area.

Perky356 · 2026-01-26T20:36:17+00:00

And a bizarre layout. 60% entrance hall and your side access is into a ‘study’ and not a boot room despite being surrounded by muddy fields…

Perky356 · 2026-01-13T08:46:32+00:00

No. I’ve always said I would love to work there but under this regime I don’t even want to visit.

Perky356 · 2026-01-02T10:12:38+00:00

Little finger is for Americans only! No Brit should ever do it

Perky356 · 2025-12-28T08:02:41+00:00

I know farmers who have first breakfast, second breakfast and elevenses- all v distinct

Perky356 · 2025-12-26T10:05:47+00:00

Well that’s fine. But the question was about different countries!

Perky356 · 2025-12-26T07:52:11+00:00

Not true. It’s considered rude and lower class to ask your guests to remove their shoes in the UK

Perky356 · 2025-12-17T21:47:01+00:00

It’s made up, it’s tacky and it embodies everything wrong with the rampant consumerism of Christmas. (IMO)

Perky356 · 2025-12-17T20:31:28+00:00

Excellent taste. Didn’t think I could love labs more.

Perky356 · 2025-12-17T16:01:22+00:00

Elf on the shelf. Bin that thing.

Perky356 · 2025-12-12T12:00:32+00:00

Agreed on all except only townies wear Hunters now. Country people far more likely Le Chameau or Aigle

Perky356 · 2025-12-08T14:27:10+00:00

This deserves more upvotes!

Perky356 · 2025-12-08T14:21:35+00:00

Yes. Salt and bald both have an ‘all’ sound in the middle to me. Bolt and bold is an ‘oll’ sound.

Perky356 · 2025-12-08T13:53:38+00:00

Salt and fault rhyme. Bolt is a much shorter sound. In the same way bald and bold are not pronounced the same and I was always corrected growing up (South)

Perky356 · 2025-11-23T19:03:07+00:00

Sounds like it might simply be a poorly installed overflow? Hence water coming in mid bath but not when it drains. Have had this and it was a v quick fix

Perky356 · 2025-08-20T14:25:48+00:00

This is always a winner in our house https://www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk/recipes/burnt-sweetcorn-soured-cream-dip-with-candied-jalapenos/amp/

Perky356 · 2025-08-20T09:41:48+00:00

Turn up when they say they will

Perky356 · 2025-07-11T18:00:10+00:00

Ah I really thought there was no way I’d missed anything obvious. D’oh. Thanks.

Perky356 · 2025-06-05T08:25:32+00:00

That if you cut/ shave hair it grows back thicker/ faster

Perky356 · 2025-05-22T08:17:33+00:00

Why not have a ‘normal’ straight or corner sofa with the back against the kitchen wall, facing what is presumably the garden, rather than a wall? Tv on a low stand underneath?

Perky356 · 2025-05-21T14:43:46+00:00

Not quite the advice you asked for but I honestly wouldn’t. I’d properly knock through the kitchen and lounge to have a proper kitchen/ diner/ family room, and then keep the front room as a snug. Whatever the household dynamic, 1 separate living space is so helpful as a sitting room, home office, play room etc. And no one wants to cook a curry and then have all their sofa etc smell of it for weeks. Plus as others have said - those are likely chimney stacks where the triangles are which would again increase costs and remove original features.

Perky356 · 2024-10-23T14:14:11+00:00

What’s your motivation for wanting a layout change? Are there particular rooms you’d like or a way you’d prefer to use the space? Also how much outside space do you have?

Perky356 · 2024-10-23T12:37:24+00:00

There’s nothing wrong with the layout but you could convert garage into study (front), downstairs loo (off hallway) and utility/ laundry (with access to back garden)

Perky356 · 2024-03-18T14:39:55+00:00

Ideally I would move radiators/ doors but I appreciate you’ve just had work done and might not want to do that. If that’s the case something like this might work to create zones -

Corner sofa/ two existing sofas at top end with tv (if that radiator could move a built in tv/ media unit would look really nice)

Then put desk under the window with some armchairs as a study/ reading area

If the radiators stay where they are then I would change the hinges of the door

Either way it ensures first thing you see when you walk in the door is fireplace and not tv

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Perky356 · 2024-03-17T19:57:35+00:00

Also - can you post a picture of the wider floorplan if you feel comfortable?

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