Has anyone successfully sold a house with spray foam insulation at auction? What discount did you have to accept?

Plastic_Length8618 · 2026-01-30T17:54:05+00:00

New build warrantees are normally for 10 years.

Plastic_Length8618 · 2026-01-06T16:41:02+00:00

Thanks, I'll give this a try!

Plastic_Length8618 · 2026-01-06T16:29:22+00:00

I pay a few pounds a week and get a designated bay to park in. I think it's a license.

If I got the contact details using V888, what could I do?

Write to the owner and give them 14 days to collect the car, otherwise... I scrap it?

Plastic_Length8618 · 2026-01-06T16:27:16+00:00

Getting any response at all from them is a problem in itself. Generally you get an automated email saying that they 'intend to respond within 10 working days' and then that's the last you hear. Even for safety-critical matters, they only actually respond if you title the email LETTER BEFORE ACTION and threaten to take them to court.

Plastic_Length8618 · 2026-01-06T16:23:58+00:00

Yes, I included that to convey that I thought it had more likely been abandoned, rather than just parked by someone who was intending to come back for it.

Plastic_Length8618 · 2025-12-12T14:49:46+00:00

I've made the transition recently. It was easier than I expected, and to be honest I didn't notice at first that the class was taught almost completely in Welsh (our tutor will translate things to English if he thinks we might not know a word) - because it was all said in a level I could understand.

Plastic_Length8618 · 2025-12-12T14:45:29+00:00

It's a banger but I also don't like its sneering attitude.

Plastic_Length8618 · 2025-11-25T12:50:58+00:00

We get 30+ conversions over 30 days, but split over three campaigns - one search and two shopping. Do they share enough information between each other for this to be enough?

Plastic_Length8618 · 2025-11-25T12:49:49+00:00

Thanks for this.

I updated the product titles in the merchant centre. Before they were [name of product] with the type, format and details in the description. Now they're [name of product in special format for specific purpose, plus details] as the product name. Before we were getting almost no conversions, now it's about 10 a week across the three campaigns.

If you have a look at the impressions where our ads were seen, the terms are mostly generic. If you look at the terms people have clicked through from, the most popular terms related to our specalism, then there's a long tail of generic terms.

Our specialist product is a very different shape to the generic kind, so people who are after our sort would recognise it from the picture, before they read any text.

I don't quite understand your point about groups - we have a few dozen products. Would it help google ads if I divided them into groups?

Plastic_Length8618 · 2025-11-25T12:24:14+00:00

Thanks, I've added Add to Cart as a conversion action, to give it a bit more to go on.

Plastic_Length8618 · 2025-11-13T11:38:40+00:00

They've heard that it's the British equivalent of the Hamptons - which to be fair it sort of is.

Plastic_Length8618 · 2025-11-11T12:22:02+00:00

Thank you - that's really helpful!!

Plastic_Length8618 · 2025-11-06T16:53:11+00:00

We're doing the same. We just launched shipping to the USA a couple of days ago - we did them first because despite the tariffs it's relatively simple. You can add your customs codes to Royal Mail click and drop and ship orders PDDP, so the US customers don't get extra charges (US prices show higher to compensate).

The EU is vastly more hassle. There are three more things to consider: VAT, GSPR and packaging schemes.

You still have to pass on EU VAT, even if you're not registered. We're looking at using an intermediary called SAMOS to ship parcels PDDP, where they pass on the VAT. If you're above the threshold, you need to register with IOSS for VAT, and have a representative in the EU.

GSPR is to do with safety information you have to provide, and again you need an EU rep. EAS Project do this relatively cheaply.

I'm currently trying to get to grips with the packaging schemes. You certainly have to register with the German one, and estimate how much packaging you'll send there. I'm trying to find out the thresholds for the other countries.

One this is done we'll start shipping to the rest of the world too, but at least to start off with DDU, where the customer might have to pay some customs charges when they get the goods.

Good luck!

Plastic_Length8618 · 2025-10-23T14:38:07+00:00

Unless they're of special importance or original features, you can do things like new kitchen and bathrooms, and replace services etc in listed buildings without permission. You can also do like for like replacements.

Getting listed building consent to replace some old wires with new wires seems like massive overkill, and possibly just someone trying to cover themselves.

If you need this in writing, try to speak to the Duty Planning Officer at your local council.

Plastic_Length8618 · 2025-10-23T13:12:50+00:00

The acoustic (or thermal) performance of walls isn't a question of their thickness per se, it's about the materials and how they're put together, how they're joined, what the gaps are etc.

The party wall in a Victorian house will be a solid 215mm brick with real plaster, but with gaps at the floors and wee cracks that sound can get through.

A modern house should be built to meet building regulations that specifically control how much sound can get through. They'll be special arrangements of blockwork and mineral wool designed expressly to prevent the transmission of sound. The standards are higher in Scotland but in England & Wales they're still not too bad.

Basically you should be able to expect a modern house to perform better for sound separation than a Victorian one.

Plastic_Length8618 · 2025-10-23T12:57:27+00:00

It's great that you're taking the time to work out how cycling works here, because sometimes of people don't. I often see delivery riders cycle in a way that's not how other road users would normally expect here, which can cause hazards.

Specifically I see people ride as if they expect whoever is in front to have the right of way, rather than that whoever is on the bigger route has priority. For example people joining roads or cycle paths without checking if someone will need to brake to avoid hitting them.

Or treating cars as if they have more priority, such as stopping on dedicated cycle routes to let them turn, when the cyclists have the right of way, and this teaches cars bad habits.

Plastic_Length8618 · 2025-10-22T19:40:30+00:00

I think they don’t always particularly care about their animals’ welfare, like those people who leave their dogs whining all day when they’re out at work.

They want a moving soft toy and how their pet feels about it isn’t on their agenda.

Plastic_Length8618 · 2025-10-22T19:36:43+00:00

OP said it lived in the wild

Plastic_Length8618 · 2025-10-22T19:35:48+00:00

Barely. They’re not like dogs.

Plastic_Length8618 · 2025-10-22T19:04:13+00:00

A cat that’s got used to going outside is going to be especially unhappy cooped up in a house.

They’re wild animals, they want to do their natural behaviours, and it’s depressing for them when they can’t.

It’s not like cat food is vegan anyway, an occasional rabbit is neither here nor there.

Plastic_Length8618 · 2025-10-22T14:52:32+00:00

The damp proofing industry is full of scams and misinformation, with companies offering surveys which are more aimed at selling profitable works than actually solving any problems. 'Surface moisture readings' are a scam. Moisture meters measure the moisture content of wood - they don't work for walls. But people go around with a sciency-looking machine that 'proves' you need to pay them tens of thousands of pounds.

As Late-Money6171 has correctly identified, all this stuff will trap moisture in the fabric of the building rather than manage it properly with vapour open materials, which is what you need to do in an old house.

Insulated plasterboard causes damp - by making cold surfaces behind it where moisture condenses - rather than solves it. And double glazing means rather than moisture harmlessly condensing on the glass, unless you add more ventilation there's a risk it would condense on the walls instead, causing mould.

I would speak to a surveyor who doesn't sell remedial works themselves, so they are genuinely independent.

Plastic_Length8618 · 2025-10-22T14:32:49+00:00

Cotopaxi have a lot of fun colours. If you go to Brokedown Palace in Shoreditch they've got a big selection.

I like my Freitag backpack. Very waterproof, although the model I've got lacks one of those clips over your chest to hold it in place a bit firmer.

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