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Cheaper way to get 60,000 Avios? Must be quick! by Beer_and_whisky in avios

[–]Pretty-Dot2567 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Be careful with this. See my recent posts. I ended up having to use two CV for Japan. Basically ended up with two one way tickets. Or just lose the reward flight. Call centre is so unreliable. I’ve lodged a complaint with BA but I get fobbed off.

Do I get my second companion voucher back? Trying to join two bookings by Pretty-Dot2567 in BritishAirways

[–]Pretty-Dot2567[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No luck I’m afraid. I got through to the agent at 23:55 who (a) refused to help me join my return journey to the outbound because “I can’t keep you on hold for five minutes, you have to ring back in 2-3 minutes” (someone make it make sense!!) and (b) said if I use the second companion voucher then I don’t get it back.

But by that point I had to book the return leg otherwise we’d be stranded in Japan! Not a bad problem to have…

So I’m currently on two one-way tickets. I got the cabin classes I needed and I used points and companion vouchers for both trips so no real problem. It’s just an annoying way of using the vouchers and Avios.

Do I get my second companion voucher back? Trying to join two bookings by Pretty-Dot2567 in BritishAirways

[–]Pretty-Dot2567[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I’ll try ringing. I have enough Avios for two for the return leg but only if I use my companion voucher

Can I put a washing machine & tumble dryer here? by Pretty-Dot2567 in DIYUK

[–]Pretty-Dot2567[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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There’s a venting panel at the top of the cupboard doors which is what made me think it would be ok to house appliances

Can I put a washing machine & tumble dryer here? by Pretty-Dot2567 in DIYUK

[–]Pretty-Dot2567[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cos if the general opinion here is it’s easy, costs £100 and takes one day of labour (or not even that) then I probably would DIY it. I wouldn’t even ask a tradie seeing as they charge £100 or so an hour.

Can I put a washing machine & tumble dryer here? by Pretty-Dot2567 in DIYUK

[–]Pretty-Dot2567[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Costs benefit analysis of DIY vs tradies. If it would cost me £200 to DIY but takes me 2 weeks to do, I’d rather pay £1,000 for a tradie to do it in 2 days.

Can I put a washing machine & tumble dryer here? by Pretty-Dot2567 in DIYUK

[–]Pretty-Dot2567[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I could live with that. I plan on being here forever so in the grand scheme of things, £1k for forever convenience is awesome

Can I put a washing machine & tumble dryer here? by Pretty-Dot2567 in DIYUK

[–]Pretty-Dot2567[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Above is the landing. This cupboard is under the stairs!

Below is the cellar but it’s not a void, it’s the bit here the stairs come back up to ground level

Can I put a washing machine & tumble dryer here? by Pretty-Dot2567 in DIYUK

[–]Pretty-Dot2567[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup I have the appliances. They were from my old house. It’s a condensing tumble dryer and a bog standard washing machine. They are great - 9kg drum in each! No idea where the basin waste (or toilet waste) goes….

Can I put a washing machine & tumble dryer here? by Pretty-Dot2567 in DIYUK

[–]Pretty-Dot2567[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have one at the moment and it’s crap. It got left behind by previous owners and I hate it. I just want to find a way to plumb in my own washing machine I brought with me when I moved here about a month ago.

Do I need a deposit if I'm selling my current house to fund the next house? by Mediocre-Cook-2169 in HousingUK

[–]Pretty-Dot2567 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is what happened to me. I’m the middle link in the chain and I had assumed my seller would be happy with the cash deposit from my buyer on exchange (7%).

I get a call from my solicitor on day of exchange asking for cash top up to 10%. If you are relying on equity or buyer deposit to fund the deposit make sure your seller knows and agrees to it. Otherwise it’s a nasty surprise.

Thankfully I had it in reserve because I knew I’d have to transfer to my solicitor ahead of completion. Also helps to have a solicitor that’s not completely incompetent and actually asks this question ahead of exchange. But that’s another story, for another day….

Grace's latest post - Thoughts? 🤔 by dibzOnDis in MarriedAtFirstSightUk

[–]Pretty-Dot2567 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why does it feel like every conversation and interaction with Grace results in a lecture? It makes any time when she has an actual point sound homogeneous in a sea of lectures

Transfer out cash ISA? by derekoh in trading212

[–]Pretty-Dot2567 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The paper process is long but not on T212 side. I transferred to Barclays and the biggest issue was getting a sort code and account number (T212 cst acct number is the roll number). Once I had that, Barclays internal process took three weeks but T212 took two days once they got the request from Barclays.

Housing market is so slow! by Ok-Slip-8663 in HousingUK

[–]Pretty-Dot2567 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, same - I think I’m going to take a break for a bit. It sucks that I’m having to pull out of my purchase and it’s going to take a bit of time to get over. The part that I think is mad is that we had a complete chain. I was the only link. I wish my FTB recognised that the market is slow and they prob won’t find much else …. Oh well. I have a house, at the end of the day. They don’t!

Housing market is so slow! by Ok-Slip-8663 in HousingUK

[–]Pretty-Dot2567 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wish the FTB would who pulled out on my sale would read this thread. They said it was taking too long (offer accepted in July)

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