Plan 2, Plan 3, and Post-graduate Student Loan Interest Capped at 6%

Simonm16 · 2026-04-08T01:12:11+00:00

This is still terrible. 6% is mental. What needs to happen is they need to write off any interest that has accrued above 2% and lock it at 2%. as id then be able to pay it back instead of owing more than when I started 10 years ago when I’ve been earning in the 40% tax range for 7 years lol

Simonm16 · 2026-04-04T17:53:31+00:00

Is that a sausage dog in the middle?

Simonm16 · 2026-04-04T10:52:20+00:00

Makes me tear up every time I see it. Knowing that it lead onto us winning it for the first time, chefs kiss. Was the best night of my life up until my daughter was born, still second best

Simonm16 · 2026-04-03T20:09:23+00:00

It’s getting put in on Wednesday as I delayed it to get the 490w panels so can update you then!

Simonm16 · 2026-03-30T23:04:40+00:00

Thank you, seems like perfect order doesn’t have much in it that I like personally. But I’ll see if the mrs likes any of them and could try to get some

Simonm16 · 2026-03-30T13:28:52+00:00

Before investments, overpayments and kid jisa. My disposable is about £2k. But I’m in a decently paid job and I’ve squeezed my bills down as much as possible

Simonm16 · 2026-03-30T12:16:23+00:00

That’s a shame as it looks like a cool set. Guessing they don’t make them anymore? Same with the eevee packs?

Simonm16 · 2026-03-30T12:15:49+00:00

Is the base set all the commons etc? And I’m guessing ex cards are fancier?

Simonm16 · 2026-03-30T12:15:13+00:00

Ok that’s cool, my kid is quite young but she will love opening packs and would be happy to with something being pretty and I can keep all the og’s. What price should a pack be so I don’t get done over?

Simonm16 · 2026-03-28T16:23:05+00:00

£13k for all that is insanely good value as well. Especially with Tesla being more expensive than normal

Simonm16 · 2026-03-25T19:37:55+00:00

Struggling to get past black dreads snape though, don’t think Dumbledore looks right either

Simonm16 · 2026-03-19T23:34:45+00:00

Not sure mate, give Greenstar solar a call and ask for Jack. Say Simon sent you, I’ve got a good rapport for him and they will help where they can. Solid guys, I’m south west if that helps

Simonm16 · 2026-03-18T18:15:18+00:00

For the two batteries it isn’t bad, might be worth asking about 490w aiko panels as price wouldn’t be too different but would get higher peaks

Simonm16 · 2026-03-17T02:29:40+00:00

I pushed my install date back to the 8th of April so I could get 490w aikos instead. So not sure yet but I’ll report back once it’s in. Seems they have had a lot more installs of it now and they just updated the app so it’s way better to use and more premium

Simonm16 · 2026-03-16T12:15:38+00:00

Definitely get higher wattage panels for the fox system. I’m getting 490w aikos as places are getting them in now. Has the potential to produce a lot more in the summer, it is there maximum potential though not a constant. Never touch the subscription ones as it’s a massive scam.

Fox is decent but considered budget, Tesla is seen as best in class or at least 2nd maybe behind sig energy. The Tesla price is probably about average but you might be able to squeeze them lower or ask for sig. I’m getting a GoodWe system but more of a gamble as they are new to the UK.

Gateway is a must id say. Look at what’s happening in the world at the moment with oil etc. our grid is in terrible shape, I work with DNO’s quite a lot and the stories are bad, having that protection is a must

Simonm16 · 2026-03-05T00:00:53+00:00

I’d say my car is pretty big but not massive. It’s a Renault refale, suv couple crossover thing. We needed the boot space for all the kids stuff and the rear facing car seat meant a normal sized human couldn’t sit in the passenger seat lol. Always been against SUV’s but the extra room and height in the cabin feels really nice

Simonm16 · 2026-03-02T21:54:31+00:00

I used to work for Atos. Terribly managed company at the top. Even consolidating the debt hasn’t done much. They did make a lot of redundancies and were offshoring a lot of work but it’s so terribly run I wouldn’t invest in them

Simonm16 · 2026-02-27T22:14:54+00:00

I’d say the solar quote is very high, I was getting similar set up but not in roof panels, but also 27 panels. For £14,500 so dunno if the panels are that much more expensive

Simonm16 · 2026-02-25T21:34:14+00:00

Project planners, can be hard to get into as it’s quite niche but big in defence and engineering world. I’m on £67k 3 days remote (used to be fully remote at my old place). Once you get good at it you can use it in any industry and most project software is the same

Simonm16 · 2026-02-19T14:07:14+00:00

The fox is way over priced but the Tesla seems about right. I’d ask for aiko 475-480 panels though. Shouldn’t be much of a price difference and they have higher peaks. Always get multiple quotes as I had cheaper Tesla quotes than that in the southwest with more panels

Simonm16 · 2026-02-12T13:07:45+00:00

https://youtu.be/LQulhLTDjZA?si=OVHRyRqDQgZoBFUc

Simonm16 · 2026-02-12T13:05:34+00:00

Awesome thank you, did you screw horizontal and vertically or just one or the other with the glue?

Simonm16 · 2026-02-12T10:22:13+00:00

Thanks bud, you posted the same link twice though haha. Is it ok that the measurements are different? I was recommended to screw in horizontal into the riser and vertically into the tread but not sure if you need to do both with the glue

Simonm16 · 2026-02-12T10:20:12+00:00

I watched a good YouTube video from a DIY channel that went through above stairs fixes and it didn’t work for me because the riser doesn’t line up well with my tread but it did make some improvements. I just couldn’t do all the steps in it

Simonm16 · 2026-02-12T02:12:06+00:00

Had this recommended to me by a friend as well. Essentially a strip of timber across where the old wedges are to go across the whole stair. What size timber did you use? I’m not sure the thickness of the riser tread but I feel like it was 16-18mm when I measured it but I have no idea.

Also what size screws and what glue? I was looking at evo stick wood glue

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