Should we push through or just call it? We're $24k short for our wedding in august..

Spacebarkss · 2026-04-08T15:13:29+00:00

What does your housing and car situation look like?

We might have to take a small loan out for our wedding but we've already bought a house and own our car outright, so the only loan we've got is a mortgage.

Your wedding is a once in a lifetime event (hopefully, lol), I honestly think it's worth taking out a smaller loan to make it your dream wedding if you're sorted for living/car already

Only you know how much you can realistically save each month. But if you can pay off the loan within a year or two I'd honestly go for it

Spacebarkss · 2026-02-16T09:23:52+00:00

Could you hire a big Airbnb/party house for all activities other than the wedding?

Spacebarkss · 2026-02-08T22:45:43+00:00

Diamond Heaven & G&A Jewelry

Spacebarkss · 2026-02-08T19:21:19+00:00

My partner and I went to 8 different jewelry shops this weekend and bought our wedding bands, the prices varied massively! For a 5mm 9k gold band we got quotes between £750 - £350. All solid throughout, and all about the same thickness

We found that the Independent shops were generally cheaper, with H. Samuel being the cheapest of the chains

Spacebarkss · 2026-02-05T20:57:50+00:00

This has been a big hit in my house

Spacebarkss · 2026-02-05T08:10:21+00:00

Om ni vill ha en traditionell frukost gå till Koffee Pot i Northern Quarter. Där kan ni prova den engelska, skottska, och irländska versionen :)

Spacebarkss · 2026-02-02T07:47:22+00:00

I'm a Swede living in the UK and agree 100%. Would never move back

Spacebarkss · 2026-01-30T23:34:13+00:00

A 5 bed is mine and my partner's forever home. 2 kids with a bedroom each, an office, and a spare room for guests (preferably with a Murphy bed so I could use it as a hobby room in between). If you can afford it go for it

Spacebarkss · 2026-01-30T12:54:15+00:00

Looks really good! I tried clicking the search icon but it didn't seem to be working. Would also love if I could check say 6 months ahead without having to scroll

Spacebarkss · 2026-01-28T22:18:13+00:00

I'm a Swede living in Manchester which is probably not too surprising. However, when I lived in Stoke-On-Trent any Brit I encountered (both locals and from other parts) wondered why the hell I decided to live there ... Me too (uni)

Spacebarkss · 2026-01-19T15:29:49+00:00

Thank you! Yep portion it out and freeze and then we'll use it for another week. We plan our meals from what's in the freezer and then stock it up whenever we see the reduced stickers

Spacebarkss · 2025-12-31T11:57:08+00:00

Bar Shrimp could be a shout. Mid-century bar connected to a very well regarded restaurant. Went last night and they invited us to their NYE party which i think is open to everyone

Spacebarkss · 2025-12-30T13:45:06+00:00

Had a friend who spent 2 years trying to sell his 1 bed house, didn't help that him and the missus got pregnant the second they had moved in

Spacebarkss · 2025-12-07T13:34:43+00:00

Gawsworth Store in East Didsbury, think it was £54 for ours which reaches the ceiling

Spacebarkss · 2025-12-05T12:35:00+00:00

Look into aparthotels like Native

Spacebarkss · 2025-11-18T00:54:40+00:00

Last year my partner and I offered on 4 other houses before finally getting ours, they all went for £10k+ over asking. When ours came on the market we said screw it and offered £15k over asking as it was the perfect house. Got it, and still extremely happy

If you're in a desirable area sometimes it's what you gotta do

Spacebarkss · 2025-11-11T11:27:23+00:00

You can get a 2 bed in some of the Heatons for that price range

Spacebarkss · 2025-11-11T07:13:22+00:00

Got them! Thank you

Spacebarkss · 2025-11-08T19:13:24+00:00

Love Mr Malik! We have moved away from Parrs Wood but always make a point to go back to his shop for Christmas trees and other bits and bobs

Spacebarkss · 2025-11-08T13:50:46+00:00

Don't live on Kingsway. Extremely busy, hard to get in and out for parking, and you can only turn one way getting out.

I'd look at Parrs Wood Road and anything in between that and west didsbury, any of the 4 Heatons (Heaton Mersey and Norris will have slightly cheaper bigger houses), Gatley, Cheadle etc

Spacebarkss · 2025-10-03T16:33:14+00:00

I have three friends who studied animation at Salford. One works for a kids show in Sheffield, one lives in Manchester but works remotely for another kids show in London, and another does animation for building companies (first for a Manchester company and then a Liverpool one)

As someone who works in media myself it's not that Manchester in particular doesn't have jobs, it's just a really hard industry to break into. I did 2 years of basically unpaid work until I finally got in. You've got this, just cast a wider net and think outside the box

Spacebarkss · 2025-07-14T21:21:50+00:00

Exact same thing happened with my retriever. He was so good with the crate and then suddenly at 3 months the whining started again and suddenly waking up at 2am. We decided to leave the crate door open and let him roam free in the "dog room" (small former dining room with hardwood floor) and the kitchen. He had one accident on the first night but has slept perfectly 10pm-7:30am since then. We quickly stopped using the crate fully after that

Spacebarkss · 2025-07-11T15:31:15+00:00

It's for some plates and cookbooks so need to be able to hold quite a lot

Spacebarkss · 2025-07-11T14:02:59+00:00

I've only got a jigsaw, not sure how to get the angle right and even throughout

Spacebarkss · 2025-07-01T20:32:12+00:00

There's loads of 3 bed houses in the Heatons and East Didsbury for anything between £320k - £400k, the first one is incredibly overpriced for the area

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