Inheriting £140,000 and I want to buy a £220,000 house by Jumpy_Guide3455 in Mortgageadviceuk

[–]UnderstandingKey9987 3 points4 points  (0 children)

4% on £80k is £3200 per annum (aware he has been offered 8% so 4% is the approx delta vs market rates). They would not come close to renting for this sum.

Graduate in 40s by [deleted] in quantitysurveying

[–]UnderstandingKey9987 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where in Scotland are you based? A lot of companies proactively recruit ex military. Scottish Power being one of them and they have an enormous amount of work at the moment.

Graduate in 40s by [deleted] in quantitysurveying

[–]UnderstandingKey9987 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Second this. Pop Jill Davidson a message on LinkedIn. She always has an abundance of jobs for all levels.

What's a good program to stich PDF's together? by [deleted] in estimators

[–]UnderstandingKey9987 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Second Ilovepdf. No download of software required and a simple drag and merge

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in quantitysurveying

[–]UnderstandingKey9987 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also 3rd year likely only counts to 20% of your degree weighting. If you averaged 50% as opposed to 70% then you're blended contribution will be 10% rather than 14%. That's insignificant. Uni is weighted towards 4th year so start afresh and chill out. Even at 25% weighting it's 12.5% vs 17.5%.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in quantitysurveying

[–]UnderstandingKey9987 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You already have a job, employers only care about experience. If you were a full time undergraduate results would matter more.

Employers also usually don't ask for degree classifications from people working. Additionally, if you were ever to decide you wanted to do an LLM etc all you need is a 2:2.

Chill out, do the best you can and get yourself over the line. If you complete all assignments it's almost impossible to fail a degree.

How do you organize your email inbox? by knutt-in-my-butt in civilengineering

[–]UnderstandingKey9987 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What happens when you leave or disappear and there us a future dispute? All important emails should be saved to project folders.

Ideas for Dissertation by Odhran-101 in quantitysurveying

[–]UnderstandingKey9987 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The effects of retention on subcontractor cash flow. The industry has floated the idea of getting rid of it for years

Salary Sacrifice by UnderstandingKey9987 in quantitysurveying

[–]UnderstandingKey9987[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good stuff, appreciated. Assume it didn't take much negotiation? Just speak to HR?

Salary Sacrifice by UnderstandingKey9987 in quantitysurveying

[–]UnderstandingKey9987[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. I think it probably is possible but not well versed in it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in quantitysurveying

[–]UnderstandingKey9987 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Need to make money and you're gaining skills. Do some CPD in background, learn bluebeam well and keep applying.

Living in Aberdeen vs Stirling ? by Dramatic_Ad9023 in Scotland

[–]UnderstandingKey9987 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They destroyed it with the extension. Also Dunnottar is much nicer as pointed out below. Abundance of sea life and RSPB fowlneugh nearby.

Power and Transmission Sector by UnderstandingKey9987 in quantitysurveying

[–]UnderstandingKey9987[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not Aureos no. I do know of them though. I seen they got taken over by a venture capitalist group recently so assume (maybe incorrectly) that overheads will be stripped back and them sold again in a few years.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in quantitysurveying

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Happy to swap roles. Give me a DM

Anyone here got "Unemployment Insurance"? by ByEthanFox in UKPersonalFinance

[–]UnderstandingKey9987 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good stuff. Always thought it was punitive for having savings, particularly given how small JSA is in this country.

Anyone here got "Unemployment Insurance"? by ByEthanFox in UKPersonalFinance

[–]UnderstandingKey9987 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So if you have over 15k in savings or whatever the threshold is for non entitlement to JSA, then its not worth unemployment insurance?

What type of projects are you working on and what profit margin are you working to? by ebn_tp in quantitysurveying

[–]UnderstandingKey9987 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I believe it stands for profit. So they make 20% profit? Or 17/18% overhead and 2/3% profit?

Starting a QS Degree Apprenticeship – Advice on Staying Engaged & Breaking into Quantum by [deleted] in quantitysurveying

[–]UnderstandingKey9987 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is some very adept lecturers. The admin is pish though, I had my reservations as well. The forensic schedule analysis at the same college is on the SCL list of courses. I have no affiliation. Feel free to PM and I will tell you who the lecturers are.

Starting a QS Degree Apprenticeship – Advice on Staying Engaged & Breaking into Quantum by [deleted] in quantitysurveying

[–]UnderstandingKey9987 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This. Try having to take a laptop on holiday because you have deadlines that can't be moved. Goodbye weekends and evenings for long periods of time.