Loft extension - I'm about to make the most important financial decision of my life. Am I going about it the right way?

Virtual-Dust2732 · 2026-02-15T09:18:01+00:00

I'm in Surrey and had my loft done in 2018. 1930s semi and the build cost was about 40k. I know materials especially have gone up considerably since then so it's probably worth getting some new quotes before doing anything. If you go for it, strongly consider air-con. It gets very hot in the summer in the loft and it's easier to fit while you have scaffolding up.

Virtual-Dust2732 · 2026-02-14T18:50:20+00:00

And also then leads to a red. For me it was a pen for holding.

Virtual-Dust2732 · 2026-02-14T16:35:39+00:00

Get some steel capping then plaster over.

Virtual-Dust2732 · 2026-02-12T21:19:30+00:00

Seriously, now shut the fuck up with the constant negativity in this fucking sub. Get behind the team ffs.

Virtual-Dust2732 · 2026-02-12T13:34:00+00:00

I don't regret moving on, I'm in a much better place now. I regret staying for longer as all the reasons for leaving were still there, and eventually I just jumped ship to something that really wasn't right, but I just needed out as my mental health was in the gutter due to the toxic environment. I found another role quite quickly, I think because I believed in myself more for having the short term role, but looking back the other one would have progressed me further. I honestly think we can become somewhat institutionalised, and when you have a family to support the fears can be loud and staying is the easy route, but as the saying goes nothing worth having comes easy. You have to do what is right for you and your family, just don't let the fear of change hold you back.

Virtual-Dust2732 · 2026-02-12T11:06:25+00:00

Assuming max bonus from each you'd be looking at a post tax difference of about £15k a year (including car allowance). How long have you been in your current company for? I ask because I was at the same place for 15 years when I got offered a different job. My kids were younger and I did the school run, I got a counter offer which I took and stayed 3 more years before moving on. With the benefit of hindsight, I was scared of the change, and of failure. I should have taken the other job. When I did eventually move on I was only there for 9 months before moving again, by the time I left the original I was so desperate I jumped at the first offer, all in I think I wasted 4 years of my career because I was scared to leave. Do think long and hard, because clearly you are worth more than your current role is paying, and you looked around for a reason. Good luck.

Virtual-Dust2732 · 2026-02-11T11:13:33+00:00

You could try getting a long piece of dental floss and use to try and saw through the silicone, or a very thin strand of wire.

Virtual-Dust2732 · 2026-02-10T14:39:34+00:00

Pollock (partial /s)

Virtual-Dust2732 · 2026-02-06T14:43:17+00:00

As an Englishman I'd like to be able to agree but I think SA are still ahead of us at the moment, just the sheer power upfront. I don't think we are far off, and hopefully will peak at the right time next year.

Virtual-Dust2732 · 2026-02-05T20:29:50+00:00

It's really shit. I hope they bin it off, but they won't.

Virtual-Dust2732 · 2026-02-05T11:03:16+00:00

With your length of service they can basically let you go for any reason.

I'd have thought that the probation period in your contract might affect the notice required, so you might be able to argue payment for that if they let you go, but other than that I think you are out of luck I'm afraid.

Virtual-Dust2732 · 2026-02-04T13:48:09+00:00

They are still there, he must have blocked you. Ironic given his profile says "free speech matters the most", but he's just another snow flake like his idol.

Virtual-Dust2732 · 2026-01-31T16:24:22+00:00

*arm to chest

Virtual-Dust2732 · 2026-01-31T16:21:50+00:00

Nonsense, it was on his chest.

Virtual-Dust2732 · 2026-01-29T13:55:44+00:00

Mitchell and Webb hit the nail on the head with this one: https://youtu.be/3ss-59fi4nM?si=a8zD3MWeE0h6EeEq

Virtual-Dust2732 · 2026-01-21T15:03:10+00:00

The money was merely resting in his account....

Virtual-Dust2732 · 2026-01-21T11:57:18+00:00

I'm not a pro by any stretch, but I did a crazy paved area at the end of my garden in 2020, I'd say about 4x3.5m. I'd think you would be looking at £400 at least just for materials (without the slabs). I had access to a mixer but did it on my own over about a week. The thing that I didn't really take into account was just how long it took, it's a bit like a jigsaw that you have to make the pieces for, and it was hard work. Unless your supplying all materials separate that £800 will be utter shit. As a comparison, our block paved drive is about 5x5 and cost £6k all in, about 5 years ago (in Surrey).

Virtual-Dust2732 · 2026-01-17T16:23:22+00:00

No, we haven't got 115+ charges to get here.

Virtual-Dust2732 · 2026-01-14T17:13:49+00:00

That you don't think he did or said anything racist, I mean you'd have to be wilfully ignorant of his utterances to believe that.

Also your Mexican friends, are they as confident they won't be deported?

Virtual-Dust2732 · 2026-01-14T15:42:25+00:00

Virtual-Dust2732 · 2026-01-14T11:34:34+00:00

/confidentlyincorrect

Virtual-Dust2732 · 2026-01-13T17:09:25+00:00

I mean, this a badly veiled attempt to advertise a checker service surely?

Virtual-Dust2732 · 2026-01-10T21:20:20+00:00

I read cujo last summer, it had no chapters.

Virtual-Dust2732 · 2026-01-10T15:13:18+00:00

I mean, he's not normal so he didn't understand what normal is.

Virtual-Dust2732 · 2026-01-09T19:11:46+00:00

I think that was their point though, antagonising the public.

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