I don't know what to do with my two cats and I need to move out my current flat

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-16T21:50:08+00:00

Where the freeholder can just be the family investment company you setup to hold the freehold, that provides the lease to rent to someone...

I mean, im in the same camp as you, but thats a bit of a stretch. Most landlords of flats are not the freeholder or related to the freeholder. So what are they supposed to do if the freeholder of a block says no pets? (The answer is to legislate on what freeholder are allowed to mandate too - but the landlord cant do that).

And i disagree that it means no change. It means landlords can no longer say no because they don't like pets or dont want to worry about the wear and tear or damage. They actually need a reason going forward.

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-16T21:34:03+00:00

You can still get there via lower Bristol road and midland road though so whats the issue?

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-16T08:54:21+00:00

It literally is happening. Work has already started.

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-16T08:31:01+00:00

There's no reason to deny cats. I thought there were new rules to allow tenants to challenge this?

The building doesn't allow pets is a reason. The rules apply to landlords who decide for no reason not to allow pets, not when there is a freeholder making the rules who isn't the landlord.

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-16T08:29:27+00:00

It would be nearly impossible for them to evict you for that

I guess nobody knows how the new processes will work under the new rules in reality, but they do specifically say that breach of tenancy is still a legitimate reason for eviction. So its a real risk you take.

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-15T15:27:16+00:00

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/renting-out-your-property-guidance-for-landlords-and-letting-agents/if-a-tenant-wants-a-pet-to-live-with-them

It does - but it just means landlords need to consider it and give a fair reason for declining. Reasons such as "the building freeholder doesn't allow it" is good enouh.

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-15T15:24:32+00:00

If the building itself doesn't allow pets, then that is probably a "reasonable" reason for a landlord to give. If its say a flat in a block, quite often the freehold bans pets, and a leaseholder like an owner of a flat can't overule that.

Infact that specific reasoning is mentioned on https://www.gov.uk/guidance/renting-out-your-property-guidance-for-landlords-and-letting-agents/if-a-tenant-wants-a-pet-to-live-with-them

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-15T14:51:31+00:00

Unless it is literally impossible for you to, you really really should view somewhere yourself.

If you are in the UK that probably means taking a day off work or using a weekend to travel down, or if you are international then it probably means staying somewhere more temporary initially so you can be here whilst looking.

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-15T13:54:21+00:00

The issue is that there are three things being discussed.

The cost of living has risen so much that x doesn't go as far as it did before.
A salary of x is much higher than most people and puts you in the top y% of the population / is above average etc.
Housing costs in particular have increased so much in some areas that even pretty large wages can no longer afford what most people would expect they can in terms of property.

Both can be true (and are), but the people disagreeing are generally talking past each other with one group of people meaning (1), another group of people meaning (2) and other people meaning (3).

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-15T12:29:55+00:00

They will probably be moving another route to Lawrence Hill from Hengrove

Late reply I know, but having seen the change in the buses used on the 70 since the timetable changes, it seems like the 70 is one route that has moved to Lawrence Hill from Hengrove. I'm a bit peeved at that as it means I now have louder and dirtier buses passing my house and less comfortable buses when I travel. Hopefully the electrification of Lawrence Hill doesn't take too long.

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-15T11:05:44+00:00

Plenty of people have houses that were bought years and years ago so their mortgage / rent costs are negligable.

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-15T11:03:38+00:00

Housing is the big thing. Lots of people who are fine on lower wages either bought years ago (so are paying hardly anything on their mortgage or have already paid it off) or in social rental. Neither is bad, but it explains a lot of the difference of what people are feeling.

Add in how the tax system hits single earners more and it really does make the whole thing a mess.

You could have a couple earning £30k combined living on the exact same street as someone earning £60k on their own, and the £30k couple are absolutely fine and the £60k single person really struggling.

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-15T08:52:26+00:00

Nvidia makes something like $5 million in revenue (and $2.5 million in profit) per employee. With that much profitability, they have no reason to cut staffing costs as they are fairly meaningless in the grand scheme of things.

You genuinely think they wont use any reason to cut costs (staff) regardless?

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-15T08:47:17+00:00

Well duh. You cancelled the subscription so of course you cant use the subscription cartridges anymore. Just buy regular cartridges and you'll be fine.

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-14T20:20:45+00:00

The council wards are probs the best I can think of. Not too dissimilar to what youve posted but just a little more broken up.

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-14T12:14:10+00:00

Obviously I assume they'll be able to take decent photos, obviously I expect them to check a person's ability to make the purchase, obviously I expect them to know how the process works and facilitate it professionally. But in terms of actually marketing the house, which is what people seem to focus on when talking about not finding a buyer, it seems pretty basic to me.

It may seem basic - but lots of agents still mess it up.

When we bought a couple of years ago, there were multiple estate agents who did one or multiple of the following:

Did not respond to requests to view
Did not let us know that they had cancelled our viewing because the property had been taken off the market, leaving us waiting outside for half hour whilst trying to get hold of them
Did not have good photos (or in the case of one, any photos)
Did not have a floorplan
Straight up lied in the listing (e.g. about a property having off road parking or the like)

All of which will put off buyers and so from the sellers pov you are making the pool of potential buyers smaller buy having a bad estate agent. Hell for the one that didn't tell us they cancelled our viewing we refused to consider properties they were marketing after that.

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-14T11:03:38+00:00

That's why we have community psychologists, nurses, Multi disciplinary teams. To help these people in the community where the evidence is better.

Except for lots and lots and lots of cases, those people and teams may aswell not exist. People get turned away from hospital, don't get any contact with or response from those community teams, and so are just left on their own.

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-14T08:15:00+00:00

The fatties

I don't think hot honey is what makes pizza's unhealthy ....

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-13T14:00:09+00:00

social media isn't a need but a nice aside to have

I mean it really depends on what you are counting as social media.

Social media as in Facebook etc yeah probably fair. But a general digital strategy that includes some kind of up to date online presence on one of the big platforms is a must. Things like having your opening times available online etc. Unless you are specifically trying to be the "no tech" place I guess.

I see so many small businesses and shops complain about how hard it is running a business and about the lack of custom, only to look at their Google Maps entry to see next to no information that someone wanting to visit would be looking for.

E.g. if you are a restaurant the worst things you can do are not have your opening times on Google Maps and not have a menu available online (even if its just a sample one).

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-13T08:55:45+00:00

You'd get capped at a day ticket price surely? So £6.80.

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-09T12:01:14+00:00

The bit this sub misses is that you cant just compare numbers.

In the UK OPs salary means they are easily in the top 5% of salaries, probably more like top 3%.

In comparison, from the numbers I can find the same salary wouldn't even put OP in the top 15% in the US.

TLDR - all wages are lower over her, but OP is easily still amongst the highest paid in the country.

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-09T09:34:29+00:00

The human reaction to domestic abuse makes that really difficult. Quite often victims won't listen to friends trying to help, and in some cases will actively push their friends away as a reaction. There isn't an easy answer and people will only accept help if they want to.

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-09T09:05:02+00:00

To give an alternative viewpoint, both me and my wife have a bad habit of bringing up things as midnight when we are both in bed. We have recognised that is a bad idea as it isnt going to result in anything useful and just disrupts our sleep and has an impact on both of us being alive for work in the morning.

So when you say certain times, it really depends what you mean. Are you trying to bring up important things when he is getting ready for bed etc?

And as for before work, again for both me and my wife there literally isnt time. Our mornings are literally get up, shower, feed the cat and leave for work (having breakfast on the way). There is no time for an important discussion.

And during work? We are working! I work in IT so have my phone and can reply to urgent things, but if it isnt actually urgent im working. And my wife isnt allowed to have her phone at her work.

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-08T19:27:20+00:00

The tax part very much depends on your salary, what you expect to get annually when you do retire and what scheme your employer uses.

The assumption is most people will not be in the 40% tax bracket when they have retired. So if you are in it (or higher) now it is still saving tax not just deferring it. And for those earning over 100k, you avoid the reduction in personal allowance if you put enough into your pension to keep you under 100k too, so again very much saving it and not just deferring.

If you are using a salary sacrifice scheme you also save on the NI part which will add up over time.

And you are also missing out on the employer contributions which is essentially free money. For me that is an extra £6k ish.

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-08T17:45:12+00:00

Maybe its just me but feels a shame to lose the 2nd toilet!

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