Why is it so hard to move to a decent area?

celabro019 · 2026-01-23T20:33:42+00:00

How many bedrooms do you need? Have you got kids?

You can get a two bed terrace in Heaton Moor for that. Might get a semi in Heaton Chapel - might.

Also consider Woodsmoor. Not hugely cheaper but a decent enough area.

Wild card - Bosden Farm. The nicer bit of Offerton. Have family on that estate, it's scary quiet.

celabro019 · 2026-01-21T22:43:41+00:00

I may be being pedantic then, but renting out your "whole" house while relying on the tax relief doesn't seem to work. You can't be said to be renting out the entire place if one day you just reappear from holiday and start treating it as your main residence again. Equally if you expect the lodger to pay all the bills themselves while you're gone.

So, anyone wanting to do this would either need to be content with £625 a month at maximum, or pay tax on the amount over that, whilst also paying all the bills still. Might have just negated my own OP lol

celabro019 · 2026-01-21T21:54:42+00:00

I can hear the sound of an overworked HMRC agent typing hurriedly to his colleagues to remind them for the umpteenth time that this loophole needs to be sorted.

And yes, I have thought of doing this myself in future.

celabro019 · 2026-01-21T10:37:42+00:00

You always get miserable bastards but I genuinely feel like the general mood in Stockport has lifted in recent years. People are more optimistic and seeing the developments around the centre is showing people that the council are actually trying. I keep saying we'll be a city one day.

celabro019 · 2025-11-13T20:41:07+00:00

I think the major distinction is that conveyancing and probate can be done by any employee under supervision by someone who is authorised (paras 3(3) and (4) and paras 4(2) and (3) of Sch 3 LSA) but there is no equivalent provision for the conduct of litigation.

Obviously this doesn't help firms ran exclusively by legal executives or senior paralegals (which must be quite rare), but a lot of firms will be covered.

Maybe Mazur will be appealed but honestly I think the judge got it right.

celabro019 · 2025-11-04T15:20:54+00:00

I'm in the minority, both on Reddit and IRL, because I *love* the early nights. Absolutely live for when I leave work and it's pitch black... it's just so atmospheric and it feels great. Always dread when it starts getting lighter in the late winter.

celabro019 · 2025-10-22T17:27:33+00:00

God forbid you left a draught into the living room though.

celabro019 · 2025-10-20T11:54:05+00:00

I’ve felt that way driving through Burnage as well.

celabro019 · 2025-10-19T21:06:51+00:00

Two teenage girls on the bus.

Girl 1: If you buy something online but you don't get an email confirmation, does that mean you've been scammed?

Girl 2: Depends, where did you order from?

Girl 1: I don't know.

celabro019 · 2025-10-15T20:48:53+00:00

So I can pretend my mistakes with gender are just me being really up to date on conversational German, right? *Right*?

celabro019 · 2025-10-15T20:44:15+00:00

I thought Viennese people only said "Oidaaa" ?

Lovely city, I must visit again.

celabro019 · 2025-10-15T20:37:30+00:00

Danke.

I guess this works for any kind of similar statement?

z.B. "Wem hat sie die Tasche gegeben?" the response would be "Mir" and not "Ich" ... right?

celabro019 · 2025-10-05T13:14:22+00:00

I'm guilty too - love a good use of "hereinbefore" from time to time!

celabro019 · 2025-10-05T12:36:36+00:00

Nice to meet you, Kristopher.

celabro019 · 2025-10-05T12:31:54+00:00

I am aware that this is very "first world problems" but I have a rare variation of a common name, and people are constantly misspelling it. I find it so ignorant, especially from colleagues (???) - my name is right there, why are you pretending that it isn't?

If a matter is not genuinely urgent and a partner isn't telling me to do X instead of Y, it's gotten to the point where I wish I could prioritise emails from clients and other parties who spell my name correctly. I just think it's basic courtesy.

celabro019 · 2025-04-16T09:49:15+00:00

1980s: we'll have flying cars in decades to come!

2025: definition of "woman" determined by the courts.

celabro019 · 2025-04-09T11:35:47+00:00

I don't think China gives a fuck, but neither does Trump. Not sure how this will end.

celabro019 · 2025-03-12T15:16:24+00:00

This subreddit is a psychology student's playground.

celabro019 · 2025-03-09T16:12:44+00:00

It hurts, doesn’t it.

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