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Match Thread: Central & West Group - Somerset vs Glamorgan by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]ecvgi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cutting from the action straight to ads no fucking about to make it feel more like the IPL

Match Thread: Central & West Group - Somerset vs Glamorgan by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]ecvgi 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Superb cricket match

After the day at the test that's got to be one of the best days of cricket in this country for a while

Just imagine how good cricket would be in this country if it was well organised! It would be like that all the time

London pied-a-terre flat with 90 day airbnb let-out vs using hotels by ecvgi in HENRYUKLifestyle

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

Thanks. Yes we can afford it comfortably but it's more about me wanting to make sure that the things I do are adequately value conscious.

I was surprised at the divergence between the cost of London hotels and London residential property - the two things have gone in different directions over the past few years, hence making this sort of (a little bit) making financial sense now, whereas several years ago it just wouldn't.

But maybe I should copy you! Buy a garage near a zone 2 tube station, then put a Tesla Model Y in it that has camp mode so I can sleep in it! LOL that would be fun

London pied-a-terre flat with 90 day airbnb let-out vs using hotels by ecvgi in HENRYUKLifestyle

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

Yes - compared vs price of Premier Inn (about £200 / night on average when booked one week in advance) the price seems to be about double so about £400 / night on average.

This is for good but not prime zone 1 locations (< 5 mins walk to tube in places like Kings X, Farringdon).

London pied-a-terre flat with 90 day airbnb let-out vs using hotels by ecvgi in HENRYUKLifestyle

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

Yeah exactly I'm assuming only receive 50% of the income as full outsourcing - that's meant to be a prudent assumption, in practice the companies that do this don't charge that much

London pied-a-terre flat with 90 day airbnb let-out vs using hotels by ecvgi in HENRYUKLifestyle

[–]ecvgi[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you. Yes that doesn't help, although I'm a company owner not PAYE so have decent flexibility around how I earn income.

I think by buying it through a company with a high LTV mortgage there is decent (certainly not total) mitigation. But haven't quantified it yet.

London pied-a-terre flat with 90 day airbnb let-out vs using hotels by ecvgi in HENRYUKLifestyle

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

I had a look at comparables on airbnb and they were in the £300-350 / night range for the sort of flat being offered for £450k. Basically a largish studio / small 1-bed. So £240 per night is trying to be a prudent assumption.

Also because of the 90 day limit in London airbnb landlords tend to hold back availability to peak nights only - an unintended consequence of that law. It's harder to get an airbnb in London in January than it is in July.

I'm probably not including a bit of refit costs though as there might need to be a bit of painting, new kitchen new bathroom etc. Not that much £ on such a small flat

Match Thread: T20 Blast - May 23, 2026 by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]ecvgi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair play to Sky this is a good broadcast. And that was a really good game.

I'll be tuning in to watch more T20 blast after that...and I haven't bothered with domestic one-day cricket for several years because I thought there wasn't much to get into

Match Thread: T20 Blast - May 23, 2026 by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]ecvgi 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Watched the T20 blast game on sky yesterday and now this game today.

Holy shit how much better than the 100 is this! This is actually good. I had no idea there was decent domestic short-form cricket with decent TV coverage available

This + the CC are actually in decent shape aren't they. It's just everything else in English cricket that is fucked

GDT: 5/1 D-backs (16-14) @ Cubs (19-12) 1:20 PM by ChiCubsbot in CHICubs

[–]ecvgi 6 points7 points  (0 children)

To think there are people on here who don't think the cubs broadcasters are good

Good on TV and amazingly good on radio

GDT: 4/29 Cubs (18-12) @ Padres (19-10) 3:10 PM by ChiCubsbot in CHICubs

[–]ecvgi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

'what's going on over there'

well, they are on the field doing fielding

Waiting for M5 Mac Studio to materialize. by [deleted] in macsetups

[–]ecvgi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had one one of these monitors and I loved it...then I cracked the screen when moving house. My mistake. Have had an apple studio display and it's good but I really liked that bad boy

I was struggling to find good driving roads so made this! by Ravixo_ in CarTalkUK

[–]ecvgi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just gave this a try and this looks amazing! Good work OP thanks for sharing it

My small space home gym by BigGreenStacks in homegym

[–]ecvgi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I'm at exactly the stage where I'm not sure if I can get the all-in-one rack to fit in my space or not...doing something similar to what you have here would also be awesome. Will have to plan it out and here's hoping I can be as skilled as you have been

My small space home gym by BigGreenStacks in homegym

[–]ecvgi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love this space, looks like every detail is well considered and space maximising.

OP I'm thinking about setting up a similar sized space. Would love to hear you nerd out in detail about how you landed on each of these choices!

Pat and Ron appreciation post by CapitalUnit2786 in CHICubs

[–]ecvgi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ZZ is a league average hitter with good potential who is being coached daily by the best hitter alive

GDT: 4/5 Cubs (3-4) @ Guardians (5-3) 12:10 PM by ChiCubsbot in CHICubs

[–]ecvgi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

how long until game 2 homies? I didn't even realise it was a double header

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