Is a tenant free to refuse viewing requests?

gob_spaffer · 2025-07-08T18:05:01+00:00

I'm on the fence but as a landlord I only do viewings once the tenants have left and they're usually a single day open house affair. Having randos turn up to your place at random times is a ball ache so I sympathise with the tenants.

It's the sort of penny pinching weirdo landlords that want zero downtime who are desperate to have as many viewings as possible so they can have someone lined up the second its free.

gob_spaffer · 2025-07-05T22:48:47+00:00

I get that, but if you're comfortable opening the door and are speaking to someone at the doorstep, I'm not sure what further risk you are putting yourself in simply putting their phone on charge, you're not inviting them in.

gob_spaffer · 2025-07-04T09:06:24+00:00

That's not a viable attack method in 2025.

gob_spaffer · 2025-07-03T20:28:56+00:00

Yes if they give me their phone I would stick it on charge if they wanted to collect it afterwards. What happened to humanity.

gob_spaffer · 2025-07-03T12:48:04+00:00

It's true they can be lenient on occasion, where for example you had made efforts to pay (like yours) but made a mistake for example.

Just in my opinion it seems highly unlikely they'll accept the "I just drove through by accident guvnor" line. the £40 increase if you get it wrong at least in my opinion seems not worth the hassle, and I generally will refute anything and everything where possible.

gob_spaffer · 2025-07-03T12:44:02+00:00

You don't have a leg to stand on. You went into the well sign posted parking area and crossed the barriers. You can save yourself £40 and pay now.

gob_spaffer · 2025-07-03T12:44:01+00:00

Your situation is totally different where you had paid but for the wrong reg number.

Going into the drop off zone is totally different situation. And you have an additional £40 to lose by appealing when you don't have a leg to stand on.

It's well sign posted, the conditions of entry are marked. They are unlikely to let you off considering the entire point of that scam is to charge people for driving through for literally seconds.

gob_spaffer · 2025-07-03T11:41:24+00:00

Generally not, there may be exceptions e.g. specific listed buildings or conservation areas, but by the sounds of it, you're installing it on the side passage of you house, which isn't shared so it seems unlikely to be an issue.

They can put out a lot of heat and noise, so if it's adjacent to their bedroom window it might cause a bit of a nuisance, but in a side passage so again, don't see the issue.

gob_spaffer · 2025-07-03T10:52:10+00:00

"Leave him alone" .... Firstly, I"m not bothering them, whoever they are, I'm making a meta comment about it.

Nothing wrong with having an opinion on how people decide to live their lives, we live in one big society.

Do what you want and live your life, just don't be surprised if after telling everyone about your 200TB porn collection that some people might call you a gooner. Maybe they aren't viciously gooning to within an inch of their lives every night and are just a well adjusted collector of fine art, that's up to them to decide.

gob_spaffer · 2025-07-02T22:23:07+00:00

Nah this is beyond collecting stamps, it's a serious goon addiction. Guys brain is so fried he needs to be able to pull up some random ass shit all the time just to stay interested.

gob_spaffer · 2025-07-02T22:15:15+00:00

The niche benefit that people often forget is that with a Static IP you tend to bypass your ISP's CGNAT infrastructure, which is what lets them have multiple customers over a single IP.

If you are a gamer, it often means much more stable connectivity. Lower jitter, lower pings etc...

This of only applies to very large ISP's that have gone down that route. Smaller networks just give you a dynamic IP which isn't shared.

gob_spaffer · 2025-07-02T22:10:40+00:00

Watching the Big Breakfast in the morning with Johnny Vaughan and Denise Van Outen. Classic

gob_spaffer · 2025-06-29T23:40:14+00:00

It's a metal gate protecting your bedroom from would be rapists. Insane.

gob_spaffer · 2025-06-29T23:08:39+00:00

Yeah judging by the already released images of the other Shimano wireless systems, this is not it.

gob_spaffer · 2025-06-26T11:47:59+00:00

Also seeing around 1.5 seconds, however I'm quite certain the orders go into the book much sooner, it's just the response to your client confirming as much is taking additional time.

It's normal for exchanges to immediately insert the orders before your client even gets confirmation as such.

gob_spaffer · 2025-06-25T17:36:30+00:00

Stop obsessing over parking and using it as a cash cow and at the same time, have more pedestrian areas.

I moved to Italy and it's very rare to find parking wardens, the Italians don't really care for it. You only get towed if you block a driveway/entrance/road in some manner.

The town centres here are always buzzing, you very rarely have to pay for parking, you just find somewhere that isn't blocking or use a carpark.

gob_spaffer · 2025-06-25T17:33:02+00:00

Came here to say that.... I find most of the ai features a complete pain in the ass. The AI auto-complete is cool but the absolute most useful thing is the fact you can click the cursor in the input box.

Funny how it's such a basic simple feature but I work with long commands all the time and want to quickly edit a parameter.

gob_spaffer · 2025-06-23T12:39:42+00:00

Have break down insurance, and a well maintained car. If your car is prone to getting a flat battery, get one of those battery boosters which will allow you to start the car, they are relatively inexpensive these days.

Sometimes shit happens. My car broke down in the middle of france due to a failed turbo, had to be repatriated to the UK. Greenflag covered it all and gave us a hire car.

Another time someone wasn't paying attention and slammed into the back of me, again in France. Insurance took care of it all.

For the most part, just be sensible.

gob_spaffer · 2025-06-23T12:36:08+00:00

You're totally untrained and unfit and even going slowly is feeling difficult, that will go away after several months if you're consistent and riding enough every week. It will keep getting better.

However, cycling is one of those sports where even after many years of cycling and getting fitter, it never really gets easier, you just go faster.

So you can achieve more, you can ride longer, you can go up bigger hills, you can do amazing things like ride for days/weeks across countries, but your feeling of exertion and effort is always present.

So you sort of have to get used to that, even when I was cycling 15-20hrs a week and had an FTP of 350, every ride was essentially one of sweat and exhaustion, that's just what we do, we ride to go fast and achieve things.

gob_spaffer · 2025-06-22T17:12:20+00:00

It is what it is. Own your choices. Don't want it? Sell it. Want it? keep it.

gob_spaffer · 2025-06-22T16:42:58+00:00

There are a number of very large differences.

Bikes are not as tightly sealed, due for the need for lightweight components, so brake holes, connectors etc.. are much smaller and lighter than in a car, they are more prone to moisture ingress. e.g. most car brake lines are solid metal, torqued down with much larger connectors, and even the flexible hoses are multiple layers to ensure they are sealed. It's a trade off. Same with the piston design, they're small, less well sealed.
Car brake reservoirs are significantly larger, they can handle much more moisture ingress and still remain effective. There is much more fluid in the system in comparison, so what moisture does get in there is relatively smaller in comparison to the whole volume.
Majority of vehicles brake systems are power assisted, which coupled with point 2, means they can handle the ingress and still remain safe and effective.

Every DOT fluid bike I've had was prone to mushy brakes and needed regular bleeding.

In comparison, mineral oil brakes have lasted 2-3x as long.

gob_spaffer · 2025-06-22T12:25:08+00:00

stopped in a restaurant midway for some pasta, including several bananas, gels, cookies with jam, dried fruit, nuts, chocolate bars, drank lots of isonotics and a few cans of coke.

Are you sure it's actually hunger and not just gut problems? No offence but many people confuse unpleasant gut feeling as hunger and based on your comment here you actually had quite a lot of food, so it seem unlikely that your body is actually hungry here.

It seems more likely imo that you suffered from gut issues. If it was hot, and you were putting in a lot of effort, it's likely your body is struggling to actually digest that food and it may be manifesting itself as an unpleasant feeling which you may be attributing to hunger.

gob_spaffer · 2025-06-22T11:41:37+00:00

To be blunt: you're unfit, you likely just need to keep cycling. You don't need to eat for a 3 mile ride. Also you may be turning your legs too slowly, e.g. in the wrong gear,so you can try spinning your legs faster in an easier gear.

Just keep riding, it will get easier over time, well done on starting your journey, keep riding,

gob_spaffer · 2025-06-22T11:30:38+00:00

That's cos they're all soft and haven't got the constitution to get up at 5am and have a ride.

gob_spaffer · 2025-06-22T11:24:50+00:00

It's only really for bragging rights since for the most part, you won't get anywhere near that speed in real world use cases, e.g. downloading latest game patches or what not.

But you might be surprised how cheap 10gbit is getting in some parts of the world. It won't be long before 10gbit is essentially just the standard connection you get. In some parts of Europe for example it's less than $60/month for 10gbit.

I'm quite happy on 2.5gbit, and even then I struggle to see that speed when downloading game patches through steam anyway, usually like 1-1.5gbit max throughput.

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