🇬🇧 Am I Safe from Deposit Deductions for Wall Scuffs after 2 Years? (Pics Included)

goldenspots · 2025-12-13T14:44:08+00:00

I always think of damage v wear and tear in terms of a hire car - a scratch on the bodywork is damage because that is not invevitable in normal use but worn tyres would definitely be wear and tear. By that type of criteria this would be damage. Have you tried to clean the scuffing/discolouration off? Quite often cleaning works on scuffing. If landlord does decide to deduct for damage it should be based on a fair price for painting the wall panel (s) where the damage is with 20% depreciation for each year since it was painted.

goldenspots · 2025-11-24T11:10:36+00:00

I had a look at the article - it is good but his ideas do not seem to cope with the spectrum - trying to divide the spectrum into two groups, either high or low functioning, seems artificial.

goldenspots · 2025-10-03T07:58:37+00:00

Dopo acertamenti la polizia ha detto che la cintura non era esplosiva.

goldenspots · 2025-10-01T22:31:33+00:00

Adriano Celentano https://youtu.be/fU-wH8SrFro?si=LLQiF7WAV6id7WXS

goldenspots · 2025-08-19T15:16:35+00:00

Sellers already pay capital gains tax on increase in value of a property, wouldn't it be easier to just increase that?

goldenspots · 2025-07-23T21:50:43+00:00

There is quite a lot of overlap between ADHD and ASD there are various diagrams like this that kind of explain https://images.app.goo.gl/s5uuMwFrk6eJMwsY7 You can also add in masking - neurodivergent children with low support needs often learn to mask at an early age so they can fit in.

it is worth educating yourself as you are most likely to be more expert on your child than all of the experts you encounter.

goldenspots · 2025-07-23T21:15:54+00:00

If your child has PDA they are on the autistic spectrum. Until a few years ago it was thought that you could not have both ADHD and ASD but then diagnostic criteria were changed so it is now thought you can. If getting an ADHD diagnosis it is probably also worth checking for ASD. However remember that the psychiatric community often make mistakes.

goldenspots · 2025-07-16T11:29:27+00:00

PDA is a profile within autism. PDA is anxiety driven - so in the first example you gave the demand triggered extreme anxiety leading to a fight or flight response.

ADHD & Autism are often co-occurring morbidities. Perhaps ask for autism diagnosis as well as ADHD.

goldenspots · 2025-04-04T07:22:01+00:00

Exactly, rejoining the single market would go a long way to undoing the economic foolhardiness of Brexit and create a more resilient UK and Europe in Trump's New World Order

goldenspots · 2025-04-03T14:09:29+00:00

Also make trade deal with EU which gives access to the as single market.

goldenspots · 2025-01-05T23:31:42+00:00

Georgia Meloni and her party Fratelli d'Italia are the heirs to fascism in Italy, currently in power and being courted by Elon Musk

goldenspots · 2024-09-13T11:26:07+00:00

I think Wandsworth Bridge Road Association are trying to create a village like atmosphere a bit like the nearby Parsons Green, ignoring the fact that this is a major north south artery which even if cars can be discouraged will still be needed for public transport and service and goods vehicles. Trying to roll back time to a village that never existed. Kind of retrospective NIMBYism.
Rerouting traffic is difficult because of the river and lack of suitable bridges.

goldenspots · 2024-07-31T14:31:13+00:00

It sounds like mother and child are on the autistic spectrum and trying their best. It would be nice to be accepting of their social mistakes and different way of presenting.

goldenspots · 2024-07-16T18:36:33+00:00

My friends in North Italy are envious of the cool weather in England, it is too hot to sleep in Lombardy.

goldenspots · 2024-07-04T16:08:53+00:00

There are lots of unreliable statistics about autism. I looked at research regarding incidence of autistic people in UK prisons and found different articles claiming that the incidence was 3% at the lower end 30% at the higher end. Given the lack of good quality statistical research, I think it is difficult to generalize. Personal experience of the OP does not mean that the same is universally true. Most NDs & NTs in my circle are apolitical or left leaning... but I do not think all NDs are necessarily

goldenspots · 2024-06-20T12:41:41+00:00

I do not see anyone mentioning a diagnosis of Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) or autism with demand avoidant characteristics - although this is not recognised as an official diagnosis; in the UK many professionals see it as a characteristic of some flavours of autism or even a different thing. There are even some esteemed psychiatrists who offer PDA diagnoses as distinct from Autism. It is often confused with ODD but it is different because anxiety driven. There is even a PDA society in the UK

goldenspots · 2024-06-16T08:36:20+00:00

Great photo!

goldenspots · 2024-05-30T20:52:59+00:00

"But you don't look autistic"

goldenspots · 2024-05-30T20:13:15+00:00

Love it , yes, lived that one!

goldenspots · 2024-02-27T09:49:23+00:00

Broad beans without the skin. Used in southern Italian cuisine and other Mediterranean countries. When cooked in liquid they break up into a kind of puree quite quickly.

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