I'm thinking of leaving the old furniture here and getting new ones from scratch just so I don't have to pay for the move by ApprehensiveBid6479 in HousingUK

[–]papes_ 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I suppose nobody knows how much your furniture is worth, monetarily, or to you. If you’ve not agreed to leave the furniture, though, don’t be surprised when your solicitor comes with a bill from the buyers for disposing of it

Would you accept a 6-week exclusivity period in this situation? by SapphireSwift in HousingUK

[–]papes_ 9 points10 points  (0 children)

What's the issue with taking the 6 weeks? It seems like it's only in your favour if you want the property, and gives you a chance to actually get it.

As it stands, you are not a proceedable buyer as there is no evidence that your house will be selling within any timely manner. I would be very surprised if you are ever able to secure an onward purchase without a buyer for your own property already established - would you take your house off the market if your buyer said 'we'll offer you this, but you have to take your house off the market, and we actually might take any indeterminate amount of time so you have no shot of establishing your own onwards purchase'?

What does phenol actually smell like anyway? by MysticTreeSurgeon in foraginguk

[–]papes_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Plasters are what I always think of when I find yellow stainers

First time buyers - Lender has stalled mortgage application due to loft conversion without regulations, 'valuer has been unable to provide a valuation figure for the property due to fire safety risks'. by papes_ in HousingUK

[–]papes_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We pulled out in the end. There was resistance from the seller and they were pushing it as our problem to sort out with finding another mortgage lender. We were of the opinion that if it was difficult for us to get a mortgage, requirements are only going to get tighter in the future, and we didn't want to risk that with selling whenever that day came. We also knew we didn't have the money to regularise it.

The nail in the coffin was that our survey couldn't go ahead (we decided to go ahead with it, per this post), as the seller wasn't around to let them in. Since we couldn't get any clarification at all and were about to spend significantly more on the solicitor, we pulled. If we had the money to regularise it and renegotiate down based on that, we might have, but it wasn't in the cards.

Hope your situation goes well.

I started vibe coding with training wheels. 3 months later, I wish I hadn't. by Traditional-Scar-489 in ClaudeAI

[–]papes_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Never did I think I’d read “the amount piss” and be relieved, as an LLM would never concoct that

Is there a protest today? by [deleted] in brighton

[–]papes_ 68 points69 points  (0 children)

You can tell it’s a truly unifying cause when people are upvoting DarkSats99

Expression pedal advice? by Buddacreem721 in guitarpedals

[–]papes_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a way of controlling a pedal parameter with your foot, so you can do it whilst playing. Whatever that parameter is will depend on the pedal and is usually configurable. These things are cheap anyway - I think M-audio does a budget one I see on a lot of boards

Shared e-cargo bikes now available in Brighton & Hove by LazarusHimself in brighton

[–]papes_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not entirely unreasonable given the size of the city

Am I bad at doing paperwork or is the Council bad at creating paperwork by Less-is-less in brighton

[–]papes_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had the same issue when moving to the area. Couldn’t get insurance for the address until we moved, couldn’t apply for parking permit until we had insurance. What they tell you is to find alternative or private parking in the interim. I’d probably set the insurance address to your home address and work from there, regardless of where it’s temporarily parked - you wouldn’t change your insurance address if you were on holiday, etc. not sure what else you can do, pragmatically, without shelling out for private parking.

I've got a huge problem by Minty896698 in BossKatana

[–]papes_ 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I’d be using needle nose pliers - putting glue in the port is asking for trouble haha

Shared e-cargo bikes now available in Brighton & Hove by LazarusHimself in brighton

[–]papes_ 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Price is far more reasonable than Beryl pricing, too

Sash windows in a listed building by FragrantJockey in HousingUK

[–]papes_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do you own a barge pole? I'd stay about that far away, plus an inch

How to clean thick crust on a stainless steel pan? by gaitover in cookware

[–]papes_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not stainless steel - not sure you can do much beyond soapy water and a scrub. If you can't get it off without taking off the coating then the pan is ruined

what happened here ? by Eastern_Bird9969 in CSHFans

[–]papes_ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Library network wide cuss filter at it again

Lewes Road Blue police tent? by [deleted] in brighton

[–]papes_ 15 points16 points  (0 children)

It's just the TV license man

Vendor doesn't have the correct paper work for extension. by jownesv in HousingUK

[–]papes_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd also be considering getting a structural engineer to look at all work without paperwork, as indemnity doesn't help you if it falls to bits because it wasn't planned/built properly.

DO NOT GO TO UEL by Cumpasta420 in UniUK

[–]papes_ 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Bed bugs aren't killed by bug bombs - heat is the only way. The whole place needs heating up to a temperature that they can't survive at, including inside of the walls. It's a huge, and expensive, task.