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Friend Stuck In Lift...

I'm chatting to friend via Facebook, who is stuck in lift at her workplace She been in there hour already & been told about another 40 mins before lift engineer can arrive. Lucky she has phone & able...

Tweed

Oil Burner Questions

Howdy. I'm trying to fix my oil burner. So, as far as I'm aware the controller operates like this: 1. Power on & electrodes spark. 2. Photo sensor detects spark & controller powers fan & oil pump...

bongoboy

Question About Wills

My estate is left to my children, my sisters have signed the will as my witnesses. By law i know that witnesses cannot be named as beneficiaries in my will. My question is what would happen if myself...

answerbanker

Legal Costs For House Buying

I havent bought property for many years so can anyone give me a rough idea of how much it will cost me for the Legal costs and any other costs for : A) selling my house (no Estate Agent needed as I...

jesmond

Solar Panels

this could go into property section but will try here first, has anyone got these or are considering getting them, i overall think they are a good idea but cant afford to get them just yet and do you...

bednobs

Work Want Me To Move

i know i've asked this before, but that was when things "might" happen, and now things have actually happened. I had to interview for my own job, but in another part of the NHS (the bit i work for is...

stoofur

Freehold Flat Without And Underlying Lease

My girlfriend and I own a purpose built flat which is a block of two flats. We own the freehold of the block and the other flat has a lease. We are at the point of re-mortgaging our flat. We have...

lizzy8678

Investment For My Future?

I need to start investing my money for my future. How can I start doing it today?

tigwig

Should I Move My Mortgage?

I currently have a small mortgage of around £12,000 which is fixed at 4.99% until May 2015. If I were to get a new deal this would incur fees of £980 to leave. So lets say I would need a new...

crackernut2

Tinitus Claim?

I recently mentioned to a friend that I continuously, and have for about 40 years, heard a "white noise" which I put down to years of driving a lorry. My friend said that, apparently I can claim...

doddsredoubt

Pruning A Pear Tree

Can anyone on theanswerbank advise me on how to prune a Pear Tree,also is there anything I have to put into the ground,to enrich the soil to help yield better Pears. Thankyou for any help....

giveup

What Is A Venture Capitalist.

Can someone explain (in simple terms).Have just been watching Homes under the Hammer and one of the buyers said she was a venture capitalist and I don't really know what it means. Just curious....

Stargazer

Whirlpool Washing Machine Engineer Advice Please

How do I get the side off my AWE6517 washing machine? Is it possible for me to replace a belt myself?...

Louise07

Self Employed Tradesmen - How Do You Price Up Jobs?

Hi, my husband is hoping to go self employed as a carpenter. He has always been employed as a carpenter so he has just turned up to the site, materials all there and gets on with the work, he has...

Stargazer

Any Washing Machine Engineers Reading This?

I have a Whirlpool AWE6517 top loader washing machine. I have checked the filter which is clean. I want to take the (side?) off to look at the belt and probably replace it with one I can order online....

Ryksa

Parking Revoked After Many Years On Private Road

We live on a private road that is owned by a company and leased to a further company. We have lived here for 15 years and have had no problem in parking outside our house. Recently we have received a...

Meridianman

Lease Extension - Tax Relief

As usual I've left this years tax return to the last minute.. This year we had to extend the lease on a rental property at a cost of £18,000 for the lease itself plus an extra £1,803 in solicitor...

susanxx

Have A Detached Bungalow Circa Appox 1950

Have been visited by salesman re:cleaning, sealing, spraying(twice) with colour of choice with breathable coating my roof(concrete tiles I think). Have read some old posts about such a treatment but...

FredPuli43

Calculating Size Of Boiler

How is the calculation of boiler size done ? I need a rough idea before calling in any heating contractors. Is it by cubic capacity of rooms? This house is a four bedroom, two being large (about 20...

Lynwoodley

Land Query

Hi I have a building that I have just found out the local council have supposedly adopted, they say we still own the land but they have right of way. They have now let a mobile company build on it and...

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