Our back garden is surrounded by a solid wooden fence, and the gate is also solid wood (more like a door, really). For the past couple of weeks there has been a large patch of what looks like the sort...
Ball-park figures, how much do council rents differ from private, for a similar size and type of property? I'm guessing that the council rent would be quite a bit cheaper.
We have halogen lights under the cabinets in our kitchen and they are a pain in the butt, the bulbs are always blowing and they are very fiddley to replace. The only other option I can find are strip...
I am the landlord of a house that I rent to a single mother with a teenage son. She is a decent hard-working woman, who has looked after the property and always paid her rent on time. She has lived...
I bought bedding Begonias and Busy Lizzies and planted them together in tubs. The Begonias are doing fine but all but two of the Busy Lizzies have keeled over and died. Any ideas why?
This is the first year we have had a bird box, and Great Tits have nested in it. Wednesday morning I saw Mum (or Dad) feeding the young at the entrance, and later in the morning I walked past and...
My 4 year old Cordyline seems to have died. I remember reading a few years ago that if I cut it down to a stump, it might grow again. Anyone have any experience of this?
Does BBC World Service still broadcast to UK? My father-in-law used to listen to it on longwave I think, but it might have been FM, but now he says it has disappeared.
My ex-husband died last year in Turkey, where he had been living for 5 years. He had made a will since going to live there, leaving everything to our two grown-up daughters. He sent them a translation...
The tap on my water butt is the usual plastic job that these things always are. I find it increasingly difficult to turn on and off as it is very stiff and I have visions of the whole thing breaking...
My ex-husband lives in Turkey but is still a British Citizen. He is currently very ill in hospital, and due to misunderstandings, cannot access his bank accounts. The British Embassy in Turkey has...
The mortar between my patio slabs is breaking up and crumbling. If I scrape it out, what is the best way of replacing it? I have been told that it has been done before with a dry mix, and that is part...
There are what look like miniature mole-hills on the lawn, 2 to 3 inches across, each has a small hole in the centre, and insects that look like very small wasps, are going in and out. Any ideas?...