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Has anyone ever hired a biographer to write their / a relatives life story? I am desperate to ensure the stories of my grandparents arent lost - and despite the parts I remember - there are so many others that I know my kids would love to hear when they get older. I've looked around online and...

So as usual, in my haste I mis-read a product advert and failed to notice the brad nailer I ordered requires a compressor: https://www.screwfix.com/p/makita-af506-50mm-first-fix-air-nail-gun/791XJ Could someone help me make heads or tails of what type of compressor I should get? From my reading...

Im glad i randomly poked my head in here, as i had the exact same thing too and was pulling my hair out as there is an AP less than 12ft from the dongle :)

Not a landscaper, but i'd be tempted to cut that excess patio foundation away and create some kind of soakaway - pebbles and a border on top or something similar. Or just bite the bullet and fit ACO's if you can get it to drain somewhere. Depends on the slant.

Whats on the left? It appears higher than the lawn so any rainfall will drain into your grass and potentially flood it. As others have said, rotavator, few tonne bags of top soil and some seed. If it were me, i'd be tempted to rotavator it in a month or so, doing it after all this rain will be a...

AFAIU its size is related to the KW generated from the panels? Could be wrong though, i'm new to all this.

New system finally up and running as of yesterday (16 panels @ 390w each, connected to a 6kW hybrid inverter with a 3.6kWh battery). Generated 2kWh so far (near Reading), which is pretty good for this time of year reading the thread?

Silly question - we're getting solar installed next week. I've covered things like G99 and home insurance being updated - but did you guys / do I need to update my mortgage provider? I'm buying/owning the system outright, not leasing, so i'm 99% sure i dont need to, however i wanted to check :)

We had this in an old house years ago just after we bought it. The mortar was crumbling on the outside as it was on the apex most exposed to the elements. The gutters were leaking, also, making the wall damp. Give the exterior wall a thorough check.

Ive been overpaying an additional ~70% on top of my mortgage payments every month the last 6 years, even with rates through the floor. My thinking has always been: pay down the mortgage as quickly as possible so that when rates do go up i'm remortgaging £200K not £300K (numbers for illustration...

That looks like a lot of damp, based on the pictures. I'd be wary. Get a moisture meter if you go for a look around. If you ignore the squalor, it looks like a lovely old house. Providing theres nothing wrong with it structurally it might be worth a punt. Bear in mind, its going to be filthy...

Nice illustration. I agree largely, the fixation on the initial cost of purchase is a perverse one, and the wrong one. The only likely benefit of a lower initial cost of purchase tends to be the gatekeeper for first time buyers who need x% deposit to get a mortgage. However, it must be said...

Take a look at: https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/9247132?hl=en-GB#zippy=%2Cif-the-chime-has-two-or-more-wires%2Cif-the-chime-has-both-wires-and-batteries%2Cif-the-chime-only-has-batteries-and-no-wires Re: software, delays somewhat, but most of the time its just because its really...

I wouldnt touch Nest again. The build quality is poor (the camera is 'peeling' after 2 years) and the software is atrocious. Since we got it installed i've rolled out Unifi so looking to ditch the Nest doorbell asap for the Unifi pro one, once its back in stock.

Any recommendations for solar installers covering Reading/Berkshire area? Ive had a quote from a company recommended to me by a village member called 'Southenglandsolar.co.uk' but i cannot find a single review for them anywhere online which concerns me a little.

Also, having two mortgages with two payments and then two separate overpayments really did my head in.

Has to be the same lender i'm afraid. Same problem we had; when we moved we took out a 5 year fix and ported our other mortgage, now our 'original mortgage' fixed term has expired and our newer, 'extension' mortgage runs until August 23. In the end I bit the bullet, stumped up £2K ERC for the...

£1000 in credit is egregious. You should reduce your DD to £10 a month, that way you get any DD-based discounts and dont fall foul of any penalty clauses. Alternatively, which is what i did, is you can ask for a portion to be repaid to you via bank transfer. I did this when mine got to £350 and...

Just front it with something like Cloudflare and generate the SSL certs through there.

As others have said, most of the news on this subject is clickbait. The issue is this bloke had ring doorbells as CCTV cameras dotted around his house, and some of those were recording beyond the boundaries of his property into private property. This article covers most concerns well...