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What sand-papers my molars about estate agents IMME, is their absolute refusal to acknowledge you (the client) has any any right to have any say in how your house is advertised.
I've moved house three times now and each time it was a battle to have specific, significant features mentioned in the description. The last time the main feature we fought over was, originally, a separate garage and was described initially as such before I brow beat Jonny Agent to include in the text that it was fully kitted out as a heated, lit workshop/office/WHY with security glazing, deadlocks and alarm.
As it turned out, that was exactly what the buyer wanted - just as I had, ten years earlier. He was so keen on having the place that we used it as a bargaining tool creating a 'ghost' interested other client to bump up his offer.
We had also arranged a fixed selling fee beforehand so I was highly amused when Mr Agent wasn't taking a share of our gain.
"Take that, you fat-headed, arrogant, slimeball" I said. Or something along those lines. -
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My 20-something son had an small emergency op at the local hospital and was told to arrange to have the dressing changed at the nearest GP surgery. He’s lived here for 4 1/2 years but never needed NHS care so didn’t get round to registering locally. Between he an I, we had 9 conversations with NHS staff at 4 locations; firstly the local GP’s then the nearest A&E and two hospitals) all of which denied that it was their responsibility to do the (5 minute) job.
Fortunately the 9th person saw fit to mention he could have temporary registration at the GP and get the job done that way.
So, the moral of the story is, if you are down in Cornwall on holiday do remember to injure yourself on the first day because it will take 13 more days before you will find out what the f**k you can do about it.If anything.
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I do live in the southwest and I can say without exaggeration that since October we have only had two days where it hasn’t rained at some point or other during the daylight hours.
It’s easy to be a doom-monger when you have to endure that but we did have a very long, dry spell around May-June.
But then again, doom to your hearts content cos nice as that sounds it’s also a weird weather occurrence. -
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Wow!