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Sinn and Damasko are primarily purpose-driven (utilitarian) brands. The Bauhaus stalwarts are Nomos and Stowa. Although you could argue most of Germany was driven by value, engineering, and design after WW1. Bauhaus 'now' is not bauhaus 'then', etc.

If you're going Quartz, I get a lot of mileage out of a Seiko 7A28-701A (~£300).

However, you would need to put a calendar up on your wall.

Sure, no problem, now reserved for greeno.

I bought these during the pre-Australia fire sale days but have only used them once.

They come with some decent LFGSS stickers/heritage!

£20 (Dalston)

The better/older ones are Paketa (CCCP), They started using Raketa (Made in Russia) towards the end.

Hockey puck Paketas (Big Zeros) are where it's at.

Anyone have a referral for a decent S&S ISA? Otherwise I'll probably go for Nutmeg (first year free)?

Pass it on while you're alive, or it goes to the state. Simple!

It would increase the number of people stuck in their first home (flat), no?

The rungs of the UK property ladder are already too far apart for the average resident to move up (kids, etc).

Huge penalties on second homes would get my vote. Clamp down on property purchase vehicles wherever possible (kids, offshore, etc).

Agreed, nothing has happened (beyond some quick fixes) since the 70s, so I'd assume it was put up then. I'm considering covering the Artex with an insulated plasterboard to avoid the removal fee.

The ceiling the other side of the dormer was original wattle and daub, but was ready to fall down, sad face.

Wallpaper stripping... the gift that keeps on giving.

To avoid standing heat losses from a water tank and to avoid degrading battery performance over time, I would look into SunAmp heat batteries (used for space heating and/or DHW).

This seems like a similar execution(?):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srPPJPFcnK4&ab_channel=JonathanPorterfieldEcoCars

~£100 per sqm for tiling is the mid-range price, so it sounds like you have a good offer there.

Low-range is ~£60 per sqm with typically cheaper tiles and worse attention to detail.

I believe it sold early this morning.

Fair play to actually remembering the last one though! Boris does far worse...

This. You also can't rely on distance above moving water anymore, the water table becomes too saturated. A friends place had a stream trickle (3m below) breach their ground floor last year, madness.

How? The EU has made some good steps in that direction but the UK has nothing left to bargain with?

You can already live in a UK property that is bought with untaxed funds from an offshore company/vehicle. You'd need to close that loophole first.

Jackson Palmer (of doge coin) got it right with his tweets last summer.

Hopefully a genuinely innovative project comes along to shake things up.

The candle stick gurus are going to be upset if it goes sub £22k in 2022.

Rising damp is real, but incredibly rare. It is commonly misdiagnosed. You're more likely to have a compounding damp issue (from old mortar, or window detailing), or just plain old condensation. Unless your house is built on very boggy ground or has encroaching water lines?

The party wall situation you're describing sounds like it might have poor breathability and that the wall might have a hard time becoming warm/dry again once cold/wet?

What mortar is present/being used on your neighbour's side? Has the external render changed since being built? Are any plants growing there? Is air free to circulate? Any guttering issues? Has the ground level increased against the wall? Have any air bricks/vents become blocked up? Any other obvious leaks/problems?

It's not terrible (and quite common) for external brickwork to become wet in Winter and then dry out again in Summer, the key thing being that the drying out actually happens, especially when there's no cavity.

The most popular/effective solution is an external application to the bricks so they stay dry (and the wall can still breathe), but I doubt that's possible in your situation and is probably overkill anyway.

Who made the windows? Weather proof seals typically get worse over time, so I'd consider asking for replacements?

We went with ikea frames and custom fronts/fixings. Cheap and looked the business (until opened).

Be wary of the above approach being sold as 'fully custom'.

Can you fit a bike in it? Or do you have to remove the sofas first?

Gah, sorry if I've dropped the ball, I don't have anything in WhatsApp and tend to use this thread as gospel.

By that logic we had a dozen games scheduled in doodle?