chatsharris

I'm guessing Bancontact only? I lived in Belgium for just over a year and it was a pain in the arse to try and pay for anything without one of these.

I think you are correct in this instance. I was overzealous in some insulation and it's definitely blocked off some ventilation. I'm planning to return to the UK, rip out the old stuff and replace it with new stuff, although with it possibly needing to dry out in there first, I'm in a bit of a bind as I won't be able to go back again to sort it - the wife is due in a month and I can't be stuck!

So I'm working abroad at the moment, so I'm renting my house out in the meantime. The letting agent is meant to be managing my property but they're pretty shit at it. A few terse emails back and forth have been sent today.

Weird update on this - just had the house insurance surveyor come round as we were hoping to try and go down the storm damage route. He's emphatically told us we don't need a new roof. Just take the old insulation out, fit the right amount in so it can breathe, and sort out a bit of leadwork where one house leads to another. It should therefore, be a much more palatable bill. I have had two quotes from contractors that the letting agents use, who both want 10k+. Seems absolutely shifty to me.

10.5k needed for a new roof, and around 1.8k needed for repairs to the wife's C-Class. Then found some holes where there shouldn't be holes in the Flexus. All while our first born is due next month. This month has been fucking Cosmic.

Toyos are good tyres, not the best in the wet but I like them and if possible I get them on the cars.