loserone Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 We're in a similar boat, finding it astounding that so many mistakes are made and the process takes so long, everything is blamed on working from home rusty_vw_man 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzy Woking Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 6 minutes ago, rusty_vw_man said: I am trying to move house. We have finally got to the point of exchange. We had agreed everything required is in place, and tomorrow the solicitors will do their funky thing and exchange, then complete in 2 weeks time. Except now apparently everything is no longer in place, but no one can tell me whats not, and whats gone missing since earlier in the week when everything was in place. Apparently we are 90% certain of completion tomorrow, but no one can tell me what the last 10% is that would tip us over the line. I find it baffling - I was this vague at my job things would fall down and people would die. Why is the housing market and the buying and selling of houses so needlessly complicated and stressful, and more importantly why does no one seem to want to take any responsibility for making it happen! I'm in a similar position. Its unbelievable that things can't pick up where they left off. I've been told that I will "have to wait" as there is a backlog of sales to go through!!! My house purchase in Spain went through with only a slight delay. Solicitors were all working from home and took sales files with them when their office closed. Even in near total lockdown they were able to proceed. rusty_vw_man and myglaren 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty_vw_man Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 10 minutes ago, loserone said: We're in a similar boat, finding it astounding that so many mistakes are made and the process takes so long, everything is blamed on working from home Latest is that the conveyancing team are all on furlough. Great planning there. Could be worse I suppose, mate waved all his possession off in a moving van yesterday, only for it not to complete due to the solicitor loosing the contract. 24 hours later still sitting waiting for it to be resolved., in an empty flat with 2 kids - not stressful at all. 8 minutes ago, Jerzy Woking said: I'm in a similar position. Its unbelievable that things can't pick up where they left off. I've been told that I will "have to wait" as there is a backlog of sales to go through!!! My house purchase in Spain went through with only a slight delay. Solicitors were all working from home and took sales files with them when their office closed. Even in near total lockdown they were able to proceed. I love the idea that because they are busy its you that has to wait - they would have been quick enough to take your money and business I'm sure. Starting to wish I hadn't bothered trying to get a slightly bigger house we all fit in and just gave away a kid instead...... stonedagain, Saabnut, Jerzy Woking and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 23 minutes ago, rusty_vw_man said: I am trying to move house. We have finally got to the point of exchange. We had agreed everything required is in place, and tomorrow the solicitors will do their funky thing and exchange, then complete in 2 weeks time. Except now apparently everything is no longer in place, but no one can tell me whats not, and whats gone missing since earlier in the week when everything was in place. Apparently we are 90% certain of completion tomorrow, but no one can tell me what the last 10% is that would tip us over the line. I find it baffling - I was this vague at my job things would fall down and people would die. Why is the housing market and the buying and selling of houses so needlessly complicated and stressful, and more importantly why does no one seem to want to take any responsibility for making it happen! Having been sat in my mums supposedly new back garden guarding 2 vans worth of unloaded stuff and had a call saying its all fallen through its got to come back (another near 250 mile round trip for both vans...) be fucking careful! This was at the beginning of covid. When they got another nod for it to be Monday I turned up, and we got rhe vans loaded by nothing left until my stepdad had it in an email we could go ahead. Weree a few false starts before that too. Was a fucking shit show! myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 My niece is a property solicitor in London, currently working from her sister's flat in Cardiff, (long story involving her being kicked out of where she lived in London after she went down with Covid 19). Her biggest problem is sales falling through where people can't show where the money is coming from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Our solicitor was complaining that there's very little work because the market has gone flat. So why has it taken three months to go absolutely nowhere..? ProgRocker, Craig the Princess, myglaren and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Err you might be replacing one loud set of people with another set of loud people. In a way maybe but as also commented on, nightly time is a huge shitful quieter, but at least I will have some land and maybe a big fuck off barn to hide the bodies in. Lacquer Peel and paulplom 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 1 hour ago, loserone said: Our solicitor was complaining that there's very little work because the market has gone flat. ... Not in Wills and Probate it hasn't. Also quite a lot of work brewing in Family/Matrimonial/ Children. loserone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 10 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: Not in Wills and Probate it hasn't. Also quite a lot of work brewing in Family/Matrimonial/ Children. Probably fair, but neither affect our solicitor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulplom Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Just no. Good work calling the police. If children are being abused now, call them again.Ironically, I've been fitting a boiler in a social workers house today. My son's been helping me since the schools have been off. She spent till 12 o'clock in an upstairs bedroom/office and must be working from home. After 12 she followed me about and we had a good crack. I told her all about my history and we seemed to have a load in common. She left about two to go and do home visits.I think I over done it at work today. I was sweating my tits off, it was running in my eyes. Son drank hos and my water bottle, and when I got home I went all slack and couldn't cool down. I've since had a cold shower and I've come to bed. I think age might be catching up on me.I'm giving him £20 a shift but he just seems to waste it on ps4 virtual money? and games atm. I suppose he is learning the basics of hire and reward. He'll be 15 in July.Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk The Moog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 We live about 5-10 mins walk away i'm in the living room doors shut and i can smell and taste it.. The air is thick with smoke and the winds aren't helping at all. New POD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 On 5/19/2020 at 8:45 PM, busmansholiday said: "Two time" really, really fucks me off. It's either "two times" (because it's plural) or "twice" you twats on TV.... Americanisation If I hear another reporter on Tv talking about get go ,"from the get go" what the fuck is a get go , they'll be the same people who reach out to somebody when they're not in the same room. hennabm, myglaren and Shite Ron 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 With it being quiet on the crime front I'd think the police will have a whole team out looking for this plank dave j and myglaren 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave j Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Bloody hell! What an idiot. Wonder what car it is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agila Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 1 minute ago, dave j said: Bloody hell! What an idiot. Wonder what car it is? Audi rs6 camryv6 and dave j 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 35 minutes ago, dave j said: Bloody hell! What an idiot. Wonder what car it is? 34 minutes ago, Agila said: Audi rs6 I like the desperate marketing link "See the 690 BHP RS6 Urban Edition Here https://www.webuysupercars.com/the-2020-audi-abt-rs6-r/" at the bottom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 36 minutes ago, dave j said: Bloody hell! What an idiot. Wonder what car it is? Wow. Just wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 why is everything moden made of cheese, or other useless material. i have had to change the bulb in the fridge this evening, a first me thinks. and i've only had the fridge in 1997......... stonedagain, flat4alfa, LightBulbFun and 4 others 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 13 minutes ago, MarvinsMom said: why is everything moden made of cheese, or other useless material. i have had to change the bulb in the fridge this evening, a first me thinks. and i've only had the fridge in 1997......... its done better then the bulb in our fridge which when it went EOL after about 10 years (2005-2015ish) it arced over inside, and those who know their physics know an electrical arc/discharge has a negative resistance which meant it was basically a dead short across the mains and as a result it properly exploded LOL and took something out inside the fridge so even with a new bulb the interior light does not work LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8348039/Police-hunt-idiot-Audi-driver-filmed-hitting-200MPH-M20-motorway.html and behold, another wannabe gangsta wanker in his pimp spec ALDI doing 200mph on a british motorway. hope they catch the cunt, and that he has a real fun* time in gaol. then there is this, for it is another ALDI drivin' cunt, this one in his dads, which he crashed into many very desirable* cars. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8344101/Delivery-driver-25-accused-destroying-1m-worth-supercars-high-speed-chase.html this prick they have caught, and must be looking at some time in the big house dunno what they are exactly, that one at the front is a porsche macaroni? well its only got 3 wheels now.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 Pritti Pettel on the Telly last night. Her elecution needs work. Drops every g at the end of every word ending in ing. That is pronounced tha How can we trust a word She says. Her accent is very home counties, which makes it worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 3 hours ago, New POD said: Pritti Pettel on the Telly last night. Her elecution needs work. Drops every g at the end of every word ending in ing. That is pronounced tha How can we trust a word She says. Her accent is very home counties, which makes it worse. Still would. cobblers, stonedagain, Kowalski and 3 others 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 31 minutes ago, NorfolkNWeigh said: Still would. Still wouldn't hennabm and myglaren 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 There are also countless other reasons not to trust Patel as far as you could throw her... Tamworthbay, Quintus, privatewire and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 13 hours ago, Wack said: With it being quiet on the crime front I'd think the police will have a whole team out looking for this plank There can’t be many about so you would think it would be fairly simple to find him. camryv6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 1 minute ago, Tamworthbay said: There can’t be many about so you would think it would be fairly simple to find him. Do Audi use telemetry like Land Rover do? If so, they'll know which car it was, where it's been recently, and quite likely who owns it..... Christine and stonedagain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 2 minutes ago, Tamworthbay said: There can’t be many about so you would think it would be fairly simple to find him. Audi RS6 , he'll be on every camera for miles so they'll find him Tamworthbay and camryv6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 5 hours ago, Supernaut said: There are also countless other reasons not to trust Patel as far as you could throw her... I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 Sodding major retailers who decide to close their doors early. B&Q today. Having had supplies fail to materialise from no less than three online sellers I gave in today and decided to go out to get it. Checked their hours (knowing and fully accepting they will be reduced), checked they had what I needed in stock, donned near full hazmat gear and headed out. Got there a full 47 minutes before the closing time posted on their website to find a cardboard sign duct taped to a traffic cone in front of the car park entrance "Stor Close." Well that was a waste of my time. Few things get my back up more disproportionately than that. I get it, retail sucks to work in...but if you have hours posted, those are the hours the damned store should be open. Closing a few minutes early when it's dead I can see...but 47 minutes isn't "a few minutes." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Norman Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 We start turning people away at 5:30-5:45 depending how busy we are, contrary to what you might expect if we're dead you might get let in at 10 to if you know exactly what you want and where to find it but when we're mobbed the shutters come down early to allow those already in the store to get their stuff and get processed through the tills. The idea being that if it's a big store (which ours is) it'll easily take someone 20-30 minutes to wander round and get what they want, pay for it and leave, longer if the wife's there. One of the many things our managers get targeted for is closing the tills on time as it delays all the end of day procedures and any software/pricing updates etc that need to happen when the system's down at night, hence when closing time comes that's when we aim to be locking up and pissing off home, not still chasing a few idle stragglers about the shop. 47 minutes early is taking the piss somewhat though... myglaren, chadders, BorniteIdentity and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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