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On 6/23/2020 at 9:52 AM, andy18s said:

Things are a little bit easier here in Bulgaria as Everything has to be in order before anyone can sell a property. 

All relevant paperwork is sorted by the seller,all utility bills must be up to date.

If the property is being sold as an inherited property then all of the beneficiaries have to sign they are happy with the sale,and with their share.

None of the above requires an estate agent, or even a solicitor if you feel brave.

A local Notary deals with everything so all you need is a qualified interpreter. Their fee is a fixed percentage of the sale "value"

Payments are done using a bank transfer for traceability, but some cash can be used for deposits ect

If you pay a deposit but then pull out then you lose it unless there us a very good reason.If the seller pulls out then your deposit is returned,plus they are fined the same again

If the seller and Notary are sorted then it is possible to find,inspect and buy a house the same day.

If it's a lived in property then a months grace is usual for the occupant to move out.If its empty then you arrange getting the keys at the time of sale

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Very similar in Spain. Placed a deposit on my house within 7 days to get it taken off of the market. 4 weeks later a second (larger) deposit paid to show intent. Like Bulgaria, my deposits were basically non refundable if I withdrew from the deal.

Because of Covid, I gave my solicitors Power of Attorney which cost me £200 in total. House purchase went through in May, despite their strict lockdown. My solicitors were each given a number of files to work on from their homes. All went very, very smoothly.

Compare that to the clusterfuck selling my house here in the UK has been. Solicitors not working. Estate Agents not working (do they actually do anything though?). Council.planning departments not working. Everything delayed using Covid as the reason.

Well, fuck'em. I'm moving to Spain next month, and they can do what they have been paid to do. It didnt faze the Spanish at all.

 

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This is a mixed grumpy & happy thread,but mostly grumpy so I'll put it here.

 Found a couple of partworns for the back of the Laguna which I got from @bramz7 at the weekend.

They were £25 posted,plus I had a voucher for £10 if I used the eBay app.

Ordered on Sunday,& they turned up yesterday which was a nice surprise.Plenty of tread too.

Took half a day off today,took the wheels off,& took them to be fitted.

The 1st tyre went on easily,probably too easily as my fitter had to double check.it was the right size.He inflated it though.

2nd tyre went on even easier,but wouldn't inflate,the sidewall just seemed really soft.

My fitter said that he he thought the bead was knackered on the 2nd tyre,& didn't recommend putting the 1st one either.

I managed to find another place locally that did partworns,he said he had a couple in the correct size.

Went over there,& ended up getting a couple of Toyos which looked hardly used for £70 fitted.

At this point I was quite happy,& went home in the sweltering heat to put them back on.

The 1st one was fine,so onto the 2nd one.

Put it on,lowered it to the ground,& went to tighten them up.

One nut seems to be taking a long time to tighten up,I'll check the others.

Another nut is the same,take it back out,& half of the thread from the hub comes with it.I'd only done it up with the short wheelbrace that came with the car.

At this point I got really fed up,threw everything back in the boot,& went back to my fitter/mechanic to see how much a new hub made out of cheese would be.

He says he can probably Helicoil it on Saturday & it shouldn't take too long so fingers crossed.

Currently at home thinking about how I'm going to feel tomorrow morning after drinking more than I do on a weekend night,at least I should sleep well ?

 

 

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My employer have stubbornly kept me on throughout this Coronavirus epidemic. I work in IT in a Charity. Around 75% of the organisation has been placed on furlough but our department continues to operate with 100% of staff. This is thanks to my manager who is an egotistical arse kisser and wants to inflate the importance of his department within an organisation which already has massive delusions of grandeur. 

It has resulted in the most unfulfilling, pointless and soul destroying period of my working life. There is no work to do, I sit with my laptop open and keep an eye on emails, nothing ever happens. This may well suit some, but I feel extremely guilty taking a wage for very little exertion. Feeling guilty is to me, more draining than a good days work, without any of the fulfilment or satisfaction. 

I already absolutely hate being in the house on my own. Typically work will have me out of the house for 9-10 hours and I'll be out again afterwards most nights of the week. I've actually found myself with hugely diminished motivation outside of working hours as a result. Annoying, as I usually love this time of the year and the late nights. 

I'm going to take some annual leave just to try and reset. The annoyance of this is that nobody on furlough is required to take any of theirs, so will return with a full quota and my punishment for "working" through will be a depleted holiday balance. 

Much more of this will make me ill though, it's fucking hopeless. I'm grateful to still have money coming in, but I hate not doing an honest days work. 

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Got an e-mail from the AA for my car insurance, inviting me to renew. Could I open the attachments? Could I fuck!

Every time I tried it crashed my laptop or opened endless pages that I couldn't stop. I got a tad annoyed!

In high dudgeon, I phoned them and was getting more and more irate with every recorded message, just asked him to PLEASE tell me what my renewal is!

Last year was about £200 and this year £279. Not too bad I thought but have a try for a discount, got it down to £229 for the year fully com with protected no claims etc.

Happy with that so renewed there and then. Not worth the hassle of the Meerkats or the fat singer. so for another year, all my eggs are in the AA's basket - car insurance and breakdown cover.

what with paying out £156 to the vet the other day, spending another £40 on supplements for her legs and this, I am now skint and I still need to get the brakes done.

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1 hour ago, davehedgehog31 said:

My employer have stubbornly kept me on throughout this Coronavirus epidemic.  

I feel extremely guilty taking a wage for very little exertion. Feeling guilty is to me, more draining than a good days work, without any of the fulfilment or satisfaction. 

It's an absolute credit to you that you feel this way and I totally understand what you're saying.  Maybe look at it a different way though; you're being paid to be on standby, if something comes up then you will get right on it but in the meantime just get on with doing what you like around the house.  Maybe set an alarm every 30 minutes, check your messages and get back to it.

Let your employer make the decision about whether your wages are justified, if you're doing what's asked, i.e. be available then there's nothing to feel guilty about.

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30 minutes ago, xtriple said:

Got an e-mail from the AA for my car insurance, inviting me to renew. Could I open the attachments? Could I fuck!

Every time I tried it crashed my laptop or opened endless pages that I couldn't stop. I got a tad annoyed!

In high dudgeon, I phoned them and was getting more and more irate with every recorded message, just asked him to PLEASE tell me what my renewal is!

Last year was about £200 and this year £279. Not too bad I thought but have a try for a discount, got it down to £229 for the year fully com with protected no claims etc.

Happy with that so renewed there and then. Not worth the hassle of the Meerkats or the fat singer. so for another year, all my eggs are in the AA's basket - car insurance and breakdown cover.

what with paying out £156 to the vet the other day, spending another £40 on supplements for her legs and this, I am now skint and I still need to get the brakes done.

I've been with admiral for the last 3 years, they've been alright to be fair. 

I did search around the last time and I thought I was going to change until I rang them saying I wanted to cancel the DD but they dropped their price. 

Can't complain really. 

Breakdown is with the AA. I pay for the garage parts and labour one with a discount through work, I think it works out as 16 per month. 

It paid for itself when the C5 shat it's alternator and had to be towed to a garage. I think I only paid the excess for a new battery and an alternator and accessory belt fitted, about 50 quid or so. Good at the time cos it was a week after Christmas and I was skint. 

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I've always had a £40/50 buffer for car insurance renewals, any less and it's almost not worth the time to go elsewhere (unless they've fucked me off for some reason the previous year) 

Although the last few years I've not had a car long enough to renew... Or I renew then change the car 2 months later so need a whole different price anyway

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3 hours ago, davehedgehog31 said:

The annoyance of this is that nobody on furlough is required to take any of theirs, so will return with a full quota and my punishment for "working" through will be a depleted holiday balance.

This should not be the case.  Later guidance is that leave should be taken during furlough (at 100% salary while on leave), specifically to avoid this problem.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/holiday-entitlement-and-pay-during-coronavirus-covid-19

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15 hours ago, 155V6 said:

This is a mixed grumpy & happy thread,but mostly grumpy so I'll put it here.

 Found a couple of partworns for the back of the Laguna which I got from @bramz7 at the weekend.

They were £25 posted,plus I had a voucher for £10 if I used the eBay app.

Ordered on Sunday,& they turned up yesterday which was a nice surprise.Plenty of tread too.

Took half a day off today,took the wheels off,& took them to be fitted.

The 1st tyre went on easily,probably too easily as my fitter had to double check.it was the right size.He inflated it though.

2nd tyre went on even easier,but wouldn't inflate,the sidewall just seemed really soft.

My fitter said that he he thought the bead was knackered on the 2nd tyre,& didn't recommend putting the 1st one either.

I managed to find another place locally that did partworns,he said he had a couple in the correct size.

Went over there,& ended up getting a couple of Toyos which looked hardly used for £70 fitted.

At this point I was quite happy,& went home in the sweltering heat to put them back on.

The 1st one was fine,so onto the 2nd one.

Put it on,lowered it to the ground,& went to tighten them up.

One nut seems to be taking a long time to tighten up,I'll check the others.

Another nut is the same,take it back out,& half of the thread from the hub comes with it.I'd only done it up with the short wheelbrace that came with the car.

At this point I got really fed up,threw everything back in the boot,& went back to my fitter/mechanic to see how much a new hub made out of cheese would be.

He says he can probably Helicoil it on Saturday & it shouldn't take too long so fingers crossed.

Currently at home thinking about how I'm going to feel tomorrow morning after drinking more than I do on a weekend night,at least I should sleep well ?

 

 

This gets better.The seller has agreed to a refund if I send the tyres back

He sent me a label to print out,it was for Royal Mail 48hour,0-2 kg.

I don't think it's going to end well ?

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5 hours ago, chaseracer said:

Cooler tomorrow, chaps.

That's what my phone has been promising for a few days. Until this afternoon and now just more of the same tomorrow.

Currently making use of having a sprog so am sitting in the garden with my feet in their paddling pool. My only drinking on weekend hasn't survived the feeling of being done over having been promised a storm, but I'm not regretting this cold beer.

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3 hours ago, 155V6 said:

This gets better.The seller has agreed to a refund if I send the tyres back

He sent me a label to print out,it was for Royal Mail 48hour,0-2 kg.

I don't think it's going to end well ?

Send a picture of the tyres, eBay only check you have posted it. I found this out the hard way as a seller, one of the reasons I don’t use them anymore.

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10 hours ago, davehedgehog31 said:

 

I'm going to take some annual leave just to try and reset. The annoyance of this is that nobody on furlough is required to take any of theirs, so will return with a full quota and my punishment for "working" through will be a depleted holiday balance. 

 

Similar feelings but towards the staff who are shielding/working at home, they may as well be furloughed as there is little they can do and it falls on the few staff in the workplace ( such as me) to do their practical work on top of my own, I get 2.5 days a week to work from home but am that fucked from the previous 2.5 days it's doing me in. I'm not sure what the score is with them and their leave balance when they return but if it's not balanced I'll be unhappy

Similarly it's starting to grate on me seeing all the garden transformations furloughed people are doing and how fucking wonderful it is, wonderful days in the park, picnics with their kids on the beach, sucking up all the bargains now shops are re-opening......I know I sound like a right miserable twat and  I know jobs are going to be lost for many, I feel bad for saying it but I've worked like a bastard right through this and been exposed to very high levels of C19 risk ( NHS ) I think I'm just getting a bit worn out to be honest. 

I've re read this and now accept I sound a complete twat but if there can be a way of throwing some additional paid leave at all keyworkers when the dust settles it may benefit their wellbeing long term, I don't want extra cash as I chose my career and all that comes with it.  

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10 hours ago, davehedgehog31 said:

 I feel extremely guilty taking a wage for very little exertion. Feeling guilty is to me, more draining than a good days work, without any of the fulfilment or satisfaction. 

Fair play for giving a shit when loads of people don't.

I know it's about as much use as tits on a nun but you've got the rest of your life to work. Nothing wrong with enjoying a brief respite/quiet time.

What kind of IT work do you do? Have you got any side projects on the go?

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Been working my arse off too since the Covid. 

Had an R&D project close to FDA submission so have been using everything I can to keep it on track, as launching the new product is going to be really important to the company.  


Covid has made life even more difficult as some tw@ts are ‘working’ from home with nothing better to do than create huge emails and hold Zoom meetings. Making the time for real work even harder. 


Flying is difficult so have just driven 900+ miles each way (rental car thank goodness) to do some product testing at a specialist test facility this week, losing Sunday (Father’s Day) for me and driving for 30 hrs. Not to mention the stress of watching the testing and hoping nothing fails. 

On the plus side, we are all being forced into vacation next week, which means that the bloody emails (from the US at least) should stop for a while. 

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