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Our next door neighbour has a very overgrown and untidy garden. He probably last cut it about 3 years ago but never ever goes out there so it doesnt bother him. We are planning to put our house on the...

We're looking at buying a washing machine to leave our flat when we get tenants in. We have (cheapy) laminate flooring plus a springy floor in our kitchen (old property converted in to flats on the...

Has anyone else fallen out of love with their house? Our house needed a lot of work doing to it when we bought it and for that reason we got it for a good price, otherwise we could never have afforded...

How does your school treat inset days with Part time staff? If you attend an inset day on a day which you do not normally work, are you usually paid to attend that day, and do you have to fill a form...

Hey all, Sorry, I realise this isn't a house buying/selling forum, but wanted to get your thoughts anyway! A house we are in the process of buying had the survey come back to say that it has some...

I used to use Driclor with no problems. However, I have just bought a new pack and it is stinging like mad! Can anyone who has used both say whether Triple Dry stings as much! Many thanks

Special events often require careful planning, and transportation is a significant part of that. Whether it's a wedding, corporate event, or a night out with friends, South Ribble Taxis can provide...

I think I'm right in thinking anything up to 3500kg, but i don't know what size van that equates to, any ideas?

We're (hopefully) moving house a week on friday (it's only taken 18 months!) I've not really moved house before, other than moving out of my parents and into this house, but that was only 1 bedroom of...

Hi everyone, I have been looking at different wedding-planning tools and noticed that many of them include guest lists, budget tracking, venue notes, seating plans, and countdown features. For those...

I'm confused...I've just googled '4th wedding anniversary' and some sites say it's 'linen' some say 'flowers' others say ' fruit'. What did you get hubby for your 4th anniversary?

I have a really nice one of these banks and really don't want to smash it...but it's got loads of cash in it and I want it for my holdays. I've tried using a nail file to file down the coin slot but...

Hi beauts, not messaged on here for a while. Our weddings only 8 days away week! Just a quick question for you all. When would be the best time to open our buffet? Our ceremony is a 3pm in our local...

We're about to start decorating our living room. Currently it's cream painted walls, laminate floor, brown leather sofas. Like 90% of the living rooms in Britain at the moment? When we bought the...

Hi everyone, We recently got married (yay!) and are finally settling into our home. After all the wedding chaos, we’ve realized that our house could use some serious renovations to make it more...

... is this weird? I was recently made redundant and on my last day, my boss gave me a voucher to spend the day at a very lovely looking health spa with treatments and lunch included. Now, I've never...

Just want to know your opinions on something. So I’m currently seeing some deep sets of wrinkles appearing on my face. My sister then told me that maybe I should get a Botox Wigan treatment from this...

Hi My fiancé and I are writing our own vows, I know what I want to write but I don’t know how to start and don’t want to come across to cheesy.. Any advice would be appreciated.

Hi - Im using the Hitched wedding website to manage my RSVPs etc and Im at the stage where Im editing the text to make it relevant to my wedding. Im OK with updating the text and pictures on each page...

When does a sole trader become a company, or even why? What is the difference and why might somebody eb a sole trader as opposed to a company?

What are ur some good hobbies u can recommend? Really interested about what others do

I spotted 2 topless calendars in the workshop today- one from 2007 so obviously just kept for the pretty pictures. Now I personally couldn't care less about seeing page 3 models or whatever, plus the...

We live in a Victorian end-terrace with one drain which handles all our wastewater - our bathroom/kitchen and roof/rainwater and it's blocked. We think it blocked over Christmas because it sounded a...

I live in a ground floor flat - last night when I went to bed I found puddles on my bedroom floor and water dripping from the light fitting in the centre of the ceiling! I went up and spoke to the guy...

We are faced with a choice: what wedding format to choose - a traditional one with a large number of guests or a more intimate celebration with the closest people? What, in your opinion, is more...

I"ve just gone back to work part time, but payroll paid me full time for last month in error. I have had a letter saying to 'ensure that this does not cause financial hardship, we have entered this...

We've just decorated our sitting room and next weekend Mr Hole wants to do the hallway. I am all out of inspiration, looking at all the colour charts online has made me colour blind. It's quite a big...

Has anyone who'd have a restaurant called cleaver and wake I'm hoping to celebrate my 28th birthday at that particular location I'm just not sure if the food is any good I would like your opinions it...

Idea blatently stolen from MSE but brought back loads of memories! I remember The Gadget Shop (loved nosing in there!) Hamells clothes store Salisburys for bags Freeman Hardy and Willis for shoes...

I had Shellac 3 weeks ago at a salon near me. It chipped and peeled within 2 days so a week after I had it done I went somewhere else and had Bio Sculpture instead. I loved it and it looked great....