u/Kenye_Kratz

Or Ditton in general?

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We viewed a house on the estate and loved it, but there's a fair amount of social housing there and I keep reading horror stories about new build estates but I can't figure out if it's just miserable old snobs complaining or something we should give genuine consideration to? We're a young family and looking to move into a four bed detached in what will probably be our last move.

Hi, to explain my situation I stupidly purchased an item from a store within the EU without checking whether VAT and Customs duty is included in the price. I am based in the UK. According to DHL they have not received the parcel from the vendor yet. Having emailed the vendor and explained the situation to them, they are basically refusing to cancel the shipment because it has been "prepared for shipping", despite it not even being with DHL yet. Obviously I'm now concerned it's going to get stuck in customs and I won't be able to get a refund, and the last thing I want to do is pay the VAT and Customs fees. Please could somebody tell me what my options are here?

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Hi, to explain my situation I stupidly purchased an item from a store within the EU without checking whether VAT and Customs duty is included in the price. I am based in the UK. According to DHL they have not received the parcel from the vendor yet. Having emailed the vendor and explained the situation to them, they are basically refusing to cancel the shipment because it has been "prepared for shipping", despite it not even being with DHL yet. Obviously I'm now concerned it's going to get stuck in customs and I won't be able to get a refund, and the last thing I want to do is pay the VAT and Customs fees. Please could somebody tell.ke what my options are here?

He can barely string a sentence together, can he? 😂

Would you be comfortable with people of his ilk running the country?

We are looking at buying what will almost certainly be our final home, and 30-35 years seems to be the sweet spot for keeping our monthly repayments at a good level. This would take me into my early 70s, which is obviously quite frightening. Is this quite a common issue or are we completely mental for considering it?

The free press in the UK is working to the detriment of the country. Is there no way the UK authorities can impose stricter rules on newspapers and social media with regards to honesty and content?

Looking at moving our young family out this way and was wondering what the areas are like in terms of schools, safety, pubs and general "niceness"?

And also, any opinions on the new builds going up in the areas? We aren't set on getting a new build but quite like the look of the Poppies and Pippin estates.

I browsed the Henry Archer and Traska sites recently and there isn't one watch for sale over 40mm. I keep reading rave reviews about San Martin, I look on their website and all the decent watches are 39mm or under.

Do skinny-wristed cucks have too much of a voice? They seem to pollute discussion around any watch over 40mm with complaints about it's size and I wonder if it has an effect on those designing the watches, particularly in the Microbrand space where the creators are heavily on social media.

Looking at moving our young family to either 214 or 174 on the below estate and some friends have spooked us a little about the volume of affordable housing surrounding the properties.

Having done some brief reading affordable housing is a bit of a loose term that can mean either social housing or part buy part rent? I assume the properties here would be a mixture of both?

Thoughts?

We're going to have around 300k to put down as a deposit on a new home and are looking at getting a new house in the range of 500-600k. We have around 30k between us in credit card and loan debt, no missed payments or anything but will that work against us in getting a mortgage even considering the loan to value? We've never missed a mortgage payment or anything like that.

Also, when moving home is it a done thing to borrow a little extra on the mortgage to pay off existing debts?

Thanks