u/jakalla

I've had a few sets of wheels refurbished over the years by different well reviewed companies, I haven't been too happy with the results with any of them.

In my mind, the wheels should look brand new, with no imperfections at all, and the coating should last at least 3 years. Is that unrealistic?

A friend recently told me that most wheel refurbishers don't do "real" powder coating, they only do "hot flocking". I don't know what that means.

I just need to get a set of wheels refurbished because the coating from 2 years ago is flaking off so I'm trying not to rely on reviews alone, as I think they can be faked. I want to know the technicality behind it more and what questions to ask.

I'm in the UK.

I'm struggling to choose between the two as there is currently a deal on which means the difference in price is only £5 per tyre. I think that means the Asy6 is the no brainer, but my use case doesn't call for a UHP. I value comfort, road noise and resistance to dry cracking over anything else. I don't do many miles.

I've already got the Asy6 on the rear axle (came with the wheels) and I'm looking to buy 2 new tyres for the front. I'll need rears at some point probably in the next year. I'd like my car to be more comfortable on broken roads, but I don't think the tyres are the main issue.

The car is a Merc C180 estate family car. With 2 young kids, I don't exactly push the car hard. It mostly sits on the motorway or pootles around town.

Am I overthinking it?

Fronts: 225/45/17

Rears: 245/40/17

I've seen a great property which is currently occupied by a tenant. I'm negotiating the price at the moment. The tenant seemed reasonable, but they had 2 kids and a dog. Does that make it harder for the LL to evict them, since they're not at fault?

I'm having a nightmare where we find that they haven't left on exchange day, and we end up homeless.

What kinds of guarantees do I need to ask for before we agree a sale?

Any other advice is much appreciated.

Edit: thank you for all the replies, I've pulled out and written this house off. I can't afford to wait that long, neither can my chain.

We had previously told the agent we were exclusively looking at houses which either had a driveway, or some other off street parking, or the potential to build a driveway.

This house was marketed as having a driveway on the Zoopla listing. From the photos, it looked like it had one. But upon viewing, we found that there was no dropped kerb, and we suspect that they wouldn't be approved for a dropped kerb because the front garden is so shallow. Councils don't want to approve dropped kerbs where the car may overhang into the pavement.

After the viewing we were asked for feedback so I told them we liked the house, but we were surprised that it didn't have a dropped kerb. I asked if we could find out if the vendor had ever had a dropped kerb application approved or rejected, as driving over the pavement without the dropped kerb was illegal. The agent got a bit arsey with me and told me that the vendors just use the driveway as it is and that was expected.

Unless their car is very small, it's going to be overhanging into the pavement. The council won't approved a dropped kerb, so the EA shouldn't market the property as having a driveway.

Anyway, I don't really care about it, even though it was a wasted viewing, I just don't understand why the EA was annoyed about it, it seemed like a reasonable query to me. If we'd known the dimensions of the front garden, we wouldn't have viewed it.

The house is still on the market and the listing still says that it has a driveway, which I think is misleading, especially since they're definitely aware.

I've now started asking about dropped kerbs before arranging a viewing.

I manage a 1 bedroom maisonette for a landlord. They want to have good tenants and they want to be a good landlord. They're not interested in maximum profitability, they'd rather do things to a high standard, but they're quite hands off.

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I manage the tenancy through Openrent and we recently renovated the property throughout. It's only achieved an EPC of D, but it's got a new combi boiler and new double glazed windows. The only way it would get an EPC C is if we insulate the walls, which would basically undo all the existing renovation work, and would likely need the tenants to move out.

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The tenants are a mature couple who appear professional and they're generally quite polite and courteous people. We provided them with a Karcher window vac and a dehumidifier at the start of the tenancy. We also made sure that there are high performance extractors in both the bathroom and kitchen.

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We've had these tenants for 2 years and their current rent is well below market value, and we'd like to increase it slightly, but keep it below market value for the area.

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Is there anything I should be considering now with all the reform etc.? What happens if the property needs to meet an EPC C, and the works are too invasive to complete with the tenants in-situ?

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Hi,

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I want to add a double panel radiator around the 600mm x 1200mm size. I have to chase the pipe into a solid floor so I'd like to use 10mm JG pipe so that I don't have to gun up a huge channel, and I can curve it all so I don't bury any fittings into the floor.

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Above ground, I will tee off the main 22mm copper flow and return pipes, and the pipe run is about 8m in total from the radiator to the main pipes.

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I run my combi boiler flow temperature at 55C.

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Would this be ok, or should I run 15mm pipe instead?

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What would be the maximum size radiator I could run using 10mm?

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I also need to decide whether to run the pipes in flexible conduit, hair felt or just straight into the floor. I'll be covering with a weak sand and cement mix.

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Cheers!

I've seen a house that I like within budget, but next door has a rear extension which appears to be on the boundary line. Not an issue on its own, but their gutters and soffits must overhang into this house's garden and they have windows into the garden which I don't like at all.

What do we think? How would this affect things if I wanted to build a rear extension? What should I be asking if I have a viewing?

https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/72322504/