My dad used to say "never throw away a piece of wood, you never know when it will come handy". There's a corner of my garden full of bits of wood I've saved. No idea what I'll do with them. I don't even own a saw
Snap! I had the same this week, poo on the carpet, and a smell so bad its still in my nose now, three days later 😫
100% with you on the tourist tax, but on the second homes taxes, I think there's a much better way to ensure locals have access to housing - build more houses. Its easy to raise taxes, much harder to provide a new, energy efficient housing stock
UK brick deliveries are a useful proxy for house building starts in the absence of monthly house building starts data. Deliveries in February 2025 were 21.4% higher than a year ago according to the Department for Business & Trade. (1/n)
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It was never going to last in my opinion. Only a handful of people would genuinely find the rural lifestyle sustainable. When life got back to normal, you'd need to be close to work again and you'd want ready access to all the amenities an urban life offers.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/a...
The valuer in me couldn't help but take a closer look at the houses along Llys Helyg Drive, one of Wales' most expensive post codes
Day off for a walk around the Great Orme. There cannot be a better road walk in the UK, especially on a beautiful Spring day like it was today.
The Old Lifeboat Station in Moelfre has sold for £158,000 off an auction guide of £95,000. Will be interesting to see what the new owners use it for. If it's going to be a holiday let, would you fancy spending the night there in a storm?
Gwynedd, the county with massive need for new housing, but where Councillors seemingly refuse every application to build new houses...
uk.news.yahoo.com/councillors-...
Good to see physical retail still has a future, but rents and rates must be realistic
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
But even then, if Brexit is anything to go by, there will be years of denial where people refuse to admit they screwed up with their vote
It's definitely the case. For example, parts of North Wales it will cost you more to build a house than it market value. Thats why there's very little private housebuilding at the moment without a housing association end user. I cant speak for other areas, but its hard to believe we're unique here.
100%. The implications of Trump's actions over the last week are enormous. He's completely destroyed the America's reputation and turned how the world operates on its head. Its bonkers!
Every day I put tens of emails from "SEO experts", "social media gurus" and "website specialists" into my junk folder and still I get more and more. With all of Apples technological expertise, why cant they stop this crap getting through to my inbox?!
This is my patch, and I there's a lot more going on here than just the council tax premium. It's having an impact, but so are a lot of other things, and like you say, small dataset isn't helping, as we do have some pockets of very expensive property that can skew averages.
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Nationwide says house prices up 4.1% on last year, but signs are that market is softening. Market also somewhat distorted by the sales rush before SDLT changes on 31/03
The Welsh language yet again used as a reason to object to new houses
uk.news.yahoo.com/claim-adra-h...
What's interesting about this for me is that, a few years ago, you might choose US AI tech over Chinese because of trust and ethics. But what US tech (and Government) have shown over the last 6 months is they can hardly claim to be 'the good guys'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Will be interesting to see if there are any takers, and if so, what direction they would take the firm. A Works style bargain bookshop or a Waterstones style with coffee shops
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Power cut this morning and it was like my world had ended! No panad, no shower, internet...
Heck of a premium on bungalows that are in good condition at the moment in my experience. Building work such a hassle and expensive, plus buyers are often cash buyers
And yet, the "business leaders" that make these statements almost always will work from home themselves
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Important to remember its based in asking prices rather than sales complete, but still a useful barometer of the housing market
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Mrs E has new job WFH, and has decided to keep her old workplace's 'Fat Friday' tradition. Who am I to argue!
We've invested in a treadmill. We had one a few years ago, sold it when we had our daughter, but then realised it's impossible to get out and exercise when you have a toddler so had to buy another one!
It's lovely when it's sunny and crisp like this. I'm very jealous of friends that have been able to get out in the hills this week.
Dont blame you on the road bike - my Strava feed was full of people either in the gym or on the treadmill last night. It's a bit dicey out there!
Mountains looking good on todays lunch walk
