Finding the chase and cutting to it

Last week, we looked at the cash return on replacement windows, which, on the face of it looked marginal at best. But of course, we have made other investments over the past twelve years. Easy steps, let’s look at the LED lighting. About a year, just in saved electricity. Initial cost was about £350 for […]

For me, the story starts in the Spring of 1992 when I got a phone call from my parents telling me the offer they’d made on a house had been accepted. I was living in Bath in rented accommodation working out what was next in my story. The house had been built in the 1600s […]

My father died a few weeks ago, so I’ve been a little distracted by the shock of his sudden death and appreciating that life really can change at a moment’s notice. It’s been a pause, a chance to catch my breath and think about the questions my mum has been asked in past few weeks […]

The funniest thing about discovering the joys of not commuting every day (or indeed travelling for business at all) has been doing our own cleaning. Eh? Well, to ensure we were protected, we lost the cleaner and started doing it ourselves. Because of the cleaner, we knew the absolutes basics that needed to be done […]