What are you all up to

OH spent last night sorting our accounts as the Club Lloyds interest drops from 4% to 2% today and TSB Classic Plus drops from 5% to 3%, plus will now only be paid  on the first £1500 in the account.

This afternoon we went to our local tow bar  specialist  and   arranged to have a Brink detatchable fitted to the Touareg in a couple of weeks time.  We need it done soon as the van has to be taken for its service in early February.  Will also need a new number plate.

Once we have the car we will need to see whether our present towing mirrors will fit it, and remember to alter the car reg number on our ferry booking.

All that we still have to do this week is organise the car insurance.

An exciting time Kj!

Thanks for the good wishes bakers. I am gearing myself up for the early mornings whilst in NI as grand-daughter is a very early riser.😲 Hope you get your kindle sorted out soon. Son who has a kindle Fire says they have a completely different operating system to either IOS or Andriod. Do CC know this? 😕

Kindle use their own version of Android. Apparantly there are a lot fewer Apps available for it.

No, I doubt they do.......

In B&Q before 8am this morning, to buy some wall tiles for the kitchen.....and to take advantage of the 10% discount.

Then on to CAB for the day.

Mrs H was taking down our little Christmas tree when I got home.

While thinking about all we will have to do due to the new car, then thinking about our continental trip starting in April,  OH asked about our EHICs, then our passports.

Dug them out, only to find that mine expires in April this year.

Not a problem you might think, but I have a Norwegian passport.  Last time I renewed I did it at the consulate in Edinburgh.

Now, I have to travel either to London or to Norway........who ever thought that this is reasonable?!

I have to attend in person at the embassy in London, after making an appointment, and the issueing takes up to 10 days, so if I cannot be there in person to collect my new passport, I have to supply them with a pre-paid  special delivery envelope. 

You would never think the Norwegian State had plenty of money!

So my plan will be to take the 22.00  overnight bus from Glasgow to London, get a 10am appointment, then travel back on the 12.30 bus, arriving back in Glasgow around 21.00.    Just hope there will not be any hold-ups.

Have had my daughter, partner and two children living with us since September as they had sold their house, got the keys to their dream house on the Monday before Christmas. what a nightmare they are now having after stripping some wallpaper noticed wall which was damp further investigation has now found damp and woodworm to the dining room, kitchen and conservatory all this after paying an extra £500 on the survey, informed survey company of issues and have been told it could take them up to 28 days for them to investigate and they are now at their wits end just waiting on their outcome if they are prepared to do anything or they will use some get out clause in the small print of their terms and conditions, not really sure what to advise them apart speaking with CAB to see what they would recommend.

Bought a new Dyson Cordless vacuum cleaner today in Currys/PCWorld sale.  Time will tell how we get on with it.  I like the idea of not having to trail wires and it means we can take it over to the caravan storeage to give the inside of the caravan the once over.

David 

Back to the boatyard yesterday ,all o.k ,a brisk NWN breeze but bright .Same today a brisk N breeze .Have to go to the bank first today to make a payment for a new purchase ,a long overdue requirement of a powerful pro'pressure washer .Make "scrubbing off"a lot easier !!

Was the survey a condition of the the mortgage lender? If so, get them involved.

Raise a claim against the surveyors insurers also.

I'd be standing in the surveyors office this morning until they get off their backsides and visit the house c/w damp meter.

Any survey above the basic would have found damp. It's not a caravan service inspection after all 

Once had an issue where the surveyor hadn't bothered to look through his opera glasses to scan the roof ridge, a standard survey method in place of going up a ladder; ridge tiles were displaced leading to water ingress. Surveyor attempted to backtrack, claimed against the lenders insurance as they insisted on a full survey as part of the mortgage conditions, and got a full roof replacement including trusses, felt and tiles. 

We bought a new Dyson cordless last year David.  I think it is wonderful and as you say can be taken over to the caravan for a quick vacuum.  I use my normal heavier Dyson sometimes if there is a lot of cleaning, especially after we had new carpets laid recently as I don't think the cordless would cope.