Jbob

This is one of the things though I would have thought an inspection would be for. How do they know the windows and doors of the house I have bought dont have locks? Could have bought a wreck with no security for all they know (they do have locks btw lol). They didnt even ask the question regarding the house security. Surely an inspection would clarify that as much as 'has he bolted the safe to the wall'? My safe has been in 3 address now. All the moves where within Dev and Corn, they inspected an checked what locks where on what external doors.

DM I was only joking with my OH last night that I was glad I bought some cartridges before we moved cos I was expecting the change of address to take 6 months lol. Seams I was wrong. Suppose this way things happen a lot faster.

Very true DM. Think I had it in my mind that an inspection was part and parcel of the whole thing and was a bit taken back when they now do the change of details over the phone. Time and procedures change and evolve I guess. One good thing about it is that I dont have to knock of early from work to meet an FEO at my new house and show them the safe.

So last week i finally completed and moved. Hoorah!! Got my safe bolted in asap and sent my licence back to Dev and Corn police for an address change. All good and above board. So Im sat at work this morning and the phone goes. Its Dev and Corn police regarding my address change. It now appears that as I have less than 5 guns they will not inspect the installed guns safe but ask a few questions over the phone e.g where have you installed it? what is it attached to? is it the same safe as you had in your last property? Im not one to complain but that is cost cutting and under resourcing taken to a new level. They only have my word that the safe is bolted to a masonry wall in the location I told them it is. Luckily my conscience is clear as I have installed it properly, seeing as I was expecting an inspection and for an FEO to try and at least see if they could move it. Anyone else had this or is it something new?

Nearly the weekend and our charity shoot. I have now agreed to be referee/Safety number/Trapper on one of the stands which I am looking forward too. Hopefully we'll have a good turn out and raise lots of money for our chosen charity, may even see some you guys there too (I'll be sporting a black cap )

I agree with all the comments above. Youngens need time and love. I have passed over better pay so I can get home at a good time to see my 3yr old before she goes bed. As long as you can pay the bills now I'd spend time with the family before they grow up to soon and they will

Hi Folks My local clay shooting club is putting on a charity shoot at Gunnacott Farm, Clawton, near Holsworthy in Devon, EX22 6QU for the sat nav. The date of the shoot is 21 August and details of the shoot are below. This event is for the Elizabeth ward in Bideford hospital which is a stroke unit recently used by one of our gun club members Malcolm Pearce . Malcolm wanted to try and raise money for this charity to try and give something back for the fantastic care he received during the early stages of his recovery. It will be a 50 bird sporting clay shoot with up to £100 for the high gun all the proceeds from this event will go to the Elizabeth ward in Bideford. Fibre wad only, entry fees are as follows: Adult £20 entry fee Colt under 18 £15 entry fee Prizes: High gun for men. £100 High gun for women. £100 High gun for Colt. £75 Second prizes on all the above will be vouchers There will also be a fully qualified shooting coach there for people and children to come and have ago on a novice stand which will be £8 per person We will supply everything for the coaching stand .There will also be refreshments available on site First entry taken at 2:00 last entry 5:00 Hope some of you can make it. Jbob

The boss closed our office for the afternoon and we all went to Haldon forest nr Exeter and had a go on some segways. Never Been on one before but was a good laugh.

Im Voting IN later when Ive finished work. I don't mind admitting it lol

Cant go wrong with a Lanber, had mine 11 years and it was s/h when I bought it. Good strong guns IMHO

Bit harsh, not all thats true lol. I voted for Dave, I don't wear sandals cos I don't have any white socks and I don't own snap caps

I'm a Vote in candidate (sorry guys). Just dont think we as a country can afford to take the gamble of leaving. Personally I think that for all the talk of how the country will vote out, on the day the Remain votes will win. 60/40 ish Remain.

SMK XS20 air rifle. Still got it, never shoot it though. The scope that came with it has died a death but I get on OK with the open sights. £150 if I recall correctly. Have never bought any other gun new, all secondhand.

Wallet, phone and keys. I like to travel light

We are glad the sale has fallen through to be perfectly honest as we just didn't have the money to throw at it. We have been looking again and hopefully will have an offer accepted on another property we were interested in. Gazumping is another feature of buying and selling I disagree with too. All though I will confess I am trying to gazump someone on this property so I guess pots and kettles springs to mind.

I am glad the sale has fallen through. The wife loved the property from the start and it took a bit of time for me to warm towards it. However as things went along and we started to discover the problems and the size of the money pit it was shaping up to be we both started to cool our interest. I think theses things happen for a reason so you end up with the right one in the long run.

Thank Llyod90 My mortgage adviser said the same. Made me laugh when I showed the vendors estate agent all the figures. He went very quiet and even he started saying his client is never going to sell the place for what he's asking. Hopefully something will come up very soon. I concerned though that my buyer will start to get itchy feet and pull out too. Hope you have better luck than me with your house hunt. ATB Jbob

Some people can be very disillusioned about property. I am well underway with the sale of my house. Thats fine and I am happy with the progress being made. I had an offer accepted on a property which we were chuffed to land. I under took two viewings, one with a builder as on the first viewing I noticed some areas of concern. All seamed well until the mortgage valuer couldn't value the property until I had paid for and commissioned a Damp and Timber survey. I did this which flagged up even more areas of defect that hadn't initially been noticed on the viewings. Got some builders quotes for the remedial works and sent all that to the mortgage valuer. The valuation came back approx 10K under the accepted offer. So I got out my calculator and did some sums and made a revised offer based on the facts and figures approx 15K under the accepted offer so I had enough money to make the remedial works once the property was purchased. That was refused with vendor stating they will not accept less that the original accepted offer and the property has been put back on the market. I am back to house hunting again and having to accept a financial loss on the survey work and solicitors fees. As the title says one step forward two steps back. Needless to say the last few days have been a bit intense

+1 for this being a bargin. I would be very interested in this if Barr321 doesnt buy it.

I had this worry but in reality as long as the DPM is lapped and sealed and the concrete is vibrated down all should be good. Having looked at the details the method for installing floors is either build them in as you go or once to two storeys are built carve out a channel in the inner polystyrene leaf the depth a the wall plate and bolt it to the concrete core. Least thats what the bloke selling and installing the product told me. Once its habitable screwing to the wall could be a problem but a long enough screw will eventually find the concrete core. If you screw battens to the stuff while building the walls it has markings so you can aim for the plastic webs in the core

Barrels up. Like above I go easy with the oild and make sure any excess is removed. Not had any problems yet

We asked to SE the same question. For a house only 14 x 7m (approx) one storey high he felt no movement joints would be required. Like you Im not an SE so I have excepted his comments as he has more experience with it than me. Again having an SE on board with knowledge of the system is really important I think and the same is even more relevant when getting your SAP calcs done. The local distributor to me does day courses and wont sell the stuff to you till you have done the day course haha theres a neat money spinner. It is a good system for a novice who wants to build their own place. I would recommend it for a simple build on a budget. The biggest plus point is the speed over block laying. Block laying can take weeks to build and its the labour that starts to ramp up as much as anything. This stuff goes up in days. £££ saved. Very fast and simple enough for anyone to use. Like I said I have only detailed one building using the system. I took a few days to get my head around it but once I had I did think it was simple and easy to draw from my side of things. @harpoonlouis Durisol is another alternative building method an one I have never used but am aware of so I cant really comment on it with any experience. Its an interesting material to say the least. Jbob

Funny you should post this. I am an Architectural Technologist by trade and have just got building reg approval for a 2 bed house in cornwall using Nudura. Up until this property I had never used the stuff but was aware of its existence. I have always been skeptical of the product for varying reasons mainly build-ability, however we have been having clients coming to us wanting to use the stuff. We had the area rep in who had put together a quote for the amount of Nudura block needed and put forward a very strong case for its use. He has a website if you google Nick Fell in Yelverton, Devon. Now for what for what I have learnt. It will require a structural eng's input for the lintel details and any re-inforcement the concrete core may need. The method of construction is really sound and fairly easy to detail (construction details are available on their website) and lends itself to Passivhaus type structures but thats other topic of discussion altogether. The SAP ratings are really high with out too much eco bling [solar panels etc] being thrown at the design. It is also a fantastic produce for forming basement walls which I am considering to do on another property. The setting out is simple but critical due to the length of the Nudura blocks and the distance between the plastic webs. My only concern at the moment is how future proof the method is, i.e how easy is to add an extension in say 10years. I dont know how this is done but Im sure its possible. To sum up (sorry for being so long winded) Viable building method, great SAP calc results, easy to use, simple detailing once you get your head around it. My only concern is future development. Im still skeptical but not as much. I will know even more when Ive seen it on site being built. Hope this helps. Jbob

+1 I'm a technologist to ben and a member of CIAT. I do get annoyed when people slate architects and technologists for what we do. There is more to our profession than drawings and most of us want to work WITH the client and builders to create nice buildings that work. I do know my building regs and try to keep a good relationship with builders, that way when there is a problem theres no finger pointing just an educated discussion on how to solve it and move on. A pal of mine is always saying done trust architects they don't know what they are doing, I tend to ignore comments like that because he doesn't understand what we need to know, not just to build a building, but to even get planning and come up with a design that works. Oh and I do like George Clarke's shows. I think he's better than McLeod on Grand Designs and restoration man is covers what I do so its great seeing other old buildings being saved.

We're paying £1100 for our house purchase plus another fee for the sale