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Ok...you found an article that says its 16%....I said average 5 -10% It also said 11% ......... I can find plenty that say less than 16%. Semantics. Point is, we are not talking massive profits. And that it was not better than a decent portfolio. My isa's and investments have made well over 25%...

So........you back track and admit that I am actually right and then change your objection to some empty house scenario ......the argument is about whether buy to let was a lucrative cash cow for Bradley Hardacre types to grind down the working man with.........not buy to appreciate.....which...

Rafetezzer ( or jacob or anyone else who thinks otherwise) Try googling "what is the average return on a buy to let property" and see what you find. I also spent 3 years working for a developer refurbishing houses he brought for buy to let and was intimately acquainted with the finances. After...

My condolences on your loss Emma. I never met Richard, but have some of his marvellous work, some holdfasts he made and followed his plane making efforts with interest. Be sure his work and memory will live on here, as well with you and the family.

Never a truer word spoken.....

Most are not greedy - the average return on buy to let is around 5% - 10% .........not much more than you would get from a decently managed portfolio. Sure, the property will go up value, but they are not charging much more in rental than it actually cost them to buy the house.... The problem...

Very nice.....how did you make the corbals? Making a kitchen currently and she wants something similar, was pondering on the best way to make them........

I am sure the lefty Clarkson haters are hopping for joy, but really, what a completely and utterly perfect example of the kind of PC gone mad world we now live in - where the very mention of a word can garner this result. It's like the bit in life of brian where the guy is getting stoned for...

Personally, I am not a fan of the design, or the material, but that is just my personal taste. But re the price, I think its realistic, especially after I add up the man hours in some of the stuff I make. Granted, the majority is not for profit, but personal enjoyment, however, I have recently...

You can't compare Norway to any other country. They have so many resources and so much money to throw at everything, its completely artificial. Everything there is completely skewed by the abundance of money from the oil industry. The per capita spend on social projects is massive compared to...

Yes, but then we got soft........and it seemed to work pretty well at the time.... I am of course over exagerating my position for effect, but in all seriousness, does anyone really think that our current system is either fair on victims or effective in rehabilitating criminal behaviour?

Sad comment on the ludicrous state of our criminal justice system where the idiots in control think that being nice to hard core criminals will make them less likely to re offend. I agree that being horrible to them does not necessarily help either in all cases, however, at least if they stay in...

Yes, its really cool. I brought a new CF741 in the summer last year and this new block came out straight after. I was a bit pissed off, as apparently you cant retrofit the new blocks to the old machines, plus, the rep never told me about it - I would have waited to get the new block on my...

Hi, thanks for the advice, I am in central London, and certainly wont be trying it myself, so if anyone can recommend someone I would be obliged. The item in question is an outrigger table for a Wadkin PK saw........a rare beast indeed, but needs welding

Hi, I may need some cast iron welding done on a recent purchase ( quite exciting, further details to follow) ....I understand this is not a straight forward or easy thing to do. is there anyone here who knows how to do it, or knows of anyone who could do this?

These are pretty darn good as well, expensive, but worth it: http://www.toggler-uk.com/alligator/tog ... -pack.html these are pretty much the only plugs I have come across that work in plasterboard as well, although you do need metal toggles for heavy stuff. Finally, as already pointed out, the...

Myself and the wife sat completely mesmerised by True Detective.........absolutely compelling viewing, amazing acting, some of the best characters seen in a drama for some time, ( My wife is completely obsessed with Rust Cohle) amazing music, stunning photography, incredible dialogue with some...

Hi well, she is certainly wealthy, but it's more a case of some people, they just expect the rolls royce job but only want to pay for a BMW....any excuse not to pay up - every stage payment through the job was at least 2 weeks late, you know the sort of thing........plus, that's being completely...

We just finished a job for a very rich client in Clapham, who did not want to pay for anything, place dripping in Gucci, yet quibbling the tiniest things on the bill. We left her all the left over paint at her request in the newly finished room, all neatly stacked on a dust sheet, in the middle...

=D> =D> =D> =D> unfortunately, sad but true...................