choffer Posted July 31, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted July 31, 2021 7 hours ago, bickster said: Who I'll wager is just a front for the landlord if you dig deep enough, especially if that landlord is someone like David Wilson Homes. Did you know if you all get together and vote on it, you can actually get rid of the managing agent and either appoint your own or do it yourselves? That’s the bugger of it though. It’s almost impossible to get agreement from everyone to band together in this way. I live in a small block where the service charge has doubled in 8 years. About a third of us own and the rest are renters. Their landlords clearly have multiple properties and don’t care about a few quid here and there so we can never achieve a quorum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 31, 2021 Moderator Share Posted July 31, 2021 Just now, choffer said: Their landlords clearly have multiple properties and don’t care about a few quid here and there so we can never achieve a quorum. Its the Landlord that pays the service charge not the tenant, why wouldn't they want more money and a well managed property? I get that they are hard to contact but it is possible I know someone that lives in a block in Liverpool that did escape the managing agent, they managed it themselves and cut the payment down to 25% of previous and now repairs etc get done well and in a timely fashion. The property itself is in a much better state and there's actually a much better sense of community amongst the tenants and owners as they are all more involved with each other. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 3 minutes ago, bickster said: Its the Landlord that pays the service charge not the tenant, why wouldn't they want more money and a well managed property? I get that they are hard to contact but it is possible I know someone that lives in a block in Liverpool that did escape the managing agent, they managed it themselves and cut the payment down to 25% of previous and now repairs etc get done well and in a timely fashion. The property itself is in a much better state and there's actually a much better sense of community amongst the tenants and owners as they are all more involved with each other. Hmmm sounds a bit socialist. I think most people would prefer to pay a little bit extra to be sure they weren’t doing socialist utopia. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 15 hours ago, villa4europe said: Not sure if it's pissed me off or just left me disappointed, had a bogof voucher for mains at Hard Rock so went to cologne, they've overhauled the menu, down to 4 starters, 6 burgers, about 5 other mains and a couple of salads, surprisingly only about 6 cocktails to choose from too and most importantly for me no local legendary burger The food was OK, crazy expensive (was still £50 for a nacho sharer, 2 burgers a coke and a cocktail) it really can't justify what it is anymore Had some good meals in about 15 of them around the world but that's the death knell of it for me Have you done the Lindt museum there? The only place I've ever eaten from a chocolate fountain that didn't taste of oil, and bah Gawd it was amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 31, 2021 Moderator Share Posted July 31, 2021 8 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: Hmmm sounds a bit socialist. I think most people would prefer to pay a little bit extra to be sure they weren’t doing socialist utopia. Sounds totally capitalist to me, less outgoings, improved service Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 28 minutes ago, GarethRDR said: Have you done the Lindt museum there? The only place I've ever eaten from a chocolate fountain that didn't taste of oil, and bah Gawd it was amazing. No, I know exactly where it is and walk around there loads of times but I've let my cadburys snobbery get the better of me... I'm not a lindt fan... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 16 hours ago, mottaloo said: You live in a gated community ? I bet you're the sort of word removed who drives an Audi Keeps the jogging bottomed riff-raff out! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) On 30/07/2021 at 10:18, HanoiVillan said: Maybe this is one for the 'unpopular opinions' thread, but . . . [deep breath] . . . it's not that bad? I was expecting it to be much more ghastly given the way everyone goes on about it, but it seems basically okay. (I understand this might be the result of some hard scrubbing by mods, in which case ignore me) Okay, I take this one back, it's now that bad and worse. I see we've reached 'grown men ripping posters off the walls in floods of tears' level at this point. Edited July 31, 2021 by HanoiVillan 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 9 hours ago, bickster said: Who I'll wager is just a front for the landlord if you dig deep enough, especially if that landlord is someone like David Wilson Homes. Did you know if you all get together and vote on it, you can actually get rid of the managing agent and either appoint your own or do it yourselves? I don't think they are connected, but I haven't had a forensic dig yet. The problem with the second point, same as @choffer, is that over 50% of the 60 plus flats here are buy to let at a guess. Last leaseholder meeting (pre Covid) there was 8 people there! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottaloo Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 2 hours ago, GarethRDR said: Have you done the Lindt museum there? The only place I've ever eaten from a chocolate fountain that didn't taste of oil, and bah Gawd it was amazing. @Xela probably has one of those in the courtyard of his gated community 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekka Posted July 31, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted July 31, 2021 Amazon and the amount of packaging it uses. I ordered a few bits yesterday. One item turned up with the postie, another item just turned up via Hermes, and the other 2 items are due by the Amazon driver later on today. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 5 hours ago, villa4europe said: No, I know exactly where it is and walk around there loads of times but I've let my cadburys snobbery get the better of me... I'm not a lindt fan... For what it's worth, I don't particularly like Lindt chocolate either, but whatever manner of liquid-cocoa they've got pumping through that thing is amazing. The tour's quote good, actually, they've got a small-scale production line as part of it but with some perspex parts so you can see the interior workings and whatnot. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrusr Posted July 31, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted July 31, 2021 2 hours ago, trekka said: Amazon and the amount of packaging it uses. I ordered a few bits yesterday. One item turned up with the postie, another item just turned up via Hermes, and the other 2 items are due by the Amazon driver later on today. This. I decided the other day to use "Prime Day" to save on packaging as cardboard recycling keeps getting full. Did about 6/7 orders in total over the week. What did amazon do? put them all in separate packages, including putting items from the same order in separate packaging. Useless. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Idea: A "rocket polisher" reaction, that administers a temporary ban to a user that gets 5 or more of them for an individual post. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post villa4europe Posted July 31, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 31, 2021 10 minutes ago, Davkaus said: Idea: A "rocket polisher" reaction, that administers a temporary ban to a user that gets 5 or more of them for an individual post. Turkeys voting for Christmas there pal 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 10 minutes ago, Davkaus said: Idea: A "rocket polisher" reaction, that administers a temporary ban to a user that gets 5 or more of them for an individual post. No! This is not an idea I can get behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 14 minutes ago, Davkaus said: Idea: A "rocket polisher" reaction, that administers a temporary ban to a user that gets 5 or more of them for an individual post. No can't support that, we want to read your posts! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 20 minutes ago, Davkaus said: Idea: A "rocket polisher" reaction, that administers a temporary ban to a user that gets 5 or more of them for an individual post. Please do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted July 31, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted July 31, 2021 1 hour ago, Davkaus said: Idea: A "rocket polisher" reaction, that administers a temporary ban to a user that gets 5 or more of them for an individual post. Yes please. I would have to stay well away from the music thread though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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