Perhaps more tricky is that you also become responsible for it having a valid MoT.
(Unless it is a ‘classic car’ - eg over 40 years old - in which case it will likely not need either MoT or VED)
In a 40+ year career testing cars as a motoring journalist top of my fun list was a Peugeot 205GTI. I had a year of great driving with a long term test one … that ended when the photographer sent to snap it for the feature rolled it into a ditch.
And number two was a Ferrari F40.
PS since...
Chapeau! I know of PBP but I had to look up HBKH. I’ve done easy paced LEJOG and East-West tours but my introduction to Audax at a ‘mere’ 200km was tough enough.
The solution of course is ‘new bike time’.
I’m leaning towards a tiny toilet in the redundant cupboard space. Drain connection is the only complication - the nearby gulley type drain for kitchen wastes will have to be dug out and re-made.
With a wife, four daughters and five grand daughters believe me there is little that I don’t know about this and other female topics.
But at age 75 I think the missus has decided it’s time for more civilised options than squatting behind the garden shed or peeing in a bucket.
The main driver for the downstairs toilet is Mrs G2 who suffers with her knees (from gardening!) and has clearly a bit more issues peeing in my the garden. We don’t have stinging nettles but we do have neighbours.
The biggest convenience our house lacks is a downstairs toilet. It’s very inconvenient having to go go upstairs to have a pee after gardening or dog walking.
Enough of the puns - it’s very hard to find the space to put one in a cost effective way (eg close to drains and water). One option is to...
You don’t just have a ‘nice friendly chat’ with a planner here in Mid Suffolk. You pay £100 minimum, fill in a form, enclose official site plan, drawings and photos and get an answer by email in 14 days.
We left our canal boat in a boatyard to have work done. At some point a rat got in. The devastation, smell and mess we found on our return was appalling. The rat had vanished, presumably getting out when a yard worker opened up at some point. No sympathy for rats since then!
Shouldn’t be a problem. I’ve cut 4mm steel on my canal boat, including circular holes for chimneys and windows. Bosch metal cutting blades and cutting oil worked for me - the oily swarf makes a right mess over your jigsaw though.
Thanks for a lot of useful comments. To sum up - most say ‘they’re both decent and similar’. A few say DIYK are better. No one says Howdens are better. Howdens have local branches which is good.
Everyone hates Howdens opaque pricing.