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Hmm strange one, can't say it's something I've experienced and wouldn't imagine that it's a common issue. It is a recent development? Have you used any interior cleaning products recently?

Ooh what's happening next weekend? Room for a little one?

Just what a bloke wants to hear !!!!!!!! tongue...in cheek

Lovely, although they do look a bit small

Strictly when stationery with no hope of moving anytime soon!

Oh dear, I have to admit to quickly smoothing on some lip gloss/balm when stuck in traffic at times, force of habit :lol:

Oh my good god What's the story there? This thread is making me feel young (for a change!!), lol - but will have to dig out the old car pics and scan them in!

Huge congratulations Jay! What's the plans now? I still remember having to enter the big bad world of work all those years ago, thinking how glad I was to be leaving studying/exams behind....... oh how wrong could I be!!!! And on that cheery note... erm.... congratulations again

But do you agree with it? Sadly, I probably do

Should be a 'guess the age' depending upon the responses here

More hassle than it's worth. Had this in a previous car, except the release button was hidden on the wing mirror panel (obviously only if the car was unlocked via key fob). Fine and dandy.... til the day the stereo tripped the system, some wiring fault, and ended up locked out of the car for hours at a service station en-route home from a car show down South

This still going!

Try living in Scotland - THEN complain about the rain!

Is there a really famous person with your surname?? If so, you could then use that as your middle name ...and use your middle name for when booking restaurants/hotels/etc....could be handy

Martin, it sounds like you need to see the original deed for the house two doors away by the builder in favour of whoever purchased that house. You will probably find that the same style was used for all the houses (builders solicitors will have their standard style, what with them all presumably being sold at the same time) and will contain similar 'restrictive covenants' (as you English put it!). Often there is a 'Deed of Conditions' in place which governs the whole estate (I don't know though, maybe that's a Scottish thing again!). Now, in my line of work I would just order up a search through the professional searchers we use to obtain a copy of the deed, and the ordinary public would contact the Land Registry/use their site to make enquiries and order copies (either that or they contact the likes of me to find out on their behalf for a much higher fee!). But it sounds like the system is much different in Scotland. I have absolutely no knowledge of English law or systems. What Lucy said seems to make much sense, worth a try!

Okay, few questions, was your house built by a private builder Martin? And when? Or is it ex local authority? The old system of recording title deeds was called the General Register of Sasines. Every time there was a transfer of property a deed would be drawn up and added to the collection pertaining to that property. So each property would have a whole pile of old deeds dating back hundreds of years in some cases (I should know, I have such piles all over my office!) When Land Registration came into effect, any transfer of a property would induce registration in the Land Register (so of course not all properties are registered in the Land Register, if they haven't had a transfer since the time Land Registration came into effect for that area - that date varies according to geographical area). Registration in the Land Register produces what is called a Land Certificate for the property - a single document being the title deed (yes, held electronically and can be accessed as such, but the paper Land Certificates still very much in use and if you have a mortgage would be with your lender). All the old title deeds became redundant and could be disposed of/kept by owner for historical interest/kept by solicitor. Therefore, if your property is Land Registered then trying to 'look behind' the Land Certificate becomes tricky as the older deeds could have been disposed of, or they might have been kept, just depends. In saying that, the Land Certificate should have a plan and show a note of all the background deeds which contain the burdens (I think what you refer to as restrictive covenants - perhaps an English/Scottish thing) pertaining to the property. It sounds as if that should really give you all the info you need. But then if you say you only got a one page thing, then that is NOT the full Land Certificate. For reference, the original transfer of a property (whether by a builder or by local authority) is called the Feu Disposition. As I said, if your property is Land Registered this became redundant and could be anywhere.... Sorry for the essay, I didn't realise it was going to be so long. And that's only a very brief simplified explanation!

Very cool! If it was practical for me to do this for my wedding then I may well have!

Thanks everybody, did indeed have great weather and had a fab time - in fact I want to go do it all over again! Have loads more pics but I won't subject you all to them

He'll get some decking whilst he's there , around the doors, to walk on when he gets out........... 350z garden Don't forget the potted plants and the 'bird feeder'

You can do it when you B&Q it............

Quite why it has waving hands and a big grin on it's face I don't know......

Not as good as 'dick-on-a-stick' (I know, I know, blame my bridesmaids for this!) :

You're not going wrong..... can't put a value on self-respect! Although granted it's sometimes difficult to remember that when faced with the likes of the person you have just described

Got to give them credit for choosing whisky at all Jay (to be honest though I wouldn't have a clue - if it's not wine i wouldn't know.... and even then I'm more often than not swayed by whatever is on offer ) Was sticking to vodka coke on hen night though. Other than cocktails in TGIS........ oh and shots...... oh and a Baileys bought for me..... Erm okay scrap that

Good man If I have whisky it has to be with lemonade.... i know, i know, crime!! Having a glass of chardonnay just now! Mind you, Blair Athol on the rocks is pretty good An englishman who likes his whisky?