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I have a metal standard lamp, which has snapped close to the top. I have tried finding someone to fix it with no luck. I live in Dublin. Any advice on who could fix it?

We have just got the keys to an old redbrick that we love, but it is as cold as a coffin. It is old redbrick to the front and rear, with a cement like substance on the gable end. It is a semi D. We will internally insulate the front, and plan on external insultation of the gable end. We...

Brilliant, thanks!

I am looking to get a standard house policy ( flood, fire, breakin etc) that my bank requires before they can give me a mortgage.

I am looking to buy an old redbrick that is over 100 years old. It needs total gutting and will be uninhabited for ca 4 months. It is currently uninhabited ( executors sale). I was planning on signing contracts next week but I cannot get insurance to cover the time that house will be...

I have rented in Dublin for 4 years with a dog. I have been open with the landlords ( had to move twice due to owners returning from abroad) and we have had no problems. The dog is mentioned in the lease. Some landlords have asked for an extra deposit, but we have been returned the full...

I am under the impression that the sale price would not fully pay the first ranking mortgage, so the judgement mortgages would be unpaid. Reading previous posting regarding judgement mortgages, we are playing dice here.

I am ready to buy a house I have been watching for 4 years, and have life assurance and mortgage sorted. The house is being sold by a mortgage company. Problem is, there are a number of judgement mortgages against it, all filed before the new 2009 legislation. ( I have no legal training...

From memory, GPs cannot charge for signing a certificate if that is all that is needed. They are paid by the state for it. Ring the reception and find out!

I tried changing the router settings and channels with no success. We got a NTL wifi router and are delighted with the results. Problem solved, just need to finish out our contract with Imagine. They were very good in dropping our rental to the lowest possible till our contract is up.

I am looking at a house that is in a disc parking zone and has a small driveway that will only take 1 car. We have 2. It is a terraced house, and is not converted into flats. If it had no drive, I know it would qualify for 4 permits, but as it has a small drive, is this affected in any way...

Where I am renting now is utter chaos due to Croke park, so for sanity sake, I may think again!

We stayed at the Renvyle one weekend with our dog, and there were more dogs than children there! There was no problem as long as the dog was well behaved and not wet from swimming in the sea. The food here is just brilliant too. Another very dog friendly hotel was the Sand House Hotel in...

I have spotted a nice house at a decent price, opposite the botanic gardens. 2 problems I could foresee are 1) parking issues due to people visiting the gardens and 2) noise at night from the addison lodge hotel ( both cars parking and also the smoking area. Can anyone shed some light on...

Yamamori is a great Japanese restaurant ( and a lot more than sushi) with great veggie options. Ukiyo on exchequer street is another good quality and value restaurant, that becomes a pub later on. I would also highly recommend cornocopoeia near BT, it is a great veggie restaurant that non...

I have been with Imagine for 6 months now. With the laptop it is fine, but I cannot stream audio over an ipod or ipad for love nor money, and podcast downloads are painfully slow. I pay using my laser card. My bank gave me a new one as my old one was faulty, not expired. They tried to ring...

I have pretty good service from Imagine with my laptop, but the iPad and iPhone 4 are pathetically slow ( audio and youtube stream really poorly, and epapers and podcasts just dont downlaod). However, using speedtest on the gadgets the speed is not too bad ( however latency is ca 200ms). The...

I have an iPhone 4 with 3, and I live in Dublin city. Phone is fine in most places but reception is terrible in my house, I have to resort to the land line as people cannot hear me and the calls drop all the time. I know the iPhone 4 had some reception issues but this seems beyond all...

Problem is which bank to run too. I have good savings, but my bank, NIB, would only offer me a 70% mortgage. BOI made a much better offer so I have switched to them ( but backed out of buying a house in the current market). Swings and roundabouts I suppose.

you say that when the phone rings, it rings through the speakers in the car. Is that only when the 3.5mm jack is connecting the phone to the stereo? If it is, your stereo is just a large loudspeaker for the iphone, just like when you use the ipod function. Activate the bluetooth in the...