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Hi Cervelo . My original calculations for the square meter area of the house must have been wrong because a more accurate measurement gives the following results. Bog standard four bedroom house Kildare Area = 134 Square meters. Rebuilt costs as per calculator = €415,000. Value if sold today...

Yes I know that all too well but I still find it confusing that it cost more to rebuild a house than the house is worth

According to the chartered surveyors calculator the rebuilt costs for our bog standard four bedroom house is approximately €100000 more than the sale value. Could this be correct or am I missing something.

Hard to believe that engineers have managed to put men on the moon and yet cannot design a public address system that actually works . I’m lucky to have passed through quite a few airports and train stations over the years and generally all public addresses are followed by people looking...

How do you define “ nearly killed “ ?

Thank you for the speedy reply AND the good news . I had myself convinced that due to some change in tax law around 2010 I would owe something . Regards.

Hi. After two and a half years I am blowing the cobwebs off this old topic and once again asking for your help . Thankfully I have survived to see my life insurance policy pay out . I did consider cashing out in 2020 but decided to stick with it . Just to clarify . Life ( with profits ) policy...

Just in a final follow up the passport arrived this morning so happy days. Just find it strange that of two passports applied for within fifteen minutes of each other on 11th one arrives in thirty six hours and the other takes nine days . That's just an observation not a criticism as all's well...

Thanks so much for that piece of information tommygirl . Its a great relief to know that there is a grace period between issue of new passport and the cancellation of the old one. I had visions of it being cancelled as we were travelling. There is about six weeks remaining on the old one which...

As someone else has said the office is virtually uncontactable . If you do manage to contact them then they will not address any issues regarding an online application that is " in process "

Thanks for reply. If i saw online that the passport had been issued say on 24th i wouldnt risk travelling using old one on 25th . Probably just cancel early flight hope that passport arrived that day and book a late evening flight. Time between issue and delivery seems very fast .

Thanks Itchy. Strange that on Department of foreign affairs website it states clearly that you must have a valid passport to enter Portugal.

Thanks for reply. You do not have to return a passport in order to get a renewal . Just apply online and supply all the required info . As I said my new passport arrived without a hitch within a day and a half .

Hi. In a potential mess of my own making really . With two months remaining on both our passports I decided on 11th May to do online renewals . ( wet afternoon nothing better to do ). Very simple process and my new passport arrived promptly forty hours later . However my wifes passport has...

Hi Thirsty . Thanks for your reply and sorry for delay in responding. I would prefer to buy somewhere that i could actually " handle the merchandise " before buying .

Hi. Like the title says have you ever bought prescription specs while travelling ? . The reason i ask is that I wear varifocal light reactive glasses which are quite expensive and I need a new pair . Last time I bought was when I was lucky enough to visit Vietnam and I got them at roughly half...

After two years of constant bad news and hysteria surrounding covid is it too much to ask for a short break from the doom and gloom so beloved by mainstream media . By the way I am fully vaccinated a firm believer in the medical solution and know that covid has brought doom and gloom to many...

Still going ........ Just :D

Hi. Our Sharp Aquos 37" TV expired recently after about fifteen years of loyal service . I asked the TV tech who diagnosed the death what he would suggest as a suitable replacement and he replied that I " couldnt go wrong " with the 43" Samsung . Having had a reliable tv for many years I am not...

Thought there for a while I had accidently clicked into the Boards or The Journal website . All the finger wagging , pointing and virtue signaling appearing towards the end of this thread is more akin to what I would expect from those sources rather than a serious and responsible site like "...