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Hi All, I am getting a piece of land fenced in and the purchase contract for the land specified concrete posts and chain link fencing. I have had 2 prices from fencing contractors (2 others did not bother to turn up to quote ;-() One is quoting to drive hole then pack soil around the...

Slightly off topic, but for major routes the most up to date maps are probable those on the OpenStreetMap project. This is an open source style project where people upload the routes. I have not to date found a decent Sat Nav that uses these maps, so I'd love to hear from anyone that has. As...

Fair enough, must just be my cynical mind! I suppose running my own business completely above board, and having had way to many interactions with "business" (mostly in the construction trade) who will usually assume "cash" prices and insist on adding VAT if you produce a cheque book I assume...

I recently dealt with a company in the Tourism sector that had advertised on it’s website that “Cards are not accepted for payment” so when I arrived I produced a cheque book only to be informed that no, we don’t take anything but cash. In terms of numbers we are talking about €200ish for...

I for one extract all of the profits in salary or distributions. I have long wondered if there was a more tax efficient way of dealing with profits, but thanks to your post (and my searching what "close company service surcharge" was) I know that I cannot! In terms of my earlier comments...

Hi, I have been an IT contractor for nearly 10 years now, and can bring the folowing to the discussion: 1 - The Ltd. Company is often a requirement if you are working through a recruitment agency - it has to do with the fact that they *can* in some circumstances become liable for your income...

Alternatively get a post hole digger and post driver from your local tool hire. I have tried to do this with a sledge and can assure you that you will split a number of the stakes, When I did a similar job around an acre I hired the two items above and myself and one other did the job in a...

Re: Proof of residency form from Dept of Social Welfare for Child Benefit every 3 mon My understanding is that there is data protection implications of using the revenue data and comparing it to the Social Welfare data. Ir seems like a massive mistake in the data protection implementation if...

Re: Proof of residency form from Dept of Social Welfare for Child Benefit every 3 mon Interesting thread. I was not aware of this. How do they ensure that Irish mothers have not left the state?

You should note doing this that if the water does not reach 60 deg C you run the risk of legionella growing in the Hot water tank. Really you should heat the tank to 60 and just set it for a short time each day. As for the rest of your post I could not agree more, I am always amazed at the...

And one other point I would add to the good advice given already Find a new plumber! The one you are using now is taking the mick if he has not checked this and has changed 9 rads in 5 years! Gtec

Spudz, my 2c worth is: - If I was looking to buy a house that had storage heating I would automatically add the cost of installing oil / gas heating. - check out the Home energy Saving scheme on the sei site. I just replaced my 12 year old oil boiler with a condensing one, and got new zoned...

Put an ad in your local free ad's. Gardeners will kill for good manure, also if there are any allotments near you ask there if anyone wants it. Gtec

Steer away from finance arranged in the garage as this is likely to be more costly over the long term.. Assuming your financial history is ok, your local bank is probably the best option. the financial regulator has a comparison here: http://www.itsyourmoney.ie/personalloancomparison#21 Don't...

Try here: http://www.energy.eu/#domestic for all of the prices in the eu. also has comparisons of gas prices, fuel prices etc. all of them have been normalised as well to give a fair reflection. should perhaps be viewed in combination with this: [broken link removed] which shows the average...

Hi To get any real idea of where the problem lies, you will need to get some solid data. In order to do this, you need to take readings at various times during a day (i.e before you go to bed, then after the boiler has been on to heat water in the morning, then befroe cooking etc.) that way you...

I can't help on what to look for, but FWIW I noticed in the local parish newsletter this week that the slates removed from galnworth church in north cork are being sold in bundles of 500 at I think €1.50 a slate. I have no idea if that is good bad or indifferent price wise, and have no idea of...

Forgive me for saying it, but I think alot of self employed trades people have what I would describe as a very cavalier attitude to paying tax or running a business. I have had cause to deal with 7 trades people / suppliers in the last 6 months, all of whom's faces fell when I produced a cheque...

It was top soil I got, not manure. and it was not FOC. Gtec

I just got one load from a company in Glanworth but they could have del;ivered as much as I wanted, I'll PM their number. I was warned by anyone in the know that getting top soil at this time of the year was pretty dodgy as it will be very wet - and can now vouch having had a 20 tonne load...