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Family have 1 acre zoned residential - no hope of selling it in this market. Hope to sell in 5 - 10 years when things improve. In the meantime we are looking for ideas for what to do with it. One suggestion is to plant trees that can be sold as mature trees within this time frame. We do not...

Need to get public liability insurance on a site which is close to a town. It's about 2 acres zoned residential but nothing built. Anyone recommend an insurance company? Have a quote from FBD but just want to shop around and so far can't get any other quotes. Thanks.

Is it possible to buy NSP's now that I have left Public Service? Is it possible to go back and buy NSP now that I have left the Public Service. Had 15 years which is now locked in till age 60. Have been in the private sector for 4 years now. Thanks.

Thanks for all your thoughts on this. Have put her first name on form and ticked that I have made reasonable efforts to obtain her pps number (which I have). I feel if I presure her any further that she sign the form then she might just move out. As I said hard to get tenants for a shared house...

The person concerned moved into a shared house - selected by others in house. Might be hard to believe but I know very little about her apart from first name. The others liked her she paid deposit and all seems to be well. I did not make the usual thorough reference cheques and now suspect she...

Tennant does not want to sign or put their details on PRTB form. What should I do?

My father wants to transfer a site of approx 2 acres adjoining the family home to three of his children. The other sibling will get the house. The site until now has only ever been considered as part of the garden. His concern is that separating it as an asset away from the 'family home' and...

My mother was in that situation a number of years ago. She moved out of the family home which was in a bad state and my dad could not use the stairs anymore due to a stroke. They moved into a house owned by a brother. After my dad passed away she applied for the pension but was refused based on...

Hi Thanks for all the replies. I got some professional advice which was to take it down before doing work extending the house as any disturbance would likely damage its roots. Apparently a lot of these trees have been killed off by the frost this year. Once everything is settled I'll put a new...

Have a cordiline Palm tree very close to the house - about 3 ft away. My guess is that it is at least 25 years old. I've always liked it's exotic look. While blocking light it also gave privacy. At the moment I am condering a kitchen extension on a tight budget (will probably be posting about...

He - the company- was recommended. I guess I just did not trust him when he tried to pawn the badly fitted job off on me - ah it will be grand with a bit of silicone. However once he knew that I was just not going to accept it he agreed to do it again - he just blamed one of the workmen. When I...

Thanks for advice. I was surprised when he put his hands up and agreed that it was a mistake. He is going to refit it. I just hope he will do it well this time. I let it go that the border in the tiles was put in the wrong place. I am now wondering how does one fit the door when there is an...

Have had ongoing problems with leaks in ensuite shower. Decided to do a once and for all "fix it" got new tray with upstand and new door. Wall needed to be built out a couple of inches to fit tray and door. However the builder has installed the tray without using the upstand with the effect that...

Any suggestions for what to use instead of tiles in a shower area? Am puting in a new shower tray and shower door. Have to do a complete retile of the area but would prefer to use something other than tiles as within a year or two the grout will be yellow from fake tan and hair dye and it will...

Just wondering about insulating cavity walls in 20 year old house. At the time it was built I think the idea of the cavity had an insulation function in itself. I understand filling in cavity blocks with insulation is recommended but does the same go for cavity walls? Getting SEI quotes for...

Get an oven with pyraclean feature - you will never have to scrub an oven with those horrible toxic cleaners again. It turns all grease to ash which just needs to be wiped over with a damp cloth. Worth the extra you might pay for it. I got a zanusi some years ago but lot of the better branks...

Any one have this happen with O2. Toping up on line I select the amount I want to top up e.g. 20 and confirm payment. However my top up gets duplicated and I end up with 40 or 60 in credit and loads of texts confirming top ups. First time it happened I thought maybe I confirmed twice but it...

How important is it to have a lease in place. My tenants have been in house for 5 years. The lease expired in April. I did not renew it as there was a possibility they were going to move. It was a house share between 3 with one lease holder. One person moved out and they could not find a house...

Any advice on diversifying or rebalancing the following portfolio of shares: 20% in banks 10% in construction 20% in ETF - UK FTSE 100 and FTSE Dividend ETF 20% in Eurostoxx Dividend ETF 10% in managed growth equity fund 10% in cash 10% remains to be invested With remaining 10% was thinking of...

My tenants looking for rent reduction on 3 bed house in Dublin 9 (v. nice house in top condition off street parking and sunny garden which I maintain), Rent was 1,350. I droped to 1,200 but they want it down to 1,100. Looking at daft 1,200 seems below the going rate but I wonder is anyone...