Whenever you embark on a major home improvement project, ranging from a new bathroom to a building extension, one key issue you will have to address at the outset is that of how to manage the work involved.
What is involved
There are a number of things that need to be done:
Plan the work carefully beforehand to [...]
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Getting the job done
Posted in Uncategorized on October 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Why Britain fell out of love with DIY
Posted in Uncategorized on October 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Fast-forward to now, however, and it’s a different story. Home improvement retailer Kingfisher, which owns B&Q, saw same-store sales fall by 1.1% at the end of last year . This followed sales slumps of 8% and 2.7% respectively during the first two quarters of 2006. Changing Rooms has, of course, long since departed from our [...]
RBA gets it wrong again.
Posted in Uncategorized on October 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The RBA has put rates up now on the belief that the financial crisis is behind us, and it has to return to its established role of controlling inflation.
That this decision was likely was flagged by the speech by Anthony Richards last week, which implied that the RBA, having ignored the house price bubble created [...]
5 Ways to Save When Shopping Online
Posted in Uncategorized on June 11, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Shopping online can save you a lot of money if you’re smart when going about it. Done correctly, you can get better bargains than in stores and you save yourself the cost of traveling around from shop to shop. To really save when shopping online you need to know the right tricks for saving the [...]
The credit crisis explained visually
Posted in credit crunch, tagged credit crunch on June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For those still a little bit baffled by how the credit crisis started and then snowballed I recommend you spend 11 minutes watching this video. The concepts are very simply explained including: leverage, collaterised debt obligation and sub-prime. The knowledge will help you become a better investor in the future so that you can better [...]
5 Reasons Getting Outside and Doing Something Saves Money
Posted in Uncategorized on June 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The nice weather is starting to come around and getting away from the computer and outside is a great way to save money. Some miscellaneous reasons why:
1. You can ditch your monthly gym membership fee.
2. If you’re outside doing something then you aren’t inside paying for something.
3. Chances are it’ll help maintain your health which [...]
Pockey money
Posted in Credit cards, Loans, Uncategorized on June 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Pocket money is a valuable tool in teaching your children the value of money and can also be used as a way of controlling them. Children gain an interest in money from a very early age as they know that’s what they need to get sweets, lollipops and toys. So when should you start giving [...]
Fashion shopping virtual or real
Posted in Uncategorized on May 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s great to see so many shops have their wares online. It’s great to see size 8 models on websites looking oh so fabby in a lovely dress. Even better when they offer next day delivery. Yeah, that’s great – but does the item have a chance of looking so great when you arrive home [...]
Talk about debt
Posted in Uncategorized on March 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Nothing new but I guess,debt can break or make a relationship. This is my ordeal!! I have lied to a partner about my debts, well perhaps it wasn’t lying exactly, I just didn’t tell him anything about it. I managed to run up £17,500.00 worth of debt in less than two years on credit cards. [...]
Top Personal Finance Blogs
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Top financial Blogs on March 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Hello everyone,
Wisebread has compiled a list of Top 100+ Personal Finance Blogs and I made it in at # 138!!!! I need you guys to keep visiting my blog and continue to leave feedbacks on how I can improve on it.
Anyway,that being said,the list was based on a number of things like:
Google Page Rank
Alexa Rank
Twitter [...]
