Bleeping Lobster @ Transcendant @lemmy.world

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Ugh after having them come into my house once... I feel you. I love you, little ant bros, just not in my house!

This is so frickin' cool. I've been learning the occasional interesting fact about ants for nigh on 30 years and here I am, still finding out cool things about these amazing little creatures.

It's TILs all the way down!

Things I wish they'd teach kids:

• Yoga (one of my niece's school teaches them basic yoga)
• breathing / meditation
• conflict resolution
• critical thinking skills / logic
• relationship skills eg knowing your self-worth, knowing how and when to say no, knowing about your own body and that it's inviolable. If my youngest niece doesn't want to give me a hug goodbye and her mum says "go on give your uncle a hug" I always make a point of saying it's fine, she doesn't have to hug anyone she doesn't want to

I reckon you've been downvoted for the agenda comment, but you're absolutely right about it being bullshit. They fucking ruined it. Imo it's less about 'agenda' and more about the arrogance of the directing team.

Literally all they had to do was replicate the stories for the screen, but they couldn't resist putting 'their stamp on it'. What a missed open goal.

I didn't watch it until second season was out, I just didn't see how they could possibly do it justice... look at how Altered Carbon floundered, I expected (and was proven right) the same problems.

People need to attach to characters and plot. It's very hard to do that when the characters (or actor in the case of AC) change every chapter, and the plot arches over 10s of 1000s of years!

I have to say once I was able to let go of preconceptions based on the books and just enjoy it for what it is, I really enjoyed Foundation series.

Hyperion cantos

Also my top choice. One of the best scifi series I've ever read, I enjoy reading very much but it's rare that a book gives me such an emotional response. Apart from this it's only been 'The Kite Runner'... not scifi, a very very VERY sad, moving book about a boy in Afghanistan.

We had a Shannara series! Despite the creative license taken with some characters / the lore (Manu Bennett is an awesome actor but Allanon, the tall rangey ancient wizard? Really?), I was gutted that it got cancelled.

Hyperion Cantos (Dan Simmons)

Any of the Xeelee series (Stephen Baxter)

Quantum Magician series (Derek Künsken)

I've done a bit of digging around into UK case law. Not sure whether it's worth the hassle, but there's a legal term 'negligent misstatement' which may be applicable. The tricky part is proving intent, if I can demonstrate that the seller has deliberately concealed pertinent information and massively overvalued the property... they might be liable for my costs.

Lots of 'might' in there though, and proving intent can be difficult. I've instructed solicitor to cease work on the exchange of contracts; wondering if I should say anything to the seller / estate agent. They wasted my time and probably £1000+ of my money, and I definitely feel a petty impulse to waste theirs in turn.

Neither applies, I'm doing a Craig David and Walking Away for sure.

Agreed. I'd already had some thoughts that it wasn't the one but after all the advice I've gotten here, there's no way I can buy this house.

Yeah I took the explanation at face value, at first... but the more I think about it, in conjunction with not turning the water on it feels very much like they're trying to pull a fast one.

This is a really good idea. My dad and I were saying yesterday it's such a waste of resources for each buyer to have to get a survey done, especially where the property has hidden issues. Would be great to have some sort of national register, where the first person to pay for a survey can then give access to subsequent buyers for a nominal fee.

I'm definitely going to give the estate agent a politely-worded email stating clearly that the seller is being at best neglectful and at worst, deceptive. I'm sure they won't be happy either about having their time wasted. I'll also pass a copy of the survey on.

Sometimes overthinking everything can be a curse, in this scenario it seems to be more of a blessing for sure!

Am not sure I'd be able to do that, it's attached to another house; planning permissions I imagine would be a nightmare; it's likely they'll balk at any reductions in price let alone a massive reduction; and iirc the terms of my mortgage are specifically for a house purchase not a house build.

Dream idea though, I was looking at land the other day thinking how cool it would be to be able to just buy some land and build a house on it. Potentially cheaper than buying, just a huge project to manage.

There's nearby homes in turnkey condition for £90k, forget £100k! Like I said I have to wait until I have the full report in my inbox but it kinda feels like they're trying to pull a fast one, especially with regard to the electrics / unsigned electrical cert. What company gives an electrical certificate but doesn't bother to sign it? I don't see how either the estate agent nor the seller had no idea it's in such a bad state.

Yeah peace of mind is priceless. Plus as I'm buying via a mortgage, there's no question about getting surveys done... iirc the provider would be content with a 'basic' survey but I felt like it was worth the extra ~£80 to go for a more in-depth one!

Am trying to look at it not as £500 wasted, but a £500 expense that's saved me from potentially making a very bad purchase.

The surveyor said he was actually surprised to find the roof in quite good condition... seems like at least one area where it's either been properly maintained, or had very high-quality work performed.

I'll definitely do some shopping around for structural engineers in the area for future surveys, might as well go in deep for the most expensive & important issues before moving forward with any future potential purchase. Great advice, thanks.

That's funny - not your roof troubles but that they came crawling back in the end, because they must've found that every other buyer was similarly unhappy about the roof. My dad had the same thing trying to buy a house last year, they wouldn't accept his bid then came back months down the line to accept it... at which point my dad reduced his offer again by 5k haha.

I am definitely going to make the point to the estate agent (who was boasting she could've sold the house 10x over), that all other buyers are going to have a survey carried out and discover the same serious issues. So if the seller and her are serious about selling the house, then they need to sell it for a serious price that reflects those serious issues!

PS as a half-Malteser, cool username :)