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Des Res

A friend drew my attention to this "affordable property" - a former Telephone Repeater Station in rural Gloucestershire with easy access to Gloucester and Cheltenham and is a snip at £29,990. A few days later I was passing that way with my camera and took a closer look View of the front door through the garden from the front gate Front door - note letterbox Full fire precautions. Health and Safety is the last thing to go Reception/Master Bedroom/Kitchen/Etc The rear of the property has access to open fields So is it worth the £30k price tag? Sure, it's an expensive location but the total plot is only around 1000 square feet so you could put a modest 3 bedroom house on it with a little over for a garden. In theory, loads of parking is available at the adjacent lay-by. The only services are electricity. So it could work - if you can get Planning Permission

Yodel, Sports Direct and Amazon

My old sandals fell apart and as I had a camping trip coming up, I needed to buy another pair. Browsing Amazon, I spotted a nice pair and placed an order - paying extra for expedited delivery to ensure I got them in time. Amazon passed the order to Sports Direct who passed the goods to there "delivery" company, Yodel. With a day to go before my deadline, I checked online for progress and found that Yodel had already made three delivery attempts. This was odd since our receptionist hadn't seen anyone. Confusingly, when I tried to interact with the tracking site, it told me: Your parcel(s) cannot currently be collected from our service centre. Your parcel has not yet had a delivery attempt . Your parcel(s) cannot currently be rearranged. Your parcel has not yet had a delivery attempt I got on to Yodel who told me that their driver had been to the wrong address and they'd get the stuff to me the next day. Sure enough, at 10.00am I got a text a...