The boiler engineer has been and gone - just the routine annual service.

 

The client has also been and gone. He and his wife are applying for a council loan for work on their house (she is registered as disabled). He needed help with the accounts figures to go on the application form. I've pencilled in the figures for him but told him that I would not complete the accountant's certification section as the council require the accounts to be audited.

Accountants don't audit accounts for sole traders. Limited company accounts only need to be audited if the turnover is over £6.5 m so small companis would rarely have audited accounts. Only registered auditors can do audits. Accountants who are not registered auditors but wrongly sign an audit report will get into extremely serious trouble with their regulatory body if they get found out. The cost of getting accounts officially audited would probably be greater than the amount of the loan. So the council are way out of order on this.

I hate all this red tape EL.  How are they supposed to get around that one?  Will the CAB be able to advise them I wonder.  I hope they manage to sort it out, it sounds like a very silly requirement to me.

 

I am glad your boiler servicing went smoothly.  I have to have my boiler replaced this summer as the engineer has said it is on its last legs.  He has quoted me around £2,000 which sounds reasonable, new good quality boiler and fitting.  He is a guy I trust, any guidelines for me to look out for.  I have heard about needed a vent for a combi boiler, I remember you had a little trouble at the start.  He has said I should notice a savings in my fuel bill.

That sounds like a no win situation for the couple, El.

Good morning everyone  

 

Hi Sweet. Hope you and Bramble enjoy your visit to you SIL's I was a shame about Nadal but not unexpected. Plenty of choice on the cereal front Sweet 

 

Hi Yogi. We have sunshine  I hope it gets to you at sometime today 

 

Hi El. I'm due to have my boiler serviced next moth on the day of a hospital appoint. So the servicing date has to be changed 

 

 manners. Good morning Squiggle  

 

Have a happy day everyone  

I wish you lived round these parts squiggle. Please get a second opinion on your boiler. If it is really really old then maybe it is on the way out. But in my experience they can usually find a part here or there. I know that the modern boilers are up to ninety percent efficient compared to sixty for old back boilers, but it takes a long time to catch up two thousand poonds.

Squiggle, my combi boiler does require a vent so what you have heard seems right. That wasn't a problem as the boiler is by an outer wall of the house. My old boiler had a vent to the outside as well.

The problems I had at the start were nothing to do with the vent but were to do with the thermostat control signals being blocked from the receiver on the boiler due to the thickness of the walls. Now that I have the thermostat control closer to the boiler those problems have gone.

£2000 seems a fair price. Your engineer knows your house so should know which boiler is appropriate.

My boiler is a Worcester combi so is one of the best known makes. 5 year guarantee so although the routine servicing is done by the installation company if it broke down then I would need to get in touch with Worcester for one of their engineers to come and sort it out. On the one time I needed them they came on the day. I'm not sure what happens when the guarantee period runs out, whether I will need to pay Worcester for call out, or whether I get the installation company to do the work, but that's a couple of years away.

The client who saw this this morning will be in when someone from the council comes to their house later this week so he will ask them about the audit/accounts then.

 

It seems that this is the case across councils generally, not just locally:

http://forums.moneysavingexper...t=4566903&page=1

Its quiet in here tonight. Had to bump it from page 2 

Hi everyone, sorry I haven't been around much today. My youngest son is here on a visit and we are having a good old natter. Might not be around much tomorrow either as I am off out with future DiL on a hunt for my outfit for the wedding. Wish me luck!

Goodnight Moonie and Summer, sweet dreams.

Its nice to have the family visit Yogi  Good luck with the wedding outfit hunt  

Goodnight. Sleep well and have a great hunt tomorrow    

*night owls* I've had the BEST day off in a long time and I came home with an actual night owl! Let me find a pic for you...

Hi Sweet   

I'm glad you had a good day 

*waits for piccie* 

Hi moonie how are you today? It's a no on the owl I'm afraid, I need daylight to photograph it properly it's a picture in a frame and I've already hung it I just happened to see it and I said to SIL "I just can't leave here without that owl" and she replied with "it's very, very you" Here's tonight's owl instead, it's El, because he's good at teaching us things

Hiya  I'm okay fankoo  How's our MIL? Did you enjoy your day out with your SIL?

Okies tomorrow will be good 

 

Awww I love that owl. Its so 'teacher'  

It's the glasses on him that makes me smile lol Glad you're ok- is your back easing off at all? MIL was very tired tonight by all accounts, they've had lots of different people in to see her, including a physio who did some work with her. I hear she was in good spirits though. It's my turn to visit tomorrow Oh moonie I've had a brilliant day off, the weather was perfect! We walked for 2 hours, had lunch and did a little shopping, then had tea. SIL's young stepson was there and I adore him, we played catch together and messed around with the dogs

I'm glad your MIL was feeling good even though a little tired  I hope your visit goes well tomorrow 

 

Awww glad you had great day off Sweet. It sounds like it was very full and enjoyable and good weather too boot 

It was perfect moonie, I drove home feeling like I've been on holiday! Bramble is utterly knackered, she climbed on mr summer when we got back and promptly churchilled lol

I'm so pleased for you. You sound so happy   @ Bramble 

I think she might be in mood though moonie, I got the impression that she's not impressed that I've brought her away from the other doggies

Awww i'm sure she will soon come round. Fav doggy treat?  

Lol probably! also a good sleep and a nice walk followed by a cuddle

Have you got a pet moonie?

That's bound to work Sweet 

Nope, no pets for me 

We could adopt you a virtual owl

That sounds like a plan sweet 

Good morning everyone

 

Another fair weather day here though a bit cloudier.

 

Summer thankyou for Teacher El Owl

Good morning everyone.  Summer I'm so pleased that your day off went really well, it sounds perfect.  I think it's the teenage thing with Bramble, she's growing up bless her.

 

Moonie I hope you slept well and that your back is steadily improving   Yogi good luck with the wedding outfit, if you're anything like me you will go out looking for something of one colour and come back with something completely different.

 

MiL is making remarkable improvement Summer I hope she is not finding it too tiring.

Good morning Good luck yogi! I hope you find something you love Squiggle, MIL was well enough yesterday to let the nurses wash her hair! I'm taking my straighteners in later to flatten it for her, she'll feel really fresh for having that done Bramble is in a good mood today, just more sleepy than normal El, how's your big job going? Moonie I hope your back is even better today

Here's my owl picture...

Summer, your MIL should feel happier with having clean hair

I'm about 40% through my big job now - my aim is to have accounts out by the end of July so I am on target though it will depend on when the client gets the info I need to me. The most important being the value of contract work in progress. I won't go into how contract WIP is valued as that's a bit technical but the net value of this can be positive (an asset) or negative (a liability). It is quite possible that at the of one year it could be minus £100k, and the next year plus £50k - that would be a positive movement for the year of £150k. So until contract WIP is valued we don't really know how the company has done.

My phone rings and I answer it. After a few seconds a man says "can I speak to the person who deals with health and safety". I reply "I'm a one man business and I work from home". His reply - none, he just put the phone down. Phone number needless to say was witheld.

We get that a lot El Loro! "Can I speak to someone from your advertising department?" My favourite.... We have a website *******.com and Mrs Jer and I are the only individuals with email addresses. However occasionally we get emails saying that due to our suspect use we are about to be kicked off by "your *******.com team.

I like the owl picture   MiL will be feeling much brighter for having clean hair, it can really pull you down if your hair is feeling (and looking) grotty.  EL those calls are infuriating, I have tried to tell myself to feel sorry for the person on the other hand because that's a job I would hate to do, but it doesn't work, they always call at an inconvenient time too.

There's no need for bad manners now is there! That person could have ended the call swiftly with a "oh ok, sorry to trouble you. Bye" *shakes head*

Joe, I knew you were trouble lol

That sport/music festival very close to where I live is still going ahead during the first week-end in July.

I had a look on the map on their site and have found an error on it saying there's parking at a named place but pointing directly where I live which is different to the named place. I've sent the festival people an email about this as there is little doubt that my area will become one solid car park.

 I hope you managed to get it sorted out, El.

 

My shopping trip was a success. I now have an outfit to wear for the wedding- still have shoes and bag to buy, but I still have plenty of time for that.

Had a lovely lunch with future DiL, too.

I love this pic, Summer.

Good afternoon Buddies  

Everyone seems to have had a good day and sorted various thing out. Bravo 

 

Sweet just love the owl. Glad your MIL had her hair washed. She will feel so  much better now. 

 

Yogi glad you sorted out part of your wedding outfit. One part down several parts to go 

 

There is indeed no excuse for bad manners on a phone 

 

Laters  

Hi Moonie