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Bad Egg

I’ve just been refused a mortgage payment break by Egg because our circuimstances fail to meet one part of the criteria – our house has not gained as much as expected in value since they gave us the mortgage.

For some reason, being a loyal customer for almost a decade, never missing a payment on my Egg Visa card, paying off and never missing a single payment on two seperate Egg loans, and never being late with or missing a mortgage payment in three and a half years do not count enough in my favour for them to allow me a two month payment holiday.

What the hell is that all about?

Would they rather I spiral into a complete financial disaster to the point where they move to repossess the house?

It would seem that that is the case.

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No H2O

It’s been a weird 24 hours without water here in Helensburgh. At some point yesterday a water main at the far east end of town ruptured, cutting off supply to some 6000 homes.

Of course, the first we knew about it was when I got home and went to wash my hands to discover there was hardly any pressure there. This led to me wandering down to the kitchen and unwittingly draining away the last of what little we had in the tank in trying to investigate the problem.

Soon after that a neighbour stopped by to warn us of the bigger issue and advised that they were giving water away at a couple of places around the town. Fliss went off and picked up a six pack of two litre bottles, which we’ve used sparingly.

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