Mine delayed too (full bike), now for a second time, better be worth a 9 month wait…

James Hoffman has some recent videos on the Aeropress that may be useful. His take is that 80deg is too low to get decent brew.

You could start at Penrith, walk/get bus to Pooley Bridge, follow path south of Ullswater then either get on the Highstreet ridge and follow it to Troutbeck or go up Helvellyn from Glenridding and then over Fairfield down to Grasmere. Both have few tarns as wild camping spots. Either way you’d walk to Windermere to finish and get train back to Penrith. Weather not looking great this weekend so you may prefer a low level route.

As perchy says, its completely dependant on ‘desirability’ of the property as the other bidders may be willing to throw silly money at, particularly in places like Glasgow’s west end. We put offers in on a few properties last year and made decisions based on how much extra up front we were willing and able to put in on top of mortgage deposit and how much we felt we would need to initially spend on each.

Got out bid on all and ended buying a fixed price new build!

Mating bolt/screw?

Used to live in Knightswood just south of Garscadden Railway Station, which is the nicer end next to Scotstounhill. Area was fine, but there’s nothing really within walking distance and there are some of the neighbouring areas are a bit rougher.

Been house-hunting recently ourselves and would suggest Bishopbriggs would suit your criteria. Looked at a couple up there, but as we both work south of the river, we’ve decided on Shawlands. Alternatively, if you didn’t mind being further out of the city and getting a bit more bang for you buck, there’s a few villages just North, like Strathblane.

Just a heads up, if you’re moving from England you should make sure you understand the Scottish buying process. We’ve seen a few houses go for up to 20% over the “offers over” list price, which was 10% over the valuation, so would have needed an extra £20K laying about! Bit of a seller’s market at the moment.

Biking wise, you’ve got Mugdock, Cathkin Braes and Carron Valley for a quick muck around in the evenings. Kilpatrick Hills have a few routes too. Within an hours drive, you’ve got both Aberfoyle and Ardgarten. Glentress is less than 2 hours too.

Two bikes that look very similar but designed for different ride styles. The Topstones are much longer for off-road stability (article), whereas the CAADX is based around cyclocross, so much more racey. I have a CAADX and have been looking at swapping it out for the Topstone, as although the CAADX is a fantastic bike, I always feel like it’s at the edge of it’s (or my) ability when the going gets rougher.
Someone’s likely about to make a comment about the perils of BB30, but I’ve had no problems myself (yet).

Be wary about adding internal access to your garage as [AFAIA] you’ll be falling foul of building regs and may be pulled up when you sell.

It certainly used to be the case that a garage connected to the house is supposed to have a lower floor level than the house and have a fire door connecting the two.

From Approved Document B of Building Regs:

5.4         If a domestic garage is attached to (or forms an integral part of) a dwellinghouse, the garage should be separated from the rest of the dwellinghouse, as shown in Diagram 10.

5.5         Where a door is provided between a dwellinghouse and the garage, the floor of the garage should be laid to fall to allow fuel spills to flow away from the door to the outside. Alternatively, the door opening should be positioned at least 100mm above garage floor level.

Why don’t you just do as you propose, but also set up an auto reply to inform people that she has changed her address. That way, people should gradually update their contact details for her. I think it’s called “vacation message” in the Gmail settings.

To add to Poly’s idea, you can get steel security mesh that you sandwich between the plasterboard and studs to resist tool attack. We had to spec it on a job for a Home Office site due to their security requirements, so would suggest it would suit yours.
A stud wall is much easier to construct in an existing space than masonry and will also allow you to include some insulation if you are creating a man-cave. If confronted with a solid wall and a door, the thief’s always going to attack the door/lock.