After 18 months of living in a 1-bedroom flat in Muswell Hill, North London, this weekend I am moving to a 3-bedroomed house in Hornchurch, Essex. I’m going to lodge with Aprile Harman initially for 6 months. It’s going to have huge financial rewards for me because I’m getting a pay rise at [...]
I attended UKCoD?s Deaf People from Overseas Conference today with Sumita Paul from work. We learnt quite a few things and I thought I would tell you as well, raise some awareness of the issues surrounding Deaf asylum seekers and refugees who come to the UK.
What is the difference between an asylum seeker and [...]
Apologies to those people who like to post comments on this blog. Unfortunately, due to the ridiculous amount of spam I get, I have decided to close the comments and trackbacks parts of this blog. This means that no one can post anything any more. Hopefully this will also mean no more [...]
Rachel and I’s offer on the house in Oakdale has been accepted! Gulp! We are thrilled to bits and have already been to see our IFA and sorted out our mortgage. We’ve bought at a really good time, because stamp duty is no longer applicable for houses under ?120,000 and our mortgage [...]
I did something rather mad today. I made an offer for a nice 3-bedroom house in Oakdale, Blackwood! Rachel and I viewed a few properties this weekend in the valleys around the Pentwynmawr area, which included Newbridge, Pontywaun and Abercarn. But we settled for the property in Oakdale simply because it didn’t [...]
