Your best buys of the plague year

[platinumsage]

Apparently it does if you fit a new, more environmentally friendly boiler. I will look into this more.

I think that was the old Green Deal, the details of the new scheme haven't been confirmed yet.

 

[Sprocket.]

Pretty sure it won't cover boilers

e2a: "The Treasury says the vouchers can pay for 'green improvements such as loft, wall and floor insulation', while Business Secretary Alok Sharma has indicated that double-glazing will also be included. The Government hasn't yet given a complete list, so other improvements may also be covered – though MSE founder Martin Lewis has had a tip-off that it's unlikely new boilers will be included. We'll update this story when we have full info."

Ha!
That’s the problem I need to get one sorted, I am concerned that if everyone wants new boilers there will be a longer waiting list. I would have done this last year but hospitalisation put all on the back burner. No pun intended.

 

[ruffneck23]

Pretty sure it won't cover boilers

e2a: "The Treasury says the vouchers can pay for 'green improvements such as loft, wall and floor insulation', while Business Secretary Alok Sharma has indicated that double-glazing will also be included. The Government hasn't yet given a complete list, so other improvements may also be covered – though MSE founder Martin Lewis has had a tip-off that it's unlikely new boilers will be included. We'll update this story when we have full info."

from the link i quoted :

What is the Government energy saving grant?
Rishi Sunak will give grants worth a total £2 billion for energy-efficient home improvements, including installing insulation, double glazing and replacing old boilers.

 

[platinumsage]

from the link i quoted :

What is the Government energy saving grant?
Rishi Sunak will give grants worth a total £2 billion for energy-efficient home improvements, including installing insulation, double glazing and replacing old boilers.

Don't trust the ES. That was published on the day the announcement was made, funny that no other journalists or indeed anyone else has since found any indication that boilers are included.

 

[quimcunx]

A back massage chair thing.

An ebike and escooter. I havent had much use out of them yet but we'll see. I suspect I will want to avoid PT for quite some time.

 

[ruffneck23]

Don't trust the ES. That was published on the day the announcement was made, funny that no other journalists or indeed anyone else has since found any indication that boilers are included.

best wait and see then

 

[SpookyFrank]

A little Yamaha Reface keyboard, and a Korg Volca drum machine.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

SUP board. We can now exercise away from pretty much anyone. Spent two hours on th yesterday. Lovely way to get exercise.

Bought a SUP board too, the River Wey is at the end of my road and this week seems to be jammed solid with the things, but you are still distanced from the other bods wobbling their way up the river

 

[Fedayn]

My Barbour Mariner jacket, Detail your latest clothes and slap related purchases here #2. £249:00 down to £71:00, just for sheer price cut value alone

 

[Cloo]

A back massage chair thing.

Yeah, early in lockdown I bought one of those massagers you can drape over your shoulders - only use it occasionally, but it has done a good job on unlocking my neck/shoulders a few times

 

[Little Piranha]

My Barbour Mariner jacket, Detail your latest clothes and slap related purchases here #2. £249:00 down to £71:00, just for sheer price cut value alone

Went to John Lewis in Kingston yesterday to get a butter dish and the clothes sale is incredible. Bought three jumpers-£69 down to £14, £65 to £13, £49 to £20.

 

[wtfftw]

Animal crossing.

 

[chilango]

V60

 

[Tankus]

Upped my tablet to a Samsung s5e...128gb, 6gb ram and a lush screen.......10.5in

Its very slim , the metal case means its hard to grip...Ive had to put some silicon armour on it with a backstrap, so its more comfortable in the hand with less chance of dropping it , but its back to tubby.

 

[frogwoman]

Bought some sandals yesterday and I've also ordered some socks with patterned coronaviruses on them.

 

[William of Walworth]

Lockdown time has been getting broken things fixed time for us. So we've sorted .....

New fridge and new washing machine
Because both the ancient predecessors died disastrously within a fortnight of each other
Also, between us, we fixed the broken loo-cistern -- new parts only cost about £20= in total, but an essential!! job despite the complete faff of doing it ....
Just the temperature gauge wired up to the boiler to sort out now -- we have hot water but no central heating atm, good job it's July!

Most weeks, I've been ordering quality bottled beer from our friend's brewery near us -- he'll deliver
(Plus occasional scrumpy made by another local friend of ours)

Not much else!! We've saved plenty
Enough to tax and insure The Van without debt in April.
Plus enough (last fixing thing) to buy a new shower soon, it's been dead for nearly two years (the bath works fine!!!)

 

[William of Walworth]

Oh! And concerning broken things (replacement of), our new black kettle was a much-needed buy from Wilkinsons!

 

[LDC]

A set of kettlebells, some gym matting, and an outside wall mounted pull-up bar. Not sure I've bought anything else that was lockdown specific.

 

[zora]

A couple of biggish purchases right at the beginning of lockdown are alright but not as amazing or essential as I thought they would be (weighted blanket and noise-cancelling headphones).
Handsdown winner for great value/enjoyment/satisfaction/usefulness has got to be the jar of chopped garlic I bought with my last supermarket shop before lockdown.

 

[William of Walworth]

anything else that was lockdown specific.

Anything bought during the lockdown period counts, surely?

 

[Numbers]

New fridge and freezer, we didn’t have a freezer at all over lockdown until a cpl of weeks ago. Bought a nice bench for the garden + a cpl of Vango Thor chairs too.

 

[LDC]

Anything bought during the lockdown period counts, surely?

Ah, I was thinking things I bought that I wouldn't have bought anyway I guess. Not sure I can think of anything either way!

 

[retribution]

Erb vaporiser and a decent desk from these guys who used to make sets for the theatre then started making desks in lockdown. Best 'rona pivot I've come across.

 

[pesh]

2 kittens. We got them at the end of summer last year but we've been using them a lot more during lockdown. Massively glad we got them.

 

[Espresso]

I bought one of those wheel along shopping trolleys. A proper old lady one with tartan fabric. I would have been rightly stuck without it, seeing as I was doing shopping for three different households, on foot.

 

[Yu_Gi_Oh]

A tiny sweet osmathus tree which has been producing little white jasmine-smelling flowers for weeks. Lovingly tending my plants has been the nicest thing about being stuck WFH.

Otherwise, my extensive PPE collection.

 

[Cloo]

I've been buying lots of nice bath and skincare stuff because I don't need many new clothes and I'm not spending anything so I can buy that at least.

 

[RubyToogood]

It's a toss up between the bird bath (HOURS of entertainment) and the nice garden table and comfy chairs.

The bird bath wins really because the chairs are starting to go already and I'll have to get a refund eventually

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

Berghaus Air 8 - suitable for family camping, 2 adults and 4 kids (the eldest of whom is 6ft 2 and a second row forward). The tent will henceforth be known as "my massive erection".

Making its debut on Monday, 4 nights away..

Also some debt cleared, and some garden landscaped (by me. Go me.)

 

[mx wcfc]

Best buy of 2020 so far was a week in La Palma, a week before lockdown! Talk about timing.