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Removing carpet grippers from floor boards

reviewmylife — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:47:43 +0000

Copyright © 2012 reviewmylife. Visit the original article at http://www.reviewmylife.co.uk/blog/2012/02/12/removing-carpet-grippers-from-floor-boards/.If you are completely re-doing the flooring of a room (to go from carpet to wood flooring, or to lay sound proofing for example) you might need to remove the old carpet grippers. Here is how I removed the carpet grippers in one room. I used: [...]

Ikea assembly service

reviewmylife — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:18:03 +0000

Copyright © 2012 reviewmylife. Visit the original article at http://www.reviewmylife.co.uk/blog/2012/01/24/ikea-assembly-service/.My flat is full of Ikea furniture. And until now I’ve assembled it all myself. I’ve either had it delivered by Ikea themselves, or used one of the taxi vans outside the store to get it back. For my new Ikea PAX wardrobe I decided to [...]

Monthly Excel planner

reviewmylife — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:22:20 +0000

Copyright © 2012 reviewmylife. Visit the original article at http://www.reviewmylife.co.uk/blog/2011/12/19/monthly-excel-planner/.I’ve previously produced a weekly planner Excel spreadsheet, but recently I’ve needed to use a monthly planner with hourly time slots. It is a simple one page monthly planner. The times from 6am-1am are along the top, and the days of the month from 1-31 are [...]

2013 Staff holiday planner spreadsheet

reviewmylife — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 03:40:52 +0000

Copyright © 2012 reviewmylife. Visit the original article at http://www.reviewmylife.co.uk/blog/2011/11/18/2013-staff-holiday-planner-spreadsheet/.At the time of writing it nearing the end of 2011 so some of you may be searching for my previous staff holiday planner for 2012. If you are planning very far ahead (or if you are reading this in 2012/2013) you might want my 2013 [...]

Extending a leasehold, Section 42 and the LVT

reviewmylife — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 07:15:36 +0000

Copyright © 2012 reviewmylife. Visit the original article at http://www.reviewmylife.co.uk/blog/2011/10/04/extending-a-leasehold-section-42-and-the-lvt/.I recently completed a leasehold extension which involved issuing a Section 42 notice and applying to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal. It was a long process but now that it is over I can share an account of what happened. If you have bought a property in [...]

Panmunjom, DMZ and seeing the North Korean border

reviewmylife — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 04:46:51 +0000

Copyright © 2012 reviewmylife. Visit the original article at http://www.reviewmylife.co.uk/blog/2011/09/29/panmunjom-dmz-north-korean-border/.Whilst on holiday in South Korea I went on a tour of Panmunjom and the demilitarised zone by the border of North and South Korea. There are lots of agencies running similar tours, and there are differences in what places you see on each tour. I [...]

How to edit PDF files for free

reviewmylife — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 04:16:47 +0000

Copyright © 2012 reviewmylife. Visit the original article at http://www.reviewmylife.co.uk/blog/2011/08/31/how-to-edit-pdf-files-for-free/.I had a PDF form which I needed to fill in. The form was not editable, but I still wanted some way to fill in the fields on the computer rather than having to print it out and fill it in by hand. A quick search [...]

Shibamata summer fireworks in Tokyo

reviewmylife — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 06:08:10 +0000

Copyright © 2012 reviewmylife. Visit the original article at http://www.reviewmylife.co.uk/blog/2011/08/24/shibamata-summer-fireworks-in-tokyo/.On Tuesday 26th July 2011 I went to see the summer fireworks display at Shibamata, north east of central Tokyo. From the station I had to walk through a traditional street before getting to the park where the fireworks were to take place. I made it [...]

How to find a Leopalace flat in Japan

reviewmylife — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 02:42:20 +0000

Copyright © 2012 reviewmylife. Visit the original article at http://www.reviewmylife.co.uk/blog/2011/07/13/how-to-find-a-leopalace-flat-in-japan/.Leopalace is one of the largest flat/apartment rental companies in Japan. If you want a real self-contained home (rather than a room with shared facilities in a guest house) they are a good option to consider as they are happy to rent to foreigners, and have [...]

Hiring a car in Japan

reviewmylife — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:34:12 +0000

Copyright © 2012 reviewmylife. Visit the original article at http://www.reviewmylife.co.uk/blog/2011/07/08/hiring-a-car-in-japan/.During our holiday to Okinawa we hired three cars; one in Naha, one on Tokashiki Island, and one on Ishigaki Island. This is an account of how we hired the cars, and what it is like to drive in Japan. Booking a car at a Japanese [...]