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Practical advice on your motoring queries, from buying, selling or issues you have with your current car
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My new landlord wants me to pay a deposit before issuing a tenancy agreement. What should I do?
Property Clinic: Is it common practice to request a rent deposit at such an early stage?
We want to buy a house in Donegal but are worried it may have defective blocks. What can we do?
Property Clinic: The house looks to be okay but the block test shows there is 11% free mica present
‘My partner and I have a near-perfect relationship but we are at odds on the question of living together’
Ask Roe: ‘With this single issue there doesn’t appear to be any compromise’
‘I don’t get on with my husband’s sisters, and it’s affecting our marriage’
Tell Me About It: ‘At one get-together, his sister described me as mean and selfish to my face’
Which EVs won’t make me feel carsick?
Practical advice on your motoring queries, from buying and selling to issues with your current car
Home extensions: Four questions worth asking before you decide
Before adding square metres to your home, it’s worth figuring out what isn’t working
A timber support is getting in the way in our attic. Can it be removed?
Do I need an engineer or building surveyor, or will the contractor be able to advise me?
Retrofitting: My daughter is reluctant to go the one-stop-shop route advertised by SEAI
My daughter is reluctant to go the one-stop-shop route advertised by SEAI
‘I’ve fallen for a man at work, but he might still be married’
Ask Roe: One of my friends thinks we are already an ‘item’ just by the way we interact
‘I panicked during an interview and said I have a qualification I don’t have. I got the job’
Tell Me About It: ‘There is a woman in my team I would really like to ask out but what if she finds out that I am a fraud?’
I’m about to buy a ground-floor apartment but am worried about noise from the duplex above
Property Clinic: What information should the developer provide to me on soundproofing before I sign contracts?
Best used electric estates: what should replace my diesel Mazda6?
Practical advice on your motoring queries, from buying, selling or issues you have with your current car
Most neurodivergent children have a neurodivergent parent – diagnosed or not
Part two: Neurodiversity and your parenting style
I want to add a dormer attic to my home. What do I need to know?
I’ve looked at the new planning exemptions, but am not sure if I fully understand them
‘I constantly have to see my ex and the woman he cheated on me with in work’
Ask Roe: ‘I cannot stomach the sight of them, and it pains me that they seem so happy while I continue to relive the moment I found out about the cheating’
My husband has been cold and distant since I told him about my Alzheimer’s worries
Tell Me About It: I have been paying close attention to my memory as my father was diagnosed at the same age
Does going electric still save me money if my fuel is VAT-refundable?
Practical advice on your motoring queries, from buying, selling or issues you have with your current car
‘Are the house rules in my apartment building legally binding and enforceable?’
Property Clinic: ‘I have been told that these rules are obligatory and supported by the law’
‘I want to dig the foundations for my house extension to cut costs. Is this wise?’
Property Clinic: ‘Should I ask my building surveyor to review my work before the builder pours the concrete?’
‘My friend group ganged up on me - did I deserve it?’
Ask Roe: I feel so humiliated that I don’t know how to be around them... Am I playing the victim?
‘I met a woman who changed my situation completely – but she is married with two children’
Tell Me About It: ‘She makes me feel whole... but by encouraging her to separate I am changing the course of her life’
How can you vet how an apartment building is managed before buying?
Some auctioneers just respond to my queries with ‘you’ll have to ask the management company’
I suspect that my landlord is improperly claiming rent-a-room relief. What should I do?
Property Clinic: The landlord doesn’t live here but they’re presenting my tenancy as a rent-a-room situation
‘I’ve built a life with someone but I feel more connection with my ex. Should I leave?’
Ask Roe: ‘I don’t want to end up at 80 looking back, asking: why didn’t you take the chance?’
What climbers grow well in a shady city courtyard garden?
Small urban courtyard gardens are easily transformed into lovely leafy spaces with the right selection of plants
‘Yes, size matters’: A simple guide to planting spring-flowering bulbs this autumn
Always try to source plump, firm, undamaged bulb stock
‘It was my dream job – and now I feel like an utter failure’
Tell Me About It: My new position at work was my dream job – and now I feel like an utter failure
Apartment management are ignoring our faulty windows. What can we do?
‘If the frames are not repaired soon, the only solution will be replacement’
‘My husband and I lost weight together – but he’s put it back on and I’m losing attraction’
Ask Roe: ‘I love him so much but am finding it really hard to be passionate with him in the last year’
‘I’m a dad who can’t stop crying that family holidays with my daughters might be at an end’
Tell Me About It: ‘I am gutted about this, but my wife says it’s start of new beginning for us’
What can I do if I suspect the VRT applied to my camper van is wrong?
Practical advice on your motoring queries, from buying and selling to issues with your current car
My partner wants to buy a house but I’m scared of living out his dream, not my own
Ask Roe: I have always been a bit lost career-wise and regret not living abroad when my friends did
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