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LIGHT on POT& LETTINGS SSALES WHY ARE TRANSACTIONS TAKING SO LONG? A property sale is not just about getting a buyer and setting a completion date, several factors come into play once an offer is received. Timeframes can vary substantially based on whether there is a “chain” of property sales below a buyer, and indeed the finding of a property once you have got a buyer. 150 DAYS BECOMING NEW “Average Suggestion” You get your property on the market, you get a great price quickly if you are marketing at the right price, not an exaggerated price, and then you realise that things come to a grinding halt. WHY? Conveyancing solicitors are busy – if you haven’t instructed them when you go on the market you will now need to start that process. It can take a few weeks to do all the forms, ID and money on account. Local searches, which are part of the legal process and required if a mortgage is involved, are taking up to eight weeks in some areas to come back. Some solicitors will not even start the review of the contract until these are returned. Mortgage companies are becoming inundated with changes in interest rates happening every few months. WHAT CAN YOU DO? I appreciate that instructing a conveyancing solicitor without having all things in place seems to be unnatural as there is an uncertainty of whether you are just going to incur costs. However, with a market that may start to show signs of change, it would be wise to get all aspects prepared as soon as you know you will be putting your house on for sale. Delay may mean a price reduction or fall through if takes too long. When deciding on an estate agent also question their sales progression plans; are they interested in all aspects of your move or just getting your instructions? This is more vital than ever. WHICH SOLICITOR TO CHOOSE? Go on recommendation of someone that has moved in the last six months. Speak to your local agents about who they find to be most responsive and helpful to the cause now. If you are tempted by an online conveyancer as its cheaper, be wary, look at their google or trust pilot reviews over the last three months. On the average time suggested if you want to move this year I would recommend a conversation with a trusted agent and discuss your position. Most of all be prepared. BECKY.P@MEYERSESTATES.COM 01202 818220 www.meyersestates.com/wimborne-and-broadstone
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Nurdles and bio-beads Have you heard of them? By Roy Beal, CJC You may have heard them mentioned but what are nurdles and bio-beads? Apart from being a beach cleaning nightmare, these small pellets are often mistaken for food by the varied wildlife and sea life that come across them. Up to five millimetres in diameter, these Nurdles Bio-beads tiny pellets enter our waterways due to industrial mistakes and have a long-term effect on nature. Nurdle pollution is second only to microplastics – the tiny pieces of plastic that have broken down over time from larger items like drink bottles and other plastic waste. Nurdles are the building blocks of plastics. These pre-production pellets are the raw material used in the manufacture of most things plastic. Predominantly made of either polyethylene or polypropylene, your plastic bags, bottles and much more besides, all started out as nurdles. I’ve said it before – plastic itself isn’t the problem, but the management of plastic is. Nurdles escape into the waterways due to accidents, negligence and a general lack of care about the environment. You’ll see them on every beach and riverbank and they have been found around lakes as well. The oil and gas industry aims to increase raw material plastic production by at least 33 per cent by 2025. This presents a massive problem as an increase in production can only lead to an increase in spillage. The impact on wildlife can only get worse as spillages often make their way into our drains, which lead straight to the sea or rivers. This is how many other plastics make their way into the marine world as well. Nurdles, by their very nature, are full of toxins. Not only do they start life with chemical additives such as carcinogens, but once in our waterways, they absorb organic pollutants in high concentrations. Marine creatures then mistake them for food, cannot digest the plastic and the toxins can be absorbed into their bodies. This has massive implications further up the food chain. Over the years, containers with billions of beads have fallen off ships, trucks have spilt their loads and nurdle manufacturers have lost pellets onsite, washing them into the drainage systems. The end result is always the same; the natural world bears the brunt of our mistakes. Bio-beads Similar to nurdles in size, bio-beads are used by water treatment companies to help clean up wastewater. Classed as a biological aerated flooded filter, or BAFF, bio-beads are used in cells (also known as reactors), with each one holding around five billion beads held down by a steel mesh with three-millimetre holes. The potential for disaster is obvious. As with any industry, mistakes happen and, from time to time, these beads escape and find their way into the natural world. By the time the wastewater reaches the BAFF reactor, it will have been partially treated and solids removed. ‘Biomass’ then attaches to the bio-beads as air is introduced into the base of the reactor. The aerated water is pushed up through the bio-beads and exits through the mesh into a drainage system that leads to a river, the sea, or is reused in other applications. What can we do to reduce the impact from spillages? Not a great deal at present. Stricter regulation is needed to help reduce the chance of environmental contamination at source, and cutting our plastic usage to reduce supply and demand in the first place will make a huge difference.
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