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    • Thanks DX,   I wasn't aware we could do that for that length of time. I'll ask my wife to check with the bank this week
    • Yeah That's correct. We left rent payment coming out of his bank account from January 2023 - August 2023 until we could find somewhere to sort out his belongings which was fine. I tried to give notice a few times from August 2023 asking for advice from Sanctuary housing how we went about this explaining his condition and that he was in a Nursing home from December 2022. I explained we don't have any legal powers to his account like POT but were in the process of going for Deputyship and that I was the named person to act on his behalf to speak with Santuary housing. I said we could provide details of his condition and proof he was now in a nursing home with date he moved in. This went ignored despite repeated attempts to contact them until a housing manager contacted us end of February 2024 and notice was finally accepted with his tenancy coming to an end March 22 2024. Although they have continued to take rental payments for the flat despite someone else living in it from the 1st April. I wasn't aware payments were still being taken till I checked his May banks statements. I had asked them to back date rental payments to August 2023 when I gave notice rather than just giving notice in March 2024 but they've ignored that bit. I don't see why they shouldn't give it back they've taken money they shouldn't have.
    • go do a Direct Debit Guarantee Clawback to your bank if you've now got control of his bank account finny.
    • Hello, Just to check I understand things right, he moved to a nursing home, you then kept paying the rent for a period of time whilst you sorted his belongings. You have asked to give notice and asked for backdated payments of rent from when you first asked which went ignored? They are still taking rent payments.   Have I understood correct?   If I've got anything wrong please correct me.
    • I contacted Sanctury housing in August 2023 after informing them my father in law who had Dementia had moved into a Nursing home December 2022. We kept the flat for 8 months until such a time we could accomodate some of his furniture that my wife wanted to keep. I contacted them in August 2023 to let them know the situation by email as I was the named person that could speak on his behalf. I informed them that we had left it to late for POT and were seeing a solicitor for Deputyship of his financies. I asked them what information would they need in order to give notice on the flat and we could provide details of his condition and nursing home. This went ignored I left it a month and then called them October 2023. I was promised a call back from a manager over the next few days. This never happened and it was end of November when I contacted them again and they had no record of me calling them. I explained the email and again I was told the local manager to the area would call me. This never happened and I ended up emailing them in January 2024 with a copy of the email from August. Again this went ignored and I had explained to them that we couldn't just go to the bank and stop the DD as we had tried. This email again went ignored. I then had a letter written to our home address in February asking us to get in contact with them (local manager) as they were concerend nobody was living in the flat. He had an email address so I copied in the last 2 emails to say I had been trying to give notice since August 2023. I also stated that I would like the rent that was paid from August 2023 refunded back to his account as I had officially tried to give notice then and it went ignored. He replied to us about wanting to look at the flat then notice could be given once he had contacted the nursing home to confirm he was actually living there now. Notice was giving for the 22 March 2024 and this would be when rent would stop and no further payment would be taken by this point. The fact I asked to be back dated went ignored. I have since noticed on 2 banks statement for April and May that they are still taking Rent payments of £501 from his bank. Further to this which seems very strange. He was with Eon Next for his utility bill again we were having problems getting this stopped as they needed a named person on his account which there wasn't one despite me managing his online account for him. I didn't check the email address that often that I used to set it up and went to check as noticed the credit he had built up with not living there was all getting refunded in February. The email said £600 would be refunded to his account with a (sorry you are leaving us message) but how can he leave as nobody but himself had access to speak with them. I also noticed the lady in the flat above him had a letter from her bank sent to his address with his address details but his name which was dated 4th March well before we had given notice and it said (thank you for giving us your new address details) we have set all this up for your account.   So Sanctuary housing must have been aware he wasn't living there from the ignored emails for the lady above to start changing address details to move into his flat before the housing manager had even got in contact to ask if anyone was living there. What I basically want to know his do we have any legal standing to claim the rent back from when I first contacted them in August 2023? There is roughly £3000 to come back  
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Is anyone using those ethernet plugs that plug into a plug socket? Are they any good?

 

I've just moved, and we have 3 floors now. I'm quite happy to run ethernet cables up and down the stairs but the GF isn't.

 

First thing she said when we moved in was "I'm not having bloody cables all over the place like last time!"

 

Yet, she will of course, still expect to be able to stream videos and music to any room in the house. Wireless just isn't good enough, despite having a 270mg wireless router - it's just too fickle for my liking, so was looking for alternatives.

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I've not used them myself, but I have some friends who have them plugged in all over the place in their 4 bedroom house and they say they're extremely good. Apparantly, they offer a very stable, fast connection, even between floors.

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Thanks for that, I'll have to give them a go I think.

 

Just been looking on the Internet and the 200mgbit ones are about 100 quid.

 

Walked round to PC world at lunchtime expecting to see hugely inflated prices and they are 89.99.

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I am glad you started this thread as have been looking at these for a few months now but am lost on what ones are the best to buy ...these are the ones I have been looking at so don't know if they may be any use to you ?

Customers also give feedback on them on that site and after reading loads of them they seem to be ok .

 

Dave let me know how you get on with whatever ones you decide on

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LOL...seems that we are all looking to this new tech development...I hate all the ethernet spaghetti too, and get really peeved when my wireless signal degrades in the garden...

 

I tried the USB wireless dongle...it is fairly pants...

 

The one I like the look of is the single "receiver" plug that goes near your router, and then lots of "transmitter" plugs that go in the rooms you want...all plugged into the mains sockets...

 

I guess the effect is a wireless signal version of an amplifier...the only problem is that you get one of each plug in a set, when what you really want is one "receiver" and a few "transmitters"

 

Anyway...subbing to this thread to see who finds the best deals and/or combinations...

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Yep - they were the same ones as the ones in PC World.

 

I was about 20 quid short at lunchtime or else I would have bought a pair.

 

Still, there's always tomorrow.

 

Personally, I'm more than happy to run cables everywhere as I intend updating my switch to gigabit very soon and these are only 200 mbps, but I'm not 'allowed' to ;-)

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...also, while we're on techie stuff, does anyone know of a system where I can convert a 5-lever mortice-locked door into a camera entry system?

 

I'm getting fed up with running up and down stairs all night, and whilst I have the camera system sorted, I still have to either throw the keys over the balcony or get off my sorry a**e and open the door!

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LOL Spicey can you say it in a non tech way :confused:

.ie this make is best or I'l just get lost and I really really need a pc connection that very easy to set up in my loft , without wires .

 

I'm not saying wireless as my wireless is just SH*T .

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LOL Spicey can you say it in a non tech way :confused:

.ie this make is best or I'l just get lost and I really really need a pc connection that very easy to set up in my loft , without wires .

 

I'm not saying wireless as my wireless is just SH*T .

LOL - I think what Dave is looking for is a way to plug machines into these sockets, and connect directly to the network...what I am looking at is a way of boosting the wireless signals around the house and garden for the laptop...

 

Both technologies use electric plugs to boost and deliver the connection...I want wireless, haven't found any good ones yet...I think Dave just wants to plug a PC into a socket upstairs...

 

The wireless method: you sit near your router with your wireless laptop, the signal is good, you go in the next room, the signal is weaker, you go upstairs the signal is almost non existent...

 

Plug a receiver into the electric socket near the router, it picks up a strong signal...plug in a transmitter into the socket in your bedroom, it sends a wireless signal that is almost as strong as if it was coming from the router itself...

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Rather than using ethernet sockets, why not try the wireless sockets, with a wireless dongle for the PC? That way you cover all bases...your desktop is wirelessly connected, and any wireless enabled lappies also get access to the network signal too...

 

It is no help that I have no examples, but it is something to consider...the wireless/ethernet signals are both going to be strengthened, so why eliminate wireless connectivity at this point?

 

...oh, and you get absolutely zero spaghetti...

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right .. cheers for the explanation spicey ..

 

what I need is what Dave needs so seen as he is a tech I'l wait for his verdict :D

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Wireless just doesn't cut the mustard I'm afraid.

 

I have a usb dongle, pcmcia cards etc... My router is an 'N' generation, so should provide 270mbps for 100mtrs (trust me, it doesn't!), but I was looking at repeaters - but it seems like an expense that I don't need.

 

When the kids are watching a film in the living room, and I'm downloading something as well as playing music and the misses is watching something in the bedroom, the network starts to stutter as it is, and that's over 100mbps wired. Wireless just isn't good enough to compete just yet, plus I have had trouble getting it to work under Linux (I had trouble under Windows too) and what with upgrading very soon to gigabit, I'd like to find a way to take full advantage of the switch - presently only possible with cat-5 (or 6), so was just looking at those plugs as an option really - if they really can provide 200mbps, then I'll gladly take the hit and use those instead.

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Wireless - Dongle - Linux...don't even go there with all those words in one sentence...

 

I am currently reformatting the PB desktop again...the combination of the above three has managed to completey bugger the system, so now I have to "tattoo" the boot sector once more, format the partitions again, and go through the six monthly process of getting my machine how I want it once more...

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I didn't have much trouble getting the wireless to actually work, just connect at any reasonable speed.

 

Sometimes the router wouldn't even be seen, and othertimes the signal was so weak (or so it reported) that it was just easier to plug an ethernet cable in.

 

It was better in Windows, but not a lot. If I was right next to the router, it would fly along, but then the garage gets a little cold in the winter ;-)

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So, whatever happened to the wire/foil/pringles tube contraptions you used to rig up in the early days of CAG...you know the ones I mean...2,000 users, all wanting to log on, all overloading the systems...

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That was a matter of emergency! ;-) I had no phone line, no TV, no mobile signal etc...

 

Wasn't very fast though - I have thought of doing the same where I am, but I only have until next Tuesday and finally BT are coming out to give me a phone line.

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Thanks for those - I already checked on Misco for them, a pair is about 30 quid dearer than PC World. I know it's hard to believe, I could hardly believe it myself, but I suppose PC World MUST be cheaper for some things!!

 

Overclockers are a tenner cheaper, but then I can just pop round the corner and pick them up in time for the weekend, so it might just be worth doing.

 

The other thing is, I have no bank account, so paying for things on-line is a bit tricky. We deal with Misco here at work, so we have an account. I can buy things and have the money taken straight from my wages. I can't do the same with overclockers sadly :-(

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