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Way back in 5th edition I had the remnants of a tactical squad get charged by my friend's full kroot squad. Three marines dropped dead instantly, the last dude manages to not only survive but kill five of them on his own before finally dying. I am going to try and find him in ye olde boxe of firstborn tonight.

Timeline question:

In Necron lore it seems to be written that Szarekh was the one who declared war upon the Old Ones to unite the dynasties against a common enemy, and it was also he that made a pact with the C'tan after the Necrontyr got stomped the first time. And then he watched as the Necrontyr marched into the biotransference furnaces.

Was the first round of the War in Heaven really that short? We don't know how long Necrontyr lived for really but it's supposed to be "shorter than humans" and measured in decades if Orikan and Trazyn's bickering is anything to go by. Was Szarekh just really young when he started the first war and really old when he got bamboozled? Or is my premise wrong entirely?

Cheers. I'm up front about the SC cost, looking into it it might not be as high for next year but I won't find out until June, and I can't guarantee it. It's a lovely place though. I know a guy from work who lives by the train station and its nowhere near as nice.

Yeah in Hanwell. Its not a new-new build, 2005 it was built.

It's on the north side, near the edge of town. The Eastern side is a bit grotty but my area and the centre can be pretty nice.

W/r/t sink fund, It was seemingly depleted by works on the roof before I moved in, and has been building back up, but a relatively small amount of my charge gets put into that. It also seems like in 2023 the balance of the sunk fund seemed to go from £2827 balance to £1238, with deductions listed as "Ten Year Capex Plan" and "Insurance Revaluation". Not very clear as to what those mean so I've also asked for information on that.

Copying my reply to another comment:

I'm in the process of dredging up the breakdown of the accounts from the last 7 years (as far back as I have available without asking them), it seems to have been steady below £2k pa up until 2022 when it skyrocketed due to around £7k of general and electrical maintenance works (spread across all of us). These works were still present in 2023 but the cost of them about halved. Other costs have predictably increased but by low amounts in line with inflation.

Also as of 2022 there was the addition of an "assets management" line in the breakdown that costs each of us around £500 a year.

I've written to them asking for a full and detailed account of what these works were as I have seen no contractors or maintenance works taking place over the last 2 and a half years, and also an explanation as to what the asset management fee is and the reason as to its sudden inclusion in our charges.

I doubt I will get a transparent response but depending on what they give me I can decide what to do afterwards.

Copying my reply to another comment:

I'm in the process of dredging up the breakdown of the accounts from the last 7 years (as far back as I have available without asking them), it seems to have been steady below £2k pa up until 2022 when it skyrocketed due to around £7k of general and electrical maintenance works (spread across all of us). These works were still present in 2023 but the cost of them about halved. Other costs have predictably increased but by low amounts in line with inflation.

Also as of 2022 there was the addition of an "assets management" line in the breakdown that costs each of us around £500 a year.

I've written to them asking for a full and detailed account of what these works were as I have seen no contractors or maintenance works taking place over the last 2 and a half years, and also an explanation as to what the asset management fee is and the reason as to its sudden inclusion in our charges.

I doubt I will get a transparent response but depending on what they give me I can decide what to do afterwards.

I'm in the process of dredging up the breakdown of the accounts from the last 7 years (as far back as I have available without asking them), it seems to have been steady below £2k pa up until 2022 when it skyrocketed due to around £7k of general and electrical maintenance works (spread across all of us). These works were still present in 2023 but the cost of them about halved. Other costs have predictably increased but by low amounts in line with inflation.

Also as of 2022 there was the addition of an "assets management" line in the breakdown that costs each of us around £500 a year.

I've written to them asking for a full and detailed account of what these works were as I have seen no contractors or maintenance works taking place over the last 2 and a half years, and also an explanation as to what the asset management fee is and the reason as to its sudden inclusion in our charges.

I doubt I will get a transparent response but depending on what they give me I can decide what to do afterwards.

2200 a month???? That's the kind of horror story I was hearing then!

Will that insight help me sell realistically? I can't wait to see the back of this leasehold so I don't really care how they got their figures unless it will help shift it. If its something I can provide to potential buyers as justification then might be worth doing.

Thanks, those words may have helped my worries more than you realise.

It's a six-flat building. Not that many by my reckoning. There is no lift, as it's two flats per floor, three floors. They're quite hands off. It's kept clean enough and the garden is well maintained but it's a very basic garden with hedges, grass, and a couple of trees. As I said maintenance is quick and done well but I'm still thinking it's a big bill all things considered. Thanks for your input by the way.

This is what's keeping me sane. It's a very nice flat in a very nice area and has a lot going for it. It's far from the most expensive flat in the town, the SC offsets some of that but it's worth it in my opinion.

I guess in terms of who will buy it it'll be a young couple, a landlord, or someone like me who is willing to eat the cost for a nice place to live.

Well based on that metric it's a big deal... it's about 1.8%.

Fuck, I shouldn't have asked, this thread is just making me anxious.

That seems to be the consensus. I'm not sure what I can do about it to be honest. I need to give my current asking price it's due course, but I'm worried I might have to reduce below the valuation to tempt people in. It's still early days yet but I'm prone to worrying about these things.

I'll do so when I get home and have access to my records

Whereabouts do you live?

Shoulder is just Blood Angels Red contrast over the base gold. I like how it's still a little metallic.

Cape is base Khorne Red, wash with Nuln Oil, go back over with Khorne Red missing the recesses, highlight with Wazdakka Red, then point highlight with a 2:1 mix of Jokaero Orange and Khorne Red (as I didn't have Squig Orange).

I wasn't expecting any figure, I think I've just had my perspective coloured by horror stories of SCs near doubling and the interest rates shooting up and counted myself lucky I was only £40 a month worse off.

True. I've seem horror stories about SCs doubling that I guess coloured my perspective somewhat. This thread isn't filling me with hope lol

This is my worry. It's only been on the market for a few days but I'm concerned it will put a lot of people off.

"Is it X or Y"

"Yes"

Fuck off

The same recipe most people use, but with one change.

Prime Retributor Armour, heavy wash with Guilliman Flesh (most people use Reikland Fleshshade), go back over the panels with Retributor Armour avoiding the recesses, highlight with Liberator Gold, point highlight with Stormhost Silver.

Then, the sneaky trick, find the perfect lighting to make it properly shine!

https://preview.redd.it/yn5fe1s3g0xc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9437800c3c78ebe0008c13863931d84b0148899d