Readit NewsEven though that joke is wrong… graphite breaks off and is a fire hazard… in this case using dispensers seem to eliminate this problem and the massive apparatus used to support it.
Maybe Hilton guests just really like their bar soap? How many people don’t bring their own anyway?
Either wages need to rise or house prices need to fall.
[0] If you look at somewhere mundane like Essex the median 'affordability ratio', as measured by the Office of National Statistics ( https://tinyurl.com/x5jatcx8 ), was 4.5 in 2000 but is now north of 10. And yes, low interest rates help with monthly affordability but house prices have gone up ~4 fold in the last 20 years while the multiple of your income banks will lend has not, and peoples capacity to save a deposit that is 4x bigger has not.
[1] https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/buytolet/article-9969349...
This is way too much. We just finished paying off our current house and our payment was around 14% of our net. We are high earners in a low CoL area so the house is really nice, but wasn't very expensive. I can't imagine being "house poor" after this.
Historically in Australia, it's seemed like houses have doubled in price every 10 years. More recently, it's seemed like every 5 years. A house I bought 10 years ago would now be 2.5* that as land value alone. A building I bought has apparently doubled in value in five years.
Probably an unviable business no matter the wage. People cannot be depended on to subsidize someone's business by accepting crappy wages.
Either wages need to rise or house prices need to fall.
[0] If you look at somewhere mundane like Essex the median 'affordability ratio', as measured by the Office of National Statistics ( https://tinyurl.com/x5jatcx8 ), was 4.5 in 2000 but is now north of 10. And yes, low interest rates help with monthly affordability but house prices have gone up ~4 fold in the last 20 years while the multiple of your income banks will lend has not, and peoples capacity to save a deposit that is 4x bigger has not.
[1] https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/buytolet/article-9969349...
Raising wages in not in the best interest of share holders.
Edit: wording.
Another idea: assuming you have an electric water heater, when your battery has been fully charged and you still have excess generation, use the excess to heat your water heater up to a very high temperature like 80 degrees C. You'll then be using very little hot water in the evening for showers and dishwashers, etc, and the water heater basically won't need to turn on at all.