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Tag: mortgages

  • Annotated letter from Halifax addressed to people that are not-me, but showing details of my credit card.

    Halifax Leaked My Financial Information... (Again)

    For the second time in two years, Halifax wrote to me about my credit card... but sent the letter to entirely the wrong person, leaking my personal financial information.

    Read more (293 words)

    • Article
    • posted 9 October, 2026
  • Carefully-censored letter from Halifax, highlighting the parts that show my correct address, last four digits of my card, and my credit limit... and where it shows a pair of names that are not mine.

    Halifax Shared My Credit Agreement!

    Today, my partner's husband received a letter, addressed to him, about a change to his credit card agreement. Except the letter wasn't about his credit card... it was about mine! Halifax dun goofed.

    Read more (268 words)

    • Article
    • 3 comments
    • posted 24 April, 2025
  • Dan is handed keys and a bottle of sparkling wine by Mark, the estate agent.

    Buying A House, Part 6

    The epic conclusion to the Buying A House series, in which Alec comes over and helps Dan, Ruth, JTA and Matt move an incredible amount of furniture and boxes from New Earth to their new house: Greendale.

    Read more - about 6 minutes (1290 words)

    • Article
    • 7 comments
    • posted 21 August, 2013
  • A 22-page form; each page is double-sided for added insanity.

    Buying a House, Part 3

    In the third blog post in this series, Dan, Ruth and JTA acquire some lawyers, fill out a mortgage application, and discover that the house that they've been looking at is built on an Indian Burial Ground! No, wait, scratch that last thing.

    Read more - about 5 minutes (1069 words)

    • Article
    • 7 comments
    • posted 27 June, 2013

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