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Thank you. I'll pass all of that on to her.

Right. So Kid#3 has been to see the suggested (by her works union) Steuerberaterin from Steuerring who does seem to know the ins and outs of her work situation and what you can claim etc, which is good. However when it comes to investments, she has not heard of the Vorabpauschale and does not believ...

Sounds like a grand plan. Oatmeal or zart oats? Rewe do oatmeal nowadays. Hats off to you for actually doing this. We bought a sausage maker thingy from Lakeland ltd about 30 years ago and I think we finally chucked it out (passed it on, I should say) about 5 years ago having never once given it a g...

Yes! Weirdy weirdo vibes. No-one should be trying to see you inside your home unless they think your life is at risk. I remember stories of your close-by neighbours from the past. Strange people, calling the police and taking out court orders against each other, if memory serves. I'd say get blinds ...

Arunadasi did this - she had a load of hassle with the KK as I remember, but her citizenship(s) situation was different and I don't know what effect that had.

I think Pandamunich was helping her back in the day.

Hopefully one of them will come on and tell you useful stuff.

Unless you have real trouble finding tenants, I wouldn't go there. That's bonkers. You didn't ask for 6 months in advance, did you? Also the thing about them having sold a very expensive house? What's that got to do with the price of chips? Bizarre. And the agent has a point - why didn't they sugges...

I have planted some really old seeds and been pleased as they have started to come up - and especially cool is that some of the seeds we kept from the mini tomatoes produced by plants from one of my oldies last year, have also sprouted. Growing from seed is so exciting. I think the key is not to sta...

It really has.

Colin's 30€ has been a worthwhile investment already this year

Alberto, if the expense is because you will replace your lost plants with other plants rather than with seeds, then I urge you to give kleinanzeigen etc a look - so many people have far too many tomato plants and right now they just want them gone.

That's my feeling - we lived in a hundred year old house with crappy double glazing and only a bit of roof insulation and it was fine. After all, your old Mum lived there OK, presumably. I think when you get Berater types in, they go for gold rather than the tarnished bronze most of us would be happ...

I crashed ours back in 2011 and it took us 18 months to replace.

I was fine without it and have some regrets about having one again.

If you really use it so rarely, surely hiring is the way to go, or car share if you live in an area where that is an option.

Cooked apple pancakes today for Shrove Tuesday - very yummy! Used Nigella's apple latkes from her Feast book.

Thank you. I think he's going to sell and re-buy through a better platform. The whole story is not going terribly well, we did get Buhl as you suggested, but he is unhappy about it telling him he owes about 500€ (before he's even mentioned his investments) and I think he's going to find himself a St...

OK, investing people, Kid#4, now armed with his Steuer ID, is trying to transfer his Konto from Trading 212 to Trade Republic, and the Trade Republic form asks him for his Depotnummer. He has a Customer ID, and an Invest account ID with 212. Anyone know which of those would be the one? My vote is fo...

Thanks, dstanners - yup, indeed, app-based is all they would consider

He was about to transfer his current portfolio yesterday, when he realised that he's left his tax ID at his work base, which blows the plan of starting Elster this week as well.

Hey ho. Baby steps. At least he is persuaded.

Thank you.

For German alternatives to Trading212, OK, currently starting to look at this with kid#4, he was looking at the two recommended in the other thread, but then on checking, he thinks Trading 212 is German and there should be no problem. The website blurb mentions that 212 do the tax thing. We are not...

Thanks chaps. This is going to be fun.

A brokerage account is not a current account. I think I have a vague handle on this change from 2024 - we only have a current account in the UK and the money in it was always quids, so when we move it into €, all is good. I have tried to explain to the keenly investing kids#3 and #4 that they need ...

That's extremely helpful, emkay. Getting an immediate evaluation makes sense when you point it out.