She specialises in mediating commercial and residential property, development, social housing and private client related issues. She works domestically and with international parties. Disputes involving top insurers and top three supermarket leases. She is excellent in assisting settlement in highly contentious, emotionally fraught disputes. Laura’s approach is modern and highly effective, consistently earning exceptional feedback from clients. Her positive and energetic demeanour brings a sense of ease to what can often be a highly charged and emotional day. She invests time in advance to build rapport with the parties, ensuring a productive start. Laura combines pragmatism with a methodical approach, while remaining responsive to the unique needs of each party. Her ability to delve into the core issues provides the best possible opportunity for resolution. Laura focuses on the interests and needs of each party to assist with finding the place where settlement might lie. She very successfully facilitates negotiation, moving parties away from a pure legal position to uncover what sort of deal might work.

You might feel like you’re bothering the owners, but it’s worth the extra effort when making such an important long-term investment. It meets all of your needs and a surprising amount of your wants for an affordable price. Now you are ready to begin the negotiation stage of home buying. It’s time to make an offer. But how much do you offer? Everyone wants to get a good deal, but how much lower than the asking price can you go? And when is it smart to offer more than the asking price? The starting point is your mortgage pre-approval letter. Remind yourself that there is a maximum amount you can afford to pay. The goal is to pay even less than this, giving you more breathing room in your budget. A good place to start is by checking the sales price of homes that recently sold in the same neighborhood. If the sales prices of similar homes are roughly the same as the listing price, then you know you’re in the right ballpark.

These clips aren’t curated-they’re a celebration of the chaos, laughter, and sometimes total meltdowns that make up our days. There’s a part of motherhood no one really prepares you for-the emotional weight. It’s the quiet part. The part where you hold everyone else’s feelings while trying to manage your own. The part where you question whether you’re doing any of it right. There are days I cry in the bathroom. Days I feel invisible. Days I wonder if I’ve given too much and not kept enough for myself. Motherhood has become the mirror I didn’t know I needed. It shows me the parts I’d rather avoid and invites me to sit with them, heal them, and grow through them. I write more personally about this inner work on Mastodon, where I share longer reflections on the emotional terrain of parenthood and the quiet strength it demands. It’s a slower, more thoughtful space that allows room for honesty, vulnerability, and growth.

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