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What does Alfie have to gain by setting the house on fire?

marieukxxmarieukxx Posts: 4,880
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It's not his house and I doubt he would have home insurance being as financially strapped as they are. He's not been able to pay the rent so I don't see how he would keep up paying insurance so what does he have to gain financially? I just don't get it.
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    Shazla09Shazla09 Posts: 29,337
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    Absolutely nothing
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    ScrabblerScrabbler Posts: 51,319
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    We'll it is a bit odd, I mean if Alfie could find a way of blaming the council, for instance an electrical fire then he would probably get some compensation.
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    marieukxxmarieukxx Posts: 4,880
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    well I'm glad I'm not the only one who doesn't get the reasoning behind it.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 53,142
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    i hope this is his exit lol
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    Shazla09Shazla09 Posts: 29,337
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    Orangemaid wrote: »
    i hope this is his exit lol

    I agree I smell an exit storyline
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    ScrabblerScrabbler Posts: 51,319
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    It's possible, Alfie returned September 2010, if he was on a yearly contract it's very plausible that when he leaves it would be September/October time
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    when0in0romewhen0in0rome Posts: 7,180
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    I'm also really confused by this... Because even if he did own the house - his family will still need a home so any money he got would surely just go back into fixing the house?

    If he had lied about some high value items or something and there was more thought then maybe but it just seems so stupid.
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    Daisy_DukeDaisy_Duke Posts: 1,558
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    He really hasn't thought it through. And neither have the script-writers.
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    thejoyof_patthejoyof_pat Posts: 30,753
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    What I don't understand is that
    why does he just set fire to a random bin? (Unless you're a total fudgenut) everybody knows that the fire service and police have ways of assessing how a fire starts, he hasn't even gone to any real effort to try and make it seem like an accident.
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    secretagentsecretagent Posts: 1,553
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    Afie is a fool, that's all the reason he needs!
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    dd68dd68 Posts: 17,841
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    I have absolutely no idea
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    RetroMusicFanRetroMusicFan Posts: 6,673
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    I love Alfie and am still rooting for the poor devil but even I don't know what he will gain.

    I mean, it's not his house and Mo's behind with the rent and they are being evicted and i don't even know if there is an insurance policy (i assume there isn't because Mo can't even keep up with the rent payments).

    And I doubt there will be much of a payout for the contents.

    He will lose things of sentimental value too,
    I saw some spoilers on Instagram and it showed photos of them with Tommy and they were on fire so any sentimental loss can't be replaced and he'll go downhill even further when he realises what he's done to Kat, to the love of his life and best friend!:cry::cry:
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    puppetangelpuppetangel Posts: 2,892
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    RetroMusicFan wrote: »
    I love Alfie and am still rooting for the poor devil but even I don't know what he will gain.

    I mean, it's not his house and Mo's behind with the rent and they are being evicted and i don't even know if there is an insurance policy (i assume there isn't because Mo can't even keep up with the rent payments).

    And I doubt there will be much of a payout for the contents.

    He will lose things of sentimental value too,
    I saw some spoilers on Instagram and it showed photos of them with Tommy and they were on fire so any sentimental loss can't be replaced and he'll go downhill even further when he realises what he's done to Kat, to the love of his life and best friend!:cry::cry:


    Can you please post a link to the instagram account. Thank you :)
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    RetroMusicFanRetroMusicFan Posts: 6,673
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    puppetangel wrote: »
    Can you please post a link to the instagram account. Thank you :)

    I'm on a mobile and I can't post links,sorry, but the account is called 'eastendkalfie'!
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    EvilredzebraEvilredzebra Posts: 16,165
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    A storyline.

    The writers have run out of ideas for the character and this seem like a final attempt to make him interesting - I think we're supposed to feel huge sympathy for his plight but actually it just makes me loathe him even more as he has brought all this on himself, yet we're supposed to see the likes of Aleks as the bad guys.
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    Kim_xKim_x Posts: 3,635
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    Evilredzebra wrote: »
    A storyline.

    The writers have run out of ideas for the character and this seem like a final attempt to make him interesting - I think we're supposed to feel huge sympathy for his plight but actually it just makes me loathe him even more as he has brought all this on himself, yet we're supposed to see the likes of Aleks as the bad guys.

    This. Although if we're not supposed to see him as the bad guy, they should have had him come to his senses at the last moment and put the cigarette out, only to have not done it properly and left the house. The house would still go up, but he wouldn't be so much to blame.
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    Paul254Paul254 Posts: 608
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    He is setting fire to his house to get insurance money to pay the rent and not be evicted from the house he is burning to the ground....
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    martin2345ukmartin2345uk Posts: 368
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    Paul254 wrote: »
    He is setting fire to his house to get insurance money to pay the rent and not be evicted from the house he is burning to the ground....

    But it's not his house is it? So why would he get the insurance money?
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    moagmoag Posts: 2,350
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    It's not that the insurance company won't pay out straight away,
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    soapmadsoapmad Posts: 1,188
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    thejoyof_pat wrote: »
    What I don't understand is that
    why does he just set fire to a random bin? (Unless you're a total fudgenut) everybody knows that the fire service and police have ways of assessing how a fire starts, he hasn't even gone to any real effort to try and make it seem like an accident.
    He lights a cigarette and stick it in the bin
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    soapmadsoapmad Posts: 1,188
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    martin2345uk wrote: »
    But it's not his house is it? So why would he get the insurance money?

    He might have contents insurance.... so it might pay out a lump sum, depends what his policy is .
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    Lizzie BrookesLizzie Brookes Posts: 15,073
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    soapmad wrote: »
    He lights a cigarette and stick it in the bin
    thejoyof_pat wrote: »
    What I don't understand is that
    why does he just set fire to a random bin? (Unless you're a total fudgenut) everybody knows that the fire service and police have ways of assessing how a fire starts, he hasn't even gone to any real effort to try and make it seem like an accident.

    Actually
    lighting a cigarette and tossing it in the bin
    is a good way to make it look accidental. I saw a film once where a woman fell asleep in a chair and her lighted cigarette fell out of her hand and straight in the bin. It's the kind of thing that would be difficult to prove. I think this even happened to Dot once, a lighted cigarette accidentally causing a fire. In Karl's case, he splashed alcohol around the fuse box and set fire to the piece of paper but of course it was easily proven that the fire was started on purpose and maliciously from the traces of paper and alcohol.
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    puppetangelpuppetangel Posts: 2,892
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    Lizzie Brookes wrote: »
    Actually
    lighting a cigarette and tossing it in the bin
    is a good way to make it look accidental. I saw a film once where a woman fell asleep in a chair and her lighted cigarette fell out of her hand and straight in the bin. It's the kind of thing that would be difficult to prove. I think this even happened to Dot once, a lighted cigarette accidentally causing a fire. In Karl's case, he splashed alcohol around the fuse box and set fire to the piece of paper but of course it was easily proven that the fire was started on purpose and maliciously from the traces of paper and alcohol.

    But wont they actually check to see if any of them are smokers?
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    0...00...0 Posts: 21,111
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    He just loves a man (or lesbian) in uniform...
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    RetroMusicFanRetroMusicFan Posts: 6,673
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    0...0 wrote: »
    He just loves a man (or lesbian) in uniform...

    I'd like to see Alfie in that uniform, complete with big hose!
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