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I found Greg after reading his recommendations on here last week, and I'm so glad I did! We needed some urgent decorating to be done and a few odd jobs to be completed by Friday, and they did it, and to a very high standard. The decorating involved filling a lot of hairline cracks in the walls, which was very fiddly and quite a task in the time scale. Greg arranged for Jacob to do the work as he was working elsewhere, and Jacob was great - very diligent and efficient, and a pleasure to have around. The results are far better than we hoped. Greg even came round on Sunday to fit a curtain rail that had fallen off the wall - it's clear he goes above and beyond for his clients, and is very helpful, honest and reliable with an impressive and professional work ethic. Thank you Greg & Jacob!

I love Claire Tomson's, the 5 o'clock apron. Really yummy, interesting food (but accessible) for familes..She's a mum of 3 and chef..http://5oclockapron.com/

thanks Rosie for this recommendation, I've just got in touch with Marvin for the work needed to our house and he seems very pleasant

Hello I need to find a builder who will quote to replace joists affected by dry rot, resolve a problem we have with our ventillation in our subfloor, and replace with floorboards. If anyone knows a great and trustworthy builder who could help, I'd be ever so grateful for their details! Many thanks

I'd also like to highly recommend Patryk. He's done an excellent job of our garden - we now have lovely new turf, he's fixed a very heavy double gate with new hinges and made it functional again, fitted us a new single entry gate which gives us access to the road behind our house, as well as laying a shady part of our garden with artificial 'easigrass', and building my husband a chin up bar! I really appreciated his honest approach when chatting through our ideas - I thought we'd need a really heavy duty secure gate, but he said that makes people wonder what's behind there - when actually the wooden gate we now have looks non-descript and doesn't draw unwanted attention. Made total sense, and much cheaper too. He's very hard working, tidy, polite, and a pleasure to work with - I'm sure our patio has been jetwashed too, just as an added bonus. It's transformed our space and made it much more functional and it looks 100 times better.

Yes we love tiny gym too, much more to keep them entertained and set up changes each week. Much prefer the environment to toddler world, haven't been back there which says something!. Sometimes the earlier weekday sessions get full, so I'd just arrive 5-10 mins before. they do toddler swimming there too if you really want to wear them out!

Yes - it's ok, but bit of a funny set up - find it too hot as it's in the same building as the pool. But there's a bouncy castle, and plenty of things for them to play with for an hr or so, and the park is lovely.. Hope that helps!

Thanks all

Thank you! Really helpful - I was hoping to hear good things about any of these 3 as they're the closest to us! Plan to visit them all and see what's available. Much appreciated

Hello If anyone has any Montessori nursery recommendations in the area for my 20 month old daughter, I'd be very grateful. Thanks in advance!

Could not speak more highly of Hollie at London Hypnobirthing and her course - she's fantastic, I think Hypnobirthing is such a positive thing to do, helps you feel very relaxed and prepared, and it all makes so much sense. Great course for both me and my husband, and I have no doubt that it helped our birth experience hugely, I went from feeling pretty nervous about birth to feeling calm, confident and looking forward to it - she prepares you really well, and in such a positive way.

Hello, Again, I want to recommend my cleaner of 4.5 years. She has a space available on Wednesday's for anyone living within 10-15 mins of Peckham Rye station, or near Underhill Road (as she's already working in those areas that day), and would be available to start as of next week. Just to reiterate from my previous posts - I've recommended her in the past on here, and everyone's been really happy. I've recommended her to friends, my sister, and neighbours and they're thrilled with her too. She is Bulgarian and while her english is limited, you can still have conversation, but she is lovely, incredibly polite, reliable and is such a hard worker, and consistently leaves the house sparkling and her standards have never slipped. I have a 5 bed house and have her for 4 hours each week (used to have her for 3hrs for 3 bed before loft conversion), and she is so reliable, she does ironing, folds clothes incredibly neatly, and finds extra tasks to do that I don't expect - I'm not sure how she fits so much in. If you're interested, it would be very helpful if you could please PM me your road name/postcode, how many hours you want her to work for, and any questions, and I'll double check with her if it's possible and pass on her number if she can do it. Think this is the easiest way as she only has one spot available it might get complicated if she's inundated with calls! If you want to chat to me I'll happily provide a reference over the phone. Thanks Rachael

I would also recommend Rick and his team. I called him this morning (07721060037) with 2 seperate issues - a leaking kitchen sink and a blocked saniflow and his colleagues were round a couple of hours later. Very friendly, helpful and efficient and got things fixed in no time. Thankfully they could clear the blockage saving me several hundred pounds and lots of hassle for a new saniflow system. Will definitely use again if we have further plumbing troubles!

Steve and his team from Sundial have just finished repairing and painting our sash windows, door step, and front gate/railings (involving painstakingly stripping off old chipped paint and re-doing with primer and top coat), and I would also highly recommend them. They've done a fantastic job, the finish is impeccable and they were really nice to work with. Everything was done to a high level of attention to detail and they were very tidy, always cleaning up after themselves. Steve was also very helpful and a pleasure to deal with. Very happy with the end result. Thanks Steve, David and Eric! sundialps.co.uk

I also want to recommend Darren. He and his colleague came round yesterday morning to fit 4 ceiling lights, and remove two plug sockets from the walls. They were friendly, efficient and thorough, checking everything for safety and was working, and went out to get the correct light bulbs that I'd failed to get myself! Would definitely use him again, they were great! Highly recommend. Darren's number is : 07989 908341