Loz

I rely on the EDF for getting good tradesmen and other services and, mostly, it usually is very, very good. Like TripAdvisor, you need to read comments and accept that everyone gets a bad review. I try to post something when someone has done a good job and if a bad job has been done, I would certainly report it if no resolution can be found. I haven't needed to yet, though I came very close not very long ago. Fortunately, a sort-of resolution was found and steps taken to make sure it shouldn't happen again with others, but had it not been worked out then I would have been on here to report the problems. One thing I don't do, though, is threaten a bad review. But that means that, if I ever write one, it will probably come as a nasty surprise to the subject. But the EDF is a reporting tool, not a weapon.

I looked into this a couple of years ago and the preferred qualification seems to be the CELTA (Cambridge) one.

uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What actual benefits do the people of the UK get from being in the EU? What actual benefits do the people of London get from being in the UK?

Edit it and replace it with something meaningless - a single '.' is popular. You'll need to wait a day or so for the search engines to re-index.

El Pibe Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There's a good one just outside Bridgened!! > http://www.mcarthurglen.com/uk/bridgend-designer-o > utlet/en/plan-your-visit/getting-here/ The one in Ashford is a lot closer and, having been to both, virtually identical.

- It has a covenant on the land - It is Metropolitan Open Cpace - It is too small. Either the OP is trolling and trying to start a rumour or someone has trolled him/her is a pretty major way.

You need to go back to the place you bought it.

uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It is possible to get caught in a box if the exit > is clear if there are 2 lanes of traffic and an > evil swine comes up on your left and cuts in..... If that is the case then any appeal would be successful, providing you had entered the yellow box before the person cut across. Yellow box law is not as simple as most people think. One of those box junctions may possibly be unenforceable, as the law says that yellow boxes can only be placed "at a junction between two or more roads". If the entrance to the bus station is not an official road, then it would be an illegal box junction.

stress_head Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Would the prospect student feel the same about the > lack of diversity if the vast majority of students > were white? Maybe, maybe not. But a lot of other people would.

Help-Ma-Boab Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > As I embark on my search for my first flat down > South I made the mistake of entering my rough > budget into Rightmove and putting in my home > postcode in Scotland. Could just about get this! > > http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope > rty-38845354.html My brother-in-law has just bought a lovely 3-bed house in a village not far out of Derby - ?175k. It would be worth at least ?650k (4x!) in ED.

Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The return on rental income is based not on the absolute value of the house, but on the rentier's capital invested. > So if I buy a flat valued at ?350k - and put in ?50k of my own capital than the ROCE is based on that ?50k and not > the purchase price of the property. I will be paying back the loan (the interest element of which is allowable against > tax) and if the property doubles in value I will now have an investment worth ?400k (made up of ?50k deposit and ?350k > capital increase). Obviously house prices can go down as well as up. But estimating the 'value' of a house by assuming > a ROCE of 4.5% (not unreasonable) and scaling up from the gross rental paid to estimate the property value doesn't I > think work. Rentals are based on market forces - not underlying investment. That's true penguin68, but yields are a pointer as to whether a ROI is worth it or not. At the moment, a 3.5% yield (not at all uncommon in London) means that the return on renting is minimal, especially given the recent stall in house prices. 3.5% may sound a lot, but that is gross - after servicing debt (most BTL mortgages are 4%+), covering voids, plus maintenance and insurance is paid out, there is not a lot left. Investors generally think yields should be a minimum of 5-7% to make a suitable ROI. So the rent market and the sales market are out of alignment in London at the moment. That will almost certainly correct in the longer term.

jackwelts Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > not having the sports channel of the game you want to watch on tv. :/ One word - wiziwig.

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > To answer the question posed in the subject line. > Yes, i think it's easy to sell a house, if you price it competitively. Well, that's true in a way, but that depends on how desperate you are to sell. The number of buyers around at the moment is way down on normal for this time of year. If you want to chase those and sell for a knock-down price it can be done. Personally, I'd wait until the market recovers. Good time to buy, though.

I never thought I'd see the day when EDers would be hassling the council for FEWER schools!

I find it very surprising that sort of stuff still happens since the government anti-bribery rules came in a few years ago. We had a government client we were bidding to. They were rather pleased when we dropped around some gifts of corporate branded coffee cups and mouse mats. An hour later they sheepishly returned them, saying that they weren't allowed to accept them under the anti-bribery rules.

100 My first!

Stevie for the win. Needs bongos, though.

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > James has done lots of great work locally and > especially in workingr towards the secondary > school for the hospital site. > > But I have no idea why he's tarnishing that by > supporting this stupid stupid unpopular idea. I'm not saying that James is right or wrong here, just that starting an all-new thread with this title, when there was a perfectly good thread already covering the topic, was a bit childish.

LondonMix Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Loz and Townleygreen, I suggest you read the > following thread to get the full picture: > > http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5 > ,1407450 I had read that when it started, and I have just updated myself. So, I'll ask you LM - what do the other councillors (14?) for the area think? You don't know do you? Instead, you abuse the only councillor that has taken the time to open a dialogue with you. Not very clever really, is it?

Southwark council comprises 63 councillors, of which approx 12 to 15 represent areas that are covered by this forum. And you 'call out' probably the only one that has opened a dialogue with you about schooling? Idiot.

Maybe, but the better ones can score a hole in one.

StraferJack Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If I was a woman I would be petrified of UKIP > having any access to power for example. OK, I'll bite... which of UKIP policy/manifesto promises makes yoou think that?

StraferJack Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Leftie nutter (Matthew Paris) in student rage (the > times) absolutely nailing it > Parris wrote a truly dire colomn just before the election which annoyed the folk of Clacton and probably sent more than a good few votes UKIPs way. A salutory lesson in calling potential UKIP votes lots of names doesn't work.

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Brendan Wrote > ------------------------------- > > ......they are the only > > party who has opened up the debate on real > issues > > that matter to people. Like the fact that > > immigrants have AIDS. > > The fact that immigrants have AIDS. Jeez, really? > Seriously? **whoosh**

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > exactly, and Milliband is falling into populism rather than what's needed Though, to be fair, so is Cameron.