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You can compare with recent prices achieved in the area (I get these emailed to me - link is at the bottom of the post if anybody else is interested): "Sales recently added within 500m of (my postcode) Flat 1, 69 Silvester Road ?232,000 London, SE22 9PF 21st October 2011 180b Underhill Road ?295,000 London, SE22 0QH 21st October 2011 142 Melbourne Grove ?645,000 London, SE22 8SA 20th October 2011 36 Whateley Road ?710,000 London, SE22 9DD 14th October 2011 68a Crawthew Grove ?235,000 London, SE22 9AB 11th October 2011 27a Ashbourne Grove ?299,950 London, SE22 8RN 30th September 2011 87a - 87b Lordship Lane ?269,000 London, SE22 8EP 29th September 2011 6 Matham Grove ?700,000 London, SE22 8PN 29th September 2011 16 Worlingham Road ?565,300 London, SE22 9HD 27th September 2011 169 Landells Road ?428,250 East Dulwich, SE22 9PN 23rd September 2011 You can search all these sales totally free of charge by going to OurProperty.co.uk. By default, every month we will notify you of new sales within 500 metres of your home postcode, but you can also watch up to 10 further areas of your choice. To do so, simply visit your custom alerts page and log in." ETA: Obviously I don't know how the size, location etc of each of the above compares, but if you are interested I'm sure you can easily find out. One of them is in Underhill Road.

Cedges Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Soooo confused what is going on here! :-S xxxxxx OP evidently posted wanting North Cross Road market closed down. Didn't get many/any takers. Had a strop and deleted his/her posts. Can't imagine why the thread hasn't been deleted. Can't imagine why I'm still up at past 2am. :)

This does sound interesting, but hopefully things have moved on from my student days when we visited the local mental hospital and had patients paraded in front of us to display the particular characteristics of their condition. They were then discussed in their presence by the people supposed to be caring for/treating them, as if they weren't there (6) It still makes me cringe to think about it. I also hope things have moved on from when an anorexic relative of mine was an in-patient at the Maudsley and the anorexic patients were in the same ward as very obese patients. Surely somebody should have realised that just because people have eating disorders doesn't mean it's a great idea to put people terrified of becoming fat (gross oversimplification of anorexia I know) in close proximity with very fat people????

the-e-dealer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Buy a Horrid fake tree. xxxxxxxx Horrid fake trees are, as you say, Horrid. and Curtain Person, I always assumed his name must be Ted, but apparently it isn't. ETA: As in, The E Dealer. :-$

* "Environmentally friendly" paper carrier bags which disintegrate in the rain :-S * Amazon raising the price of an iPod I had just saved enough Nectar points for (over years obviously) by nearly ?40 within a week (6) - from ?175 to ?214 - whilst at the same time sending me emails of the "double points for a limited time" variety - actually maybe that's perfectly rational rage ..... do they think we're all stupid?? * People who preface much of what they say or write with "To be honest" - so you're not honest the rest of the time, then? * Being lied to. About anything. Even small things. Even things that don't matter in the least. GRRRRRRR.

Kalamiphile Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Cant sit in the lounge with a leccy blanket tho'. > Get her this for Christmas! > http://www.amazon.co.uk/Homefront-Luxury-Washable- > Electric-Chocolate/dp/B001IRYFJG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF > 8&qid=1323345696&sr=8-1 > > She will be warm as toast and cosy too. xxxxxxxxx I really really really want one of these, but why is it such a hideous colour? Or are we back to seventies retro and somehow I missed it?

i*rate, I believe that sometimes removing trees can actually cause more problems with a house than it solves. It's not just about residents not liking to see trees cut down. I may be wrong but I believe cutting down a tree can cause "heave" which affects the house just as much as subsidence but in a different way. I'm sure somebody else will know more about this than I do.

GrahamP Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Only one slight problem, the shower head provided > does not fit well so is not needed. xxxxxxx Yes, the shower head wasn't suitable for my shower either. Not that I can actually use the shower yet :-S

I have a slanket and I don't find it very warm at all. In particular I'm only 5'4" yet it doesn't cover my feet properly if I'm lounging on the sofa. Plus it's an absolute pain to take on and off, but if you keep it on, you trip over it when you try to go anywhere. Also it's a really bulky thing to store when you're not wearing it (ie most of the time :)) ) If you're going down the clothes route, tights under everything plus thermal undies plus several layers of clothing including socks, and including wearing a woolly hat around the house and possibly in bed :)) does it for me. Of course your flatmate may not wish to risk others seeing her looking like a baglady :)) Re the heating, as mentioned above, better (I think) in terms of cost and comfort to keep the place at a reasonable temperature always rather than have it get really cold then the heating kick in high for just a short time. ETA: Re the bill, you could always read the gas/electric meter (depending on type of heating) before and after you go out or whatever, and keep a record of who has used what. Then split the bill accordingly. Not sure if this would work. Or, if electric, you can get devices you clip round the meter and once you've input your tariff it tells you how much you are spending. I have a spare one you can have if you PM me. Edited again to add: Is your place draught-proofed? Do you have thermally lined curtains? Are there draughts coming through floorboards? Draughts can mean you have to turn the heating up much higher than you'd have to if you sorted out the draughts.

ed_pete Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm probably too old for twitter but why would you > want to follow anyone ? Doesn't it just shout look > at me, look at me. Lead don't follow. xxxxxxxx I'm guessing you don't understand how Twitter works? :)

the-e-dealer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If you leave your bin in the Road it will be > stolen they are worth ?120 xxxxxxx Worth ?120 to who?

@thegooseisout www.thegooseisout.com if you're into folk-influenced music :) ETA: Or blues, or singer songwriters, or local bands and musicians

tiddles Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- one often sees bing reserving a space xxxx Blimey, I thought he was dead, not living round here :))

returnee Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Both neighbours are elderly and don't have cars > and we don't know anyone else yet :-) > xxxxxxx Maybe this could provide the perfect opportunity for you to introduce yourselves to the other neighbours, by asking whether they could block the space for you? Though maybe you might not be able to do that if you don't live near enough at the moment? But I'm sure the removal people must be very used to this kind of problem. Worst comes to the worst, I guess they would have to double park?

Yeh, Franklins' brunch is legendary :) And (just mentioning it as New Year's Day is a Sunday), they do a damn good roast too (had it for the first time on Sunday and won't be going anywhere else in ED for Sunday roast in a hurry). And their home made coffee ice cream - yum ....

Captain Scarlet Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Are you misses Scrooge? xxxxx No, there's only one of me :)

Also, possibly The RSPB may be able to help?

So far as I recall, when I moved back here, I spoke to all the nearest neighbours and agreed with them that I could reserve a sufficiently large space outside the house for the van. Possibly a couple of them might have parked their cars outside, to be moved when the van arrived, otherwise the space was marked out with bins. I think the key thing is to get your new neighbours onside well in advance? Not sure if the bin marking out thing is actually legal, mind you .....

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi silversurfer65 > > After your machine ends it's cycle there will > allways be a time delay before you can open the > door. xxxxxxx Yeh that's what I reckon it was. Thanks for the McGonanagall, Curtain Person :)) I used to be able to see the Tay Bridge from my living room window (not from ED, obviously) :)-D

intexasatthe moment Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There's quite a lot of anxiety about smart meters > ( see here > http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/other_subjects/a132733 > 0-Anyone-having-a-gas-leccy-meter-replaced-with-a- > Smart-Meter-Something-you-need-to-know ). > Whether that anxiety is justified or not I don't > know . xxxxxxx That's an interesting thread, intexas, I just had a quick skim through it. The people who came to the door tried to "sell" me the idea by saying my account would be directly connected to the meter and instead of paying a set direct debit amount month by month I would pay exactly what I owed. But according to the thread, it seems that the meter could be hacked :-S Think I'll give it a miss, got enough to do without researching this at the moment!

Another thread in the What's On section about carols, here!

ianr Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Gina, a web search on washing machine door won't > unlock might be worth trying. xxxxxx You could also try putting the make and model name into the search - other people may have had the same problem with this model. I have to kick my machine's door to get the door to shut properly so that it will start - you could try kicking it as a last resort :) (alternatively phone the manufacturers in the morning? In my experience manufacturers are usually very helpful when things go wrong with their products).

Very stupid question, but does it have a child lock which is still on? Mine stays locked for some time after the cycle has finished before you can open the door (or at least it used to, now it doesn't lock at all .....) ETA: And the power had to be on in order for the child lock to click off, if that makes sense.

Just had some very smartly dressed people round trying to flog Smart Meters, seeing if I "qualify" blah blah blah, have to change supplier, blah blah blah, we will give you cheque for ?264 blah blah. But they had no info they could leave, which always makes me immediately suspicious, and they wanted to come in, ditto. Just googled it and there's some info here Has anybody else had them call and if so is this actually a good deal? I'm on a capped tariff with Scottish Power at the mo.

Thanks Monica but that ticket link doesn't go through to the correct ticket page! The link to buy tickets for the fundraiser is HERE!! Oh, and good news, The Dulwich Ukulele Club and Joe Wilkes are now on board. For the full lineup, now all confirmed, See Here!! Oooops, edited again to spell ukulele properly, sorry Dulwich Ukulele Club!