Tanza
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Dave at Norwood Roofing has just relaid our flat roof covering which was old and leaking. I was impressed by the communication (another roofer on this forum didn?t bother to text me back.) Dave came round the next day, arranged scaffolding for two days after that and the job was completed the following day. The work took one day, undertaken by Patrick but Dave was there in the morning and evening to oversee. They also regrouted/cemented/ made watertight my chimney pots (I learned a new word too ?flaunching?). Efficient, quick. Photos supplied by Dave pre and post look good to me. No leaks even in all this rain and snow. Cost ?3,300 (including scaffolding) which feels money well spent to get things watertight. I see an earlier person has mentioned Dave wanting to be paid quickly - he did expect half to be paid upfront (fair enough) and did specify (which I agreed to) to pay ?the rest on completion?. I was a bit surprised that he actually meant immediately - as in within the hour of completing the work. So probably worth being ready to pay the balance that quickly. I would recommend Dave and team & Id be very happy to use them again.
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YouTube has lots of videos of foxes stealing milk bottles.....https://youtu.be/N9LKAKdSzx4
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I'd like to recommend Phil Arnold of Arnold's Decorating. He and his team have just finished painting the front and back of my house and I'm delighted with the results. The standard of work, attention to detail and communication were all excellent - and he washed my outside windows as part of the service too! He and his team were a pleasure to have around. I would also say that the price he charged was very fair and compared well to other quotes I've had. I heard of Phil through one of my friends in East Dulwich - he had done some wallpapering and painting for her and she gave me his details. Highly recommend! Phone number 07957 309 028 and email Philip Arnold [email protected]
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Recommended: brilliant builder for Victorian tiled path - Bujar Doda
Tanza replied to kittenheels's topic in Reviews
Hello - Just wanted to add my recommendation for Doda and his team who have just finished a Victorian tiled path at my house as well as painting a wall and digging and taking away a dead hedge. Very neat and tidy job and to a high standard. -
Anyone know Zoe Louise Norman? She's dropped something in Melbourne Grove she will be keen to get back. I've posted in Lost and Found but thought this might get more traffic. Thank you -
She dropped something in Melbourne Grove that she will be keen to have back!
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Anyone know a George Agar? Just found a card belonging to him on lordship lane.
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Had a similar problem - very motheaten carpets. I pulled them up sprayed all round skirting boards. Put new carpets down and let off these smoke ?bombs? in every room and the problem was sorted. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B011UZ8F6O?ref=yo_pop_ma_swf. Good luck! Edited to add - it?s not true to say I?ve never seen a moth since. Two years later I did another moth ?bomb? in the bedrooms just in case. I also keep moth hanging stickies in the wardrobes just to keep track - and I get the odd catch. The carpets are looking good two years? on but I?m ever vigilant. I sometimes spray in wardrobes just in case
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Ooh yes, I'd second the Mercato Metropolitano - which you could combine with either a walk into town (only about 15-20 mins walk to London Bridge/ river - and then either go left to the Tate Modern (great free views from the top) or paid-for views at the Shard. If yoru nephew liked the Imperial War Museum when he was young - it's been entirely renovated and is walking distance from the Mercato so could be worth a second look. On a different day - (and this is assuming he's done the typical tourist sites before and doesn't plan to re-do them) you could spend a morning around King's Cross area - my 14-year old likes this. The British Library is worth a look (for historical documents and original song lyrics etc) - also has a Captain Cook exhib on now, that is getting good reviews. Then there's cool Granary Square for lunch nearby and wandering about in (u can play table tennis inside the school of art, but possibly that's an uncool step too far). The nearby Wellcome Institute, walking distance on Euston Road, always has unusual free exhibitions and a gift shop that's proved a hit with my son's friends. Agree Camden is a good idea and the Rib experience sounds great too. And I nearly forgot - there is a really, really fascinating exhibition on at the V&A now called "The future is here" that my teen agreed is well worth seeing. Looks at how design and tech is shaping our world - that makes it sound boring, but it really was eye-opening stuff. It's a paid for one so you'd need to book. mrsparker Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We took my 12 year old nephew on the Thames Rib > Experience last summer. He absolutely loved it > (he's a premature moody teen ; > www.thamesribexperience.com > For an evening out how about Backyard Cinema at > MERCATO METROPOLITANO, you can mooch about > beforehand in the market, loads of amazing food. > Easy to get to too (40 or 176 bus)
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Thanks Ian! No the cat had never been to my house or street as far as we know before. And he was apparently unable to find his way home as he was extremely hungry when found.
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I was talking about this to friends last night and they said I should post the full story of this lost-and-found cat - that cat lovers might be interested or have a view about if the outcome was down to coincidence or a cat?s sense of smell. Also the Forum played a part in the story. On Saturday morning I heard a cat miaowing loudly and repeatedly right outside my house in Melbourne Grove (Colwell rd end). I opened my door and a little black cat shot into my house and started heading upstairs. I didn?t want to keep him or feed him but something felt like he might be lost so i checked the Forum and then put him back outside as there wasn?t anything matching him in Lost and Found. That night my friend Suzanne came to my house and she mentioned her cat had been missing for four days - he?s always wandered but never been away that long. I asked if she had put it on the forum and mentioned I?d checked it just that morning - and as I described the cat she said ?that sounds like my cat?. Cutting a long story short it turns out it was her cat (small black, mark in eye, tail v short) although I was still doubtful. That night Suzanne put her post up on the forum and the next morning put posters up round Melbourne Grove and Colwell rd hoping he?d still be in the area. (She lives in Danby st, Peckham). A call came in to say he?d been seen the night before in Colwell and later that day Colwell rd neighbours rang to say ?he?s here now?. I went to get him so a happy outcome. But I?m puzzled. Was it a massive coincidence that out of all East Dulwich and Peckham he turned up at my house - a friend of his owner? His owner Suzanne hadn?t been to my house in months. I wouldn?t have recognised her cat. But the previous weekend my husband and I had gone for lunch with Suzanne and family in a pub, then walked to her house, spent the day there (didn?t see her cat at all) and then we walked home to our house. Is it possible that somehow the cat picked up the scent in some way? Suzanne has now got a collar with a tracking device on it so we hope he won?t get lost again.
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Really pleased to report that the cat has been found - thanks to neighbours in Colwell road spotting him. He is back at home with his owner in Danby st - a little thinner but in good health.
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Buses in both directions blocking and stationary on hill by Sainsbury?s. 37 running. Forget he others up Denmark hill
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How is the BT service and speed then? Virgin Media is so poor we are looking to switch.
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I was called for jury service while at university - it came to my home address and my mum opened it up and turned it down on my behalf (thinking about it - that's probably illegal) and without telling me until a long time afterwards - saying I was studying in a different city and my studies would be affected if it was a long-running trial. I was disappointed when I found out and have never been called on again - or that I know about :)