Ruffler

We once chose a decorator based on a long history of good reviews on here. It didn’t occur to us that he would ‘outsource’ the work to someone else who did a pretty poor job. Lesson learned. Always check that the person with the good reviews will be actually doing the work.

A glowing review of Kokum by Grace Dent in today's Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/food/2024/feb/16/kokum-london-dulwich-se22-grace-dent-restaurant-review

Just what we need - another pizza place!

The newly laid out wine aisle was a bit of a shambles when we went on Saturday. No South African section so the South African wines were lumped in with the South American. First world problem, I know 🤷‍♀️

Over in Herne Hill, a new Gail’s is being fitted out next to The Commercial pub opposite the station.

I’d love to support a new business but I will not stand in a long queue unless it’s moving briskly. They should have separate lines for people who want to simply buy bread and pastries to take out and those who want hot drinks etc.

We looked into a similar “upgrade” of an existing loft conversion but probably smaller scale to yours. We wanted a small dormer adding. Quotes were around the £70k level. The fact that steels, stairs, plumbing etc, are already in place, count for nothing I’m afraid due to different building regs at the time of original conversion compared to now. All quotes were if starting from scratch.

I used to love a rummage in there. Great shop, sadly missed.

Six out of a collection of 72 which will remain on loan until repatriation at a later date.

https://www.horniman.ac.uk/story/six-objects-to-return-to-nigeria-as-horniman-formally-transfers-ownership-of-benin-bronzes/ Fair play to the Horniman. Parthenon Marbles next?

Billy and his brother are obviously extremely busy but has anyone managed to get a response from them recently? I’ve tried to book a boiler service via their website and left messages on their mobiles but no response. We have more work we’d like a quote for and based on the recommendations on here we’re happy to wait but what more do we have to do?

I agree, this is nasty stuff and seems to have grown in popularity. Once halloween is over I don’t understand why people aren’t removing it along with their other decorations.

Christopher’s bakery on Half Moon lane may have casual work opportunities. You could give them a try though they’re closed today and tomorrow because of the heat.

BBC3 should have gone back to iPlayer too. Does anyone actually watch it?

I was wondering about the Chinook yesterday too. Could it have been connected to the WW2 bombs discovered in a local garden yesterday? https://www.southwarknews.co.uk/news/unexploded-ww2-bombs-discovered-and-detonated-after-being-uncovered-by-denmark-hill-builders/

I posted upthread after a similar experience to you. We paid the fine and appealed but was rejected on the grounds that we didn?t check that the payment had gone through (why would we? We?d received email confirmation). Emailed our local councillor (Richard Leeming) who agreed it was bonkers. Not sure if councillor Leeming was directly involved but we received a refund today. Common sense finally prevailed!

We challenged a very similar similar fine which was rejected but we?ve now finally got a refund! Thank you to Councillor Leeming if you had a hand in this!

Exactly the same thing happened to us. Applied for a permit renewal well before the old one had expired, mandated them to take the payment and received confirmation email. We didn?t think any more about it until we got a ticket! We?ve challenged the fine and emailed our local councillor.

We?ve had the same issue with a parking permit renewal. Applied in good time, received acknowledgement of application but as they haven?t taken the money, we?ve now been fined for parking outside our own house.

We?re planning a relatively small building project for which we need plans drawing up in order to get builders? quotes and submission to the council. We?d also need input from a structural engineer regarding the feasibility of building onto existing steels. Can anyone recommend an architectural technician who might be able to get us started.

Ray has just finished decorating a bedroom for us. I?m so pleased with the result. He stripped the old wallpaper and replaced with lining paper and painted to a very high standard. Ray is an extremely tidy worker and very straightforward to deal with. I hope to use him again in the future.

I can recommend Zbigniew Borowiak, tel 07894576906. He did a total re-fit of our bathroom which included a lot of making good wonky walls. His tiling work is excellent.