lala24

Sorry to hear that James, sending best wishes to you and your family.

we had our reception at The Rosendale in West Dulwich, a few years ago now and think the management may have changed - used the garden for drinks and then there are 2 rooms upstairs, big one for dinner then dancing and a smaller room that we used for a creche and then quieter room for talking / drinking.

Another recommendation for the excellent Bradley, he cleaned the carpets in our house very thoroughly and is a lovely chap too! Would happily recommend his services and will use him again. His contact details are 07946 328565

Hello, we used Urban and Grey sliding aluminium doors - http://urbanandgrey.co.uk/our-products/aluminium-doors/aluminium-sliding-doors/ Really slim profiles (2cm), quite expensive but lead times and fitting service was good, would recommend.

We recently asked Rupert (07984 690211) to help us with several carpentry jobs in our house after creating a kitchen extension. Rupert is reliable, polite and trustworthy. His work is excellent and he was happy to give us different options, order materials, check we were happy as the job progressed. Rupert cut kitchen shelves, painted and installed them, added a dado rail to our hall, made a bi-fold door for our downstairs loo, built and installed an internal window, put up a couple of 'picture shelves' and a few other little jobs (patching in skirting boards etc). We will definitely use Rupert again as the final results are really good!

Many thanks for the suggestion :-)

We are looking for a specialist in flagstone floors to lay a limestone floor in our new kitchen. Any recommendations please?

I'm looking for someone who can install a pretty straightforward kitchen towards the end of September in a flat in Oval. You must be able to install new worktops and quote for the whole job. Please PM me if you are interested and available.

Another recommendation for Friddles! Em made a teddy bears picnic cake for my son's birthday - people are still talking about it several weeks later.

I second that goldilocks - the dyson animal is so good, worth every penny!

Thanks everyone, all good advice and very much appreciated.

Thanks so much, very useful advice :-)

Can anyone advise on the going rate for a nanny share for 2 babies both around 12 months? Nanny would be based in East dulwich, 4 days a week between 7.30am and 6pm. Many thanks.

Another recommendation for Alan - he repointed some of our brickwork, repaired exterior cracks and tidied up a couple of our cracked and peeling window sills. Good result, reasonable price and a lovely chap to deal with. Will happily recommend and use again when needed.

Another recommendation for David at Godden Structural Repair http://goddenstructural.com/ - we had some worrying cracks in our house and having spoken to several builders, decided to employ David to remedy the issue. He was organised, efficient, provided a clear detailed quote, clearly knowledgable about the local SE22 soil issues and an all round nice chap to deal with. The work was carried out carefully with respect to the rest of our house - good job all round. Would happily recommend Godden's and will use them again if needed.

Another big recommendation for Niko - I called him needing urgent help as my dishwasher was leaking over the kitchen floor and as I had a poorly baby in the house I wasn't able to investigate properly let alone fix it myself. He came out within the hour, sorted the problem quickly and calmly. He came back a couple of weeks later to do some more work for us - lovely chap, punctual, keeps in touch on arrival times etc and a pleasure to deal with. I can't recommend him highly enough.

One more recommendation for Steve from DG Services. He was prompt, polite and came in with a very reasonable quote. We had our decking jetwashed and restained, patio flagstones relaid and repointed and some unneccessary concrete "rope" edging from our front path removed, making good the resulting mess. A reliable, and conscientious guy that we would use again.

Does anyone know when the local free weaning workshops at the Albrighton Centre run in July? I can only seem to find info for the June workshops on their website...

We need our smallish patio (victorian side return) regrouted with concrete - any recommendations please?

Hi all, I'm looking for some advice from anyone who has experience of sharing a nanny with other parents. Close friends of ours have a daughter 3 weeks older than our son and we're considering sharing a nanny when the babies are around 12 months old. If anyone has experience of a similar arrangement, I'd like to know what are the pitfalls to watch out for, what were the ground rules that you agreed in advance, how easy will it be to find a nanny willing to take this on and generally is this something that other nannying employing parents would recommend. Thanks in advance!

Another recommendation for Des - great job in my son's bedroom, perfect finish, tidied up after himself and friendly pleasant chap! Des's mobile is 07971299009

I would like to add my recommendation for the manipediwax club services - I'm currently 39 weeks pregnant and way past the point of being able to paint my own toes. Shanie came to me, no fuss, tidied me up and made me feel slightly more human than the walking barrel I have become. Great service, will definitely be requiring Shanie's help once the little one is here.

Can anyone recommend a builder to create a lean to store / bike shed attached to the side of our house? I've seen a few of these around SE22 and would like to speak to a builder who has done this before and has some local references.

We found Darren on the forum where he has lots of good reviews and we have been very impressed by the standard of his work and professional manner throughout our job. Our living room was really tired, there were lots of little jobs required to make it look good - Darren practically reskimmed our pretty ropey ceilings to put up new coving and ceiling roses, new picture rail, tidied and repaired skirtings, painted walls and woodwork. His attention to detail was far beyond anything we could have achieved ourselves, lots of prep that definitely showed in the end result. Our friends and neighbours have also commented on what a great job he's done - a lovely chap, tidy, trustworthy and just got on with it. He finished when he said he would, arrived promptly every day and didn't charge the earth. Would highly recommend Darren and we'll definitely use his services again. Darren - 07879 233900

does anyone know if I can take a load of cardboard to the Sainsbury's on Dog Kennel Hill for recycling?