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Dalston is completely different. It has some amazing houses, some very very old houses, some picturesque bits, right on top of the city (the closest residential bit to the city besides Bethnal Green area)and some nice parks. It has a history of being posh in it's early days (like Kensington and Islington which both had times down on their luck before they rose again) so it has form. Stoke Newington always looked attractive even when it was rough as dogs. It also benefited from the overspill from Islington in the eightees' sky high house price rises. There had always been excellent housing stock in Dalston, the east end started to get a bit trendy starting with Bow, and Stoke Newington (dodgy when I lived in Islington in the 80's). Also Dalston and Hackney had lots of middle class young squatters and artists in the dilapidated council properties that the council showed no intention of doing up and were not habitable for council tenants. When those people grew up/got jobs/diluted their radicalism, they tended to stay in the area, many having the right to buy. And the cafes and hang out places that these consumers wanted had already begun to happen, whether collectively or commercially. Are any of those perfect storm ingredients present in South Norwood?

My car isn't going anywhere till it's all gone after last year's excitement of it skiing, sliding, shuffling, all the way down from the Horniman.

First they came for the putter-ups of lost cat posters, and I did not speak out, because I hadn't lost a cat, then they came for the putter-ups of primary school fete posters, and I did not speak out, because I didn't have a child still at primary school..........

The council is already going around swiftly fining ordinary people for advertising their little fetes and local shows with 'unauthorized' notices, do you really want to collaborate with this municipal oppression?

in which case you can use the twenty quid to bribe them to take you to a different one.

East Dulwich people are always pointing things out about East Dulwich when same question is asked on the forum of East Dulwich.

Peckham Rye is a great area. Even dodgy seeming bits like late night Rye Lane have been transformed by buzzing things like the Bussey Building, with its queues of ravers on a Saturday night.

just had a quick look and it seems to have all spanish threads in the general bit or is it being spammed?

your builder may have meant that down to level of taps would risk rot to the wood if it was in contact with water on a regular basis. Although water might not run down back of a sink, there is a lot of damp stuff happening there, hence tiles. I had an extra window put in where the side door used to be as there was already a lintel. I noticed in a lot of knocking through of these rooms and opening up at the back, the old door would just be bricked up, missing a trick of extra light. They are slightly higher than the sink, but I am now going to tile the inset shelf, as even though it is higher it does get a bit wet from splashing around washing up.

You said you hate laminate, but have you discovered real lino? it's wonderful but very expensive. how about two windows?

my floorboards were painted with a diluted emulsion,(something basic like dulux fern green I think) when dry they were lightly sanded so the grain showed very slightly and then varnished. The result is hardwearing and attractive. I attach pic for your interest. Taken before we finished decorating it and still with junk in the garden so looks much brighter now.

these are very annoying! The other evening my heel went into a narrow but deep one one crossing the road at Peckham Rye just below Nigel road and I went flat on my face, as my foot was caught. Luckily no traffic.

we had original floorboards in dining room and concrete in kitchen and were knocking them into one room and needed a unified floor. Builder put plywood down and then new boards on top. The one by the washing machine has slightly warped and I don't think we did the waterproof membrane. But otherwise it looks great. There is now a little step up into the room but minimal difference to original height.

turn the hall light off at night then they won't be able to see .

every new tube station 'only benefits a few' but if we didn't go for it, we wouldn't have a tube. There is no tube in Battersea, so surely an improvement to have one.

we have a cage over our letterbox, mainly to stop dog eating lovefilm arrivals, but good idea anyway.

Cassius, what bit is sydenham and which bit dulwich?

I'm with First Mate on this one, taking away dog bowl is a sure way to exacerbate that guard instinct and make one snappy fella.http://www.dogsey.com/forumdisplay.php?f=17 is a good source of all things knowledgable dog and the current consensus is that removing food is a bad bad idea that comes from the erronous outmoded idea of 'dominance'. Be very very careful of who you choose to help you train your dog!

yup, we women are programmed I'm afraid, to treat all males with caution in unexpected or isolated places or late at night.

crikey!

prostitutes by tescoes in ed road? really?

bah, lightweights, you should have been there for 6.6.6.66

today went from Peckham Rye to Shoreditch high street for bethnal green where I was doing a weekend workshop.Yesterday I did it by driving to Brockley. wonderful!

Bellenden road area bigged up in today's 20p Independent newspaper- buy now, get in, it says , as the new overground makes it a cheaper hoxton.

yup the more exercise he has the fatter he gets.