dreamaholic

I don’t have any personal recommendation, but I have heard friends having 1-to-1 sessions with native language speakers on italki.com. Have a look. Lots of native speakers and rates are reasonable.

I completely agree with you and have signed the petition. Introducing VAT to school fees will not impact the super wealthy, but those who work hard and try to save pennies here and there to afford the school fees. Imagine if 20% of current private school students can no longer afford to go to private schools and have to go to state schools, will the state schools be able to cope with the extra students? Say currently you need to live within 1km to be within catchment of your desired state school, that could be reduced to 600m. Just THINK about the potential consequences…

I could hear helicopter flying in the area (16 March around 8.30pm) - does anyone know what's going on?

I'd highly recommend Dan Stevenson. He isn't based in ED, we do most of the communication via email or phone call but he is really good at answering queries promptly and clearly. And we met to sort out paperwork and he's efficient and well prepared. Much better than the other two advisors we used previously. [email protected]

We'd like to have our 3 bedroom house painted (approx 1000 sq ft). Would anyone have any recommendation for any painter in the area? And approx how much would it cost? Many thanks!

James, we would really appreciate if you could speak to Southern on our behalf. Currently if one of the trains get cancelled, or if a 4 carriage train turn up instead of a 8 carriage train, the trains would be jam packed. Can't see how they can reduce our timetable to just one train an hour even during peak hour. How are we going to go in the work? I got a season ticket and to be honest I can't see how they can just reduce their service just like that. That's a 75% reduction (from 4 trains an hour to just one) Many thanks in advance

Fernando helped us with some gardening tasks - our garden looks so much better now. Thanks!

We went to this one in Majorca last year. http://www.thomson.co.uk/destinations/europe/spain/majorca/puerto-pollensa/apartments/aparthotel-playa-mar.html

We went to Thomson's family resort last year, there's a cr?che and the staff there have UK accreditation. There's also evening entertainment evening and my son who was around 20 months old loved it, especially Thomson the dog. We are going to another family resort this year! The resort we went to was in Majorca. With lots of water slides for kids. Would recommend!

We have asked Fernando to come and do some gardening for us and he turned our much neglected garden into a tidy garden with a new flowerbed. Would recommend and would personally ask him to come back for future gardening jobs.

Olay regenerist is great. I use their 3-point serum and day / night cream. They are often on offer too (like 3 for 2 at boots / superdrugs). I've used more expensive brands before and I prefer Olay. Much cheaper and you can feel the difference after just a week.

I have a shower valve which I suspect no longer work properly and wanted to have it replaced (the water is no longer hot enough and affects a different shower down the line). The valve looks similar to the one here but I'm not entirely sure if this is the correct one - http://www.bathstore.com/products/metro-horizontal-thermostatic-shower-bath-valve-1727.html. If you could help validate this is the correct one, and help us install, please can you send me a PM? Many thanks!

Please see map attached. Hope this helps!

We went last weekend there's a car park at imperial college that's approx 3 quid an hour but that was full when we got there at around 12. We parked our car near Gloucester Road, there are some spaces that's approx 3 quid an hour till 1.30pm then it's all free till Monday morning. It's a short walk but very good value. We prefer driving than taking a train then tube / bus too.

Another recommendation for Fernando. He came and helped us tidy our overgrown garden, he did a good job again, thanks!