Cyclemonkey

I give up.🤷‍♀️ Tell you what, if you are so bothered, how about you send an FOI to TfL asking to see the results of consultations.

Google AI could probably give you a good potted history. I'm not your secretary. Google exists. I responded and I think TfL emailed me with the result but it was a while ago.

It will be in the TfL website somewhere I suspect. If I remember responses were overwhelmingly in favour.

The work is for a well consulted on pedestrian crossing, people have been asking for. Unfortunately infrastructure cannot magically appear over night with no disruption.

It's a pedestrian crossing, to make it safer and easier for people crossing that junction on foot. It was planned well before Covid - there was a public consultation. I assume the financial challenges and other issues caused by the pandemic delayed it somewhat. Generally, improvement works in your local area are a good thing yes? Even if you have to suffer some temporary disruption.

Also if you want night or weekend working it will cost a lot more, then you would be moaning about the budget.

Ok. You have bigger problems than this s20 notice. How have you let one freeholder dominate things. You both have the equal right to decide how to manage the communal areas of the property. I would get some legal advice on your duties and rights as a freeholder and then request a meeting to reset the relationship. Also as noted in other posts is the front yard and door actually the responsibility of the freeholder. These are all questions you should ask in your S20 response.

The Section 20 is just notification of intention to carry out works. You have the right to object, propose an alternative or find different contractors. If you are joint freeholders why is your co freeholder acting unilaterally? What is your usual mechanism for making decisions?

It is a bit provincial. I assume it is a way to keep out groups who have caused trouble in the past if they need to? I doubt middle aged ladies turning up in trainers and a hoodie are going to be turned away. You do sometimes see those signs in central London pubs, usually on football derby days or ones near construction sites. On the latter I am not sure if builders are particularltly badly behaved in pubs or if they think their more middle class clientele would be offended by the sight of a load of blokes in work boots and plaster spattered trousers.

Also think yourselves lucky, Thames Water have been doing works on our road in Forest Hill for 12 months. Yes your read it right 12 months. And as yet no end in sight.

I'd just like a pedestrian crossing so I don't have to take my life in to my hands when I walk to the Library. I have 0 opinions on LTNs or Dulwich Village.

The long empty site at the top of Lordship Lane by the Library is now a cute little bar and restaurant - Victus and Bibo. We had a few beers there on Saturday night and it was very welcoming.

I think it should be knocked down and new social housing built on the site.

It's clear from the photo of the letter thay some of the works are going to be night works.

I think waiting for someone to die to get a usable pedestrian crossing in a rediential areas next to green spaces and a sports clubs is a pretty low bar.

I am so glad this is finally happening, that crossing is a death trap. It looks like the time taken is due to the phasing of works, presumably taking in to account it is on a very busy red route so it is not feasible to totally close the road.

TBH £2.6k pa is not really that high for service charges these day. You'll pay that or more in private purpose built blocks (and not just the fancy ones with concierges and swimming pools).

It's now owned by the Portobello group and is still pretty decent.

To defend the new incarnation of the Dartmouth Arms for a moment - it's not really a pub any more, it's a burger restaurant and is pretty decent at that. It was pretty crap when it was a pub.

I second this - it is a great shop! Lots of lovely fabrics and very helpful service.

It is absolutely real, I walked past the site, complete with car and trashed wall, at about 2pm this afternoon.

Luckily that is an old closed telephone exchange building, rather than someone's house.

The "homeowner" is Openreach as that is (was) the wall in front of the old telephone exchange building near the side entrance to Dulwich Park.

Ahh yes, that well known cause of tree damage, light running jackets and fleeces.

I think the French guys who ran it as a wine bar/small club were doing fairly well but Covid pretty much ruined their business model.