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Broccola - for me it's more that we used one based up in Cheshire when we purchased our current property and I would dearly have loved to go in and refuse to move until it was sorted when we nearly lost the property. If someone is genuinely good, I would be prepared to work with someone anywhere.

We'll be looking to appoint one very soon - are there any local recommendations? Are Glazer Delmar any good? Last time we moved we used one based up North based purely on price and it nearly cost us the purchase as they were so slow and dreadful. It would be good to have one where I can pop in and create some urgency if needed.

I know the LL estate agents are much maligned but we are looking to sell our place, and wondered what people thought re who was good/bad. I know some of the online ones have been getting good reviews BUT I think we'd prefer a bricks and mortar agent who can co-ordinate the viewings and all that jazz.

Well thanks for all the (un)helpful responses - over the course of this thread I've been called complacent and given suggestions such as 'march it round there' - as mentioned it is decking massive - i don't have a huge selection of power tools with which to cut this down into itty bitty pieces nor would it fit into a car and was actually asking what I believed to be a sensible question that might help other first time buyers about whether this is the kind of thing the council might collect. Frankly, every time I ask anything on this 'community' forum it's shot down in flames - what is the point?

Sorry, to clarify the sign is down and currently lurking in the front garden hidden behind the bins. We moved in two years ago - eek! Will they still come and get rid of it?

Bit of a random question BUT we still have the estate agent's sign from when we bought our house and I really need to get rid of it, but the post it's on is bloody massive. Ia this something I can ask the council to come and collect? How do other's get rid of these? I'm not inclined to have to saw it up so it fits in the bin.

Does anyone go up the road to the Forest Hill Pools - apparently this is also run by Fusion but seems to have better reviews? Anyway, I've signed up for my first class there today at lunch time so we'll see how it goes.

You can dismiss me as a New Year's resolution joiner ;) but I've heard nothing but bad stuff about Fusion and wondering if there's a decent gym in the area worth joining? I've been a member of most of the big fitness chains over the years but none of them seem to have any branches anywhere near - i know when I was a member of Virgin Active I had to go to Streatham if I wanted to work out at the weekend but now i work from home it has to be as easy as possible!

That's what we did last year and it was collected with the garden waste.

I don't know if they stock this particular brand but Mr Lawrence nr Crofton Park station has an smacking selection of genuine small scale London breweries (and further afield). You can order online and collect from the bar now that the shop is closed.

I would have thought women were, on the whole, less inclined to go in for a short back and sides?

Hi guys, I'm not the applicable student but even if you file them, unless you delete some you won't free up any memory though they will of course be much easier to find. Might be worth investing in a portable harddrive you can put some of the photos on, and then invest in an online backup system like Bsckblaze just in case the worst should happen with the portable.

aquarius moon Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Myla & Davis. > > Not sure if the new shop in ED is open yet, but > their Herne Hill branch is brilliant. Yep this - I found their Herne Hill branch when walking past one Sunday on my way to the Commercial, stalked their website for a bit and finally booked an appt. I went to the new ED branch for the first time yesterday and it was great. I actually just posted about them on a thread about dip dye...

Try Myla and Davis - newly opened on North Cross Rd. They also have a salon in Herne Hill and it's where I get my hair done. or in a spirit of adventure you could try the L'Oreal Wild Ombre kit, they are actually really good...

woodland Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If you want to live somewhere that constantly > feels like full on London then Dunstans road might > not be for you. > > If you want to live a ten minute walk from a road > with some shops to potter around in, cafes, > restaurants, some pubs to get drunk in at the > weekend, near some green space and on some great > night bus routes then it might just be. I was in > my late twenties when I first moved to this area > and haven't had too much trouble finding fun when > I've wanted to. Plus I get to live in a quiet flat > in a 'nice' area.... Because I can't resist posting twice! Basically this... I still find Lordship Lane a bit dull and prefer Peckham, but we go out all over London but after living in a mansion block in Bethnal Green, surrounded by dodgy estates and kids hanging out on our doorstep, and the council taking away the communal bins. Living on a 'nice' street felt amazing.

I also live near there and I wouldn't worry about it being dead - we're also a young couple with no kids and it only takes me about 10 mins to walk to Lordship Lane, which is about the same as it was to walk to most things when we loved in East London... To get to the station I hopped on the 63 or 363 and travel via Peckham - it has an infinitely more useful range of destinations. Honor Oak station is an arse to get to as you have to walk up that massive hill and it's in zone 3 (the horror) When we were looking for a flat we did see one near Bellenden Rd that we liked (this was 2 years ago) but the one we eventually bought just felt 'right'

I know that it isn't my place to say this and admins' ruies etc BUT I do think there is some degree of risk in small, one-man businesses being forced to put their address on any listings. I completely understand if you have a registered office or a storefront but if you work from home, or operate your business from there you are essentially also putting your home address out for everyone to see. I'm a East Dulwich based photographer and it would be great to work with more local peeps but I don't really want to post my home address up here, and I'm sure those with valuable tools or other equipment might be equally reluctant... Especially as about 50% of posts on the forum are about crime in the area...

edhistory Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ElmGrove Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > > I have a house in SE15 and on the title deeds > it > > says it is in East Dulwich. > > That's not surprising if your house was built in > East Dulwich. > > The northern boundary of East Dulwich Parish was > along the centre of Choumert Road. > > What is interesting is if in any sense East > Dulwich was ever considered to run further north. > > Surrey County Records office has a catalogue entry > for a 17th century indenture for land that is > described as in "that part of Peckham Rye that is > in East Dulwich". > > The original Peckham Rye was roughly between where > Choumert Road and Highshore Road are now. > > Some indentures have a plan or map to deliniate > the land. I would like to see this one. > > As an aside it would be interesting to know > whether Highshore Road was so-named because it was > remembered that this was where the high-water mark > of the River Thames was. > > John K How is this genuinely helpful or useful in the discussion of whether certain pubs are good or bad? The mind boggles.

DaveR Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I hate shopping, and shopping centres, and most > individual shops, to be honest. But Westfield has > a Franco Manca pizza stand with a wood-burning > oven, and a few other genuinely good and > interesting food outlets, so I can be persuaded to > go there. In every other respect it's like hell > on earth, obviously. I think the Franco Manca is the only redeeming feature of Westfield Stratford (that and John Lewis - I love me some John Lewis). The intrusive musak and flashing signs everywhere are a complete sensory overload and make me feel a little bit angry as soon as I walk in.

People, calm yourselves. ED has a great selection of amenities but you know, sometimes, you might need a generic high street store. Sme of these might even employ people who live in the area. Sometimes you might just need that pair of Zara shoes... (Need/want - fine line so lets not have that argument) This is besides the point that it woud be beyond folly to build yet more shops over a green space in an area of London with, frankly crap, transport links.

In ED - for cosmetics there's Dr Boo on North Cross Road, which is excellent and I have bought some clothes from Ed before too. For me, I do love a bit of online shopping but here's where I'd go: Superdrug/Boots/Argos (actually bought something from Argos last week, for the first time in ages!) - Peckham Brixton has Morleys which has a little Topshop, cosmetic brands, M&S, a Body Shop, New Look and H&M. Oxford Street (East end) for well know high street chains, that side of the street tends to be a teeny bit quieter and you can nip into Soho for a drink or a bite to eat. Spitalfields has an Urban Outfitters, All Saints, Whistles and a couple of other independent boutiques in and around the market, though there are also lots of menswear stores. If you want a non-mental branch of Topshop try the one at One New Change near St Pauls. Kings Road has a big Zara in Duke of York Square, a big Anthropologie and lots of other shops too.

I used to live in a Grainger property in Bethnal Green, and they were always really good. Sorry to hear they've gone downhill.

There's been one today in St Aidan's Rd area. I work from home and so I can't get anything done.

I went with the Mr the other day (had popped in for lunch once before) and loved the atmosphere and the wine but (and I know I might be shot down in flames for this and get I'm in a minority) but they could do some more substantial non meaty options. Other than that it's nice to have somewhere romantic and date-night worthy in Dulwich.

Sorry to hear this - From a prevention point of view, I'm learning to drive and my instructor is fastidious about the central locking and making sure our bags are in the back. Years of driving around South East London.