MissWiggy

I contacted Bradley and asked him to do 2 jobs for us (1) cleaning up a number 2 our cat left for us and (2) general cleaning of a grubby rug. I contacted him on Tuesday afternoon and he came round at 9am on Wednesday morning and did a great job. Thank you Bradley will continue to use you!

Another recommendation for Beth! She has helped us with 2 houses now and is absolutely fab.

Thank you very much Alasdair.

One of our temperamental sash windows is no longer working (we think one of the cords has come off) and we would like to get it fixed. Does anyone know of a local handyman or similar who might be able to do this? Thank you

I'm so sorry you've been put through this but really pleased you've got such a good image of him. We were burgled not long ago, in the middle of the night, whilst we were at home, so I can imagine what you are going through. In my experience they tend to be fairly unsophisticated repeat offenders so I am keeping my fingers crossed that the police manage to identify him. and catch him for you. A conviction (which will be very much assisted by a photo of him in your home) usually results in a custodial sentence. Good Luck and keeping fingers crossed!

We live in Peckham Rye, near Bellenden Road, and are after a cleaner who can come once a week and do between 3.5 and 4 hours on either a Thursday or a Friday. We have had a number of cleaners through agencies in the past 12 months and have really struggled to get someone reliable who comes and does the job properly i.e. stays the full time and actually cleans what we ask them to! We are really keen to find someone who is able to use their initiative and clean what needs doing rather than just the same routine every week and who is also able to actually help tidy the place and help put things away. We're keen to avoid an agency and are happy to pay an appropriate rate to whoever fits the bill, but really need someone reliable who takes pride in their work and does a thorough job. We would be very grateful if anyone has any recommendations, or if you think you can help please get in touch and we can discuss further. If you are a cleaner contacting us then we would like to see references that we can take up. Thank you.

I used to use Addison Lee quite a bit for advance journeys but when I have gone on the app recently to book an advance journeys they always say they are fully booked in my area, even if I am booking 1-2 days in advance. Rye Cars haven?t let us down yet, are cheaper than AL and always arrive early.

My husband often uses Rye Cars for an early start and they are reasonable and very reliable.

Thank you se22cat - yes a horrible experience but at least we know they've got him. Just frustrating to think that if we'd deadlocked the front door it wouldn't have happened hence the shout out - it's so easy to get complacent

wulfhound Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The shopping parade at the southern end of > Bellenden is really rather pleasant with the much > reduced traffic. Would be interested to hear > whether traders find business is up or down > overall during the closure. I asked one of the business owners on Bellenden Rd and he said that business is noticeably down since the road closure. He also said that he wasn't given any notice at all of the road closure.

I thought I would post this as a heads up for all locals. We were burgled in the early hours of this morning. Luckily we both woke up and my husband managed to keep him in a room until the police arrived. It seems he "slipped" the front Yale lock whilst his mate kept a lookout - unfortunately the lookout ran off as soon as he got whiff that their plan wasn't quite going as intended... Anyway, a heads up to everyone to please double lock / bolt / deadlock all windows and doors, even front ones. Stay safe all.

Exactly what Wollis said. just like the good old days with glass milk bottles and they also deliver other fresh goods too.

Thank you to Aria and Danny who came to assess the problem and solved it quickly and reasonably. Second time I?ve used them and they are always very helpful. Thank you!

So we have now switched over to Sky and it has made me realise how bad the Virgin internet was in our old home. I work from home and use a Remote Gateway to access my work - the connection would frequently drop out, which I used to put down to being bog standard connection issues when using that type of gateway. I was wrong - on this network no problems at all. I am so pleased we bit the bullet and changed provider and the Sky man who came round could not have been more helpful - a totally different experience. I have spoken to a friend who lives in North london - she has also had an appalling experience with them - slow speeds for 6 months etc, this is clearly a widespread problem which they aren't being up front about. Oh, and when we complained about their multiple cock ups and lack of connection they offered us ?5 - you can imagine my response to that...

CatrionaHelen - this is what I was thinking of - https://www.btwifi.co.uk We were given a lead time of 3 weeks from Sky - not ideal but to be honest it's just a relief not to be constantly on the phone to VM and repeatedly being given wrong information. Crossed fingers our Sky experience will be different...