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Another recommendation from us Pearce & Sons. Even though I booked them for 2, they explained that 1 didn't need doing. They were great with my 3yo as well, who still talks about them! Honest, hard working, no nonsense, good value. Highly recommended.

We had it done fairly recently and it cost ?180, but we were moving from one end of a room to another, so perhaps that added to the cost. I think it will depend on the piping too, but it should be a fairly straight forward job, ie 1-2 hours. I'd call Maurice (lots of rec's on here). The job I mentioned above wasn't done by him, as we were having some boiler work done at the ssme time too, which he doesn't do, but he's been great for us on several occasions.

Beadles in Bromley is the closest. Can't remember exactly but for about ?15-?20 they'll pick up and drop off.

As a former pizza delivery driver the first thing I was told was you either come back with the pizza or the money, so I doubt it! Well done to the OP for helping him. rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Blimey, tough gig delivering pizzas. > Out of interest did he leave you some pizza?

Liz, How'd you go with this? Veru curious as we have an identical job.

Alan is great. Helped us out on a few occasions and always very reasonable and quick to respond.

Tony Pooley is great. Did a very similar job for us a few years ago to the one you're describing. We've recently moved and will be getting him around to our new place when settled. Details below....... [email protected] 07931549144

Jeremy, pretty sure that's Ali Baba (juice stall formerly in the alley off rye lane) opening up a juice/cocktail bar. http://www.babaworld.co.uk/vacancies/ Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Nigello Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > A new pizzeria, brought to you by the Peddler > > people, will be opening in a fortnight on > > Bellenden Road > > Oh good... hadn't heard any news for a while so > wasn't sure if that was still going ahead. Not > sure the area really needs another pizza place, > but I'm sure we'll be using it if the food is > good. > > > Something is going on in the shop on the corner > between Peckham Refreshment Rooms and the station. > Big horse-shoe shaped bar in the middle...

To be honest, not sure you'll find what you're looking for on LL. Brickhouse is usually pretty reliable and French House (not sure what time it's open) can be good too. As mentioned previously if you're willing to venture slightly further afield, Old Spike in Peckham and St David's in Forest Hill are both excellent.

Another recommendation. We recently moved into a new place and the garden had become overrun. She did a great job cleaning it up!

Thanks Saffron, good suggestion.

Hi, Hoping to get some thoughts on how others dealt with this problem. My wife is currently on maternity leave, but after the summer will be back at work. We've found a nursery that we like for both our children closer to home (we recently moved and our son is currently at a different one),but it's going to be difficult to get them there and in to work on time. Neither of us work in jobs where the employer can be flexible with start times. We'd need someone to help us 3 days a week to come and help kid the kids ready at 7am then drop them off at nursery. Would be an hour to an hour and a half each day. Are there nannies that do this type of work?

Collecting and have quite a few swaps. During the World Cup the Old Nun's Head had a swap night and it was great, with plenty of people although maybe more interest with the World Cup ones. If there's enough interest, perhaps we could organise another one somewhere?

Loz, the above isn't completely true. Tepilo and others do all the conveyancing chasing up buyers etc. It's not left to you to chase up. I have no idea how good they are though. Think some are better than others. Yes you have to show buyers around, but for me this was positive. Firstly we had young kids so it was difficult constantly being out of the house. We quite enjoyed conducting the viewings as you're able to answer any questions about the house, local amenities, why you're moving, when the boiler was replaced, where to park, who lives upstairs, what's the best pub in walking distance, transport etc. We had someone view our flat, who said they weren't so keen on the location because of needing to get to X for work. I worked around the corner so was able to explain the best route and other options they hadn't even thought about. A lot of buyers asked about the neighbours, bus routes, school catchment areas etc, and most agents (barring no flies) would have no idea about this stuff.

Anyone know if this is happening again?

See the bottom of the 'traffic jam' thread from yesterday. Probably the same thing.

Dave Goddens is great, sorted out a structural problem with us. Honest and hard-working. If you search you'll find his details.

Another recommendation for Elliot. He recently built and painted some alcove shelving in our place and we are extremely happy. Several people have commented on how great they look when coming over. He's a pleasure to deal with and we're very happy that we've found him. He's honest, hard working, reasonable and a real perfectionist. We've already booked him in for some more work in a few months. We've dealt with a lot of tradesman from the forum the last few years as we've moved house twice and Elliot was the best we've used. Happy to send through some photos if anyone is interested. I.B Refurbishments 07857 115971 - Mobile 0208 6508997 - Office [email protected]

We just hadshutters installed by shuttersup and are very happy. They look great and the whole process was very straight forward.

I doubt it.... We had PJ come around and quote on a side return, that we never ended up doing because we moved instead, but we thought he was great. Honest, trustworthy and had some really good ideas that some of the other quotes we got didn't have. His pricing was also very reasonable. We definitely would have been happy to use him had we decided to go ahead. Alan Medic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A couple of peculiar posts?

Maurice is great! Punctual, efficient and very reasonable Maurice 07720648273

Can't go wrong with Bridges Removals. We used them for a recent move and they were fantastic. Very reasonable compared to other quotes and lovely guys who went out of their way to make the whole process as easy as possible. Steve - 07956 411 450

Anyone know of any places that have stock of the vaccine locally?

Anyone know of anyone in the area? Have a couch to donate that won't fit in our car. Thanks, Adam

Another strong recommendation for Chris from us. We found his details on here and very glad we did! We've recently completed on a very messy and long drawn out purchase and couldn't have completed without Chris's help. We all expected a simple transaction as we were planning on selling our flat and porting the mortgage to the new property with a top-up. We were committed to the lender, so it was all supposed to be very straight forward. Due to the vendor's situation, we ended up having to complete on our sale and purchase at different times, whilst renting the property we were going to buy. Chris was very calm through the whole process and was always clear with us as to what our options were. He must have some excellent contacts within the various banks, as he was able to sort things out very quickly and efficiently. He was also in regular contact with our solicitor which was great as it meant we were all on the same page. He's not 'salesy' like a lot of other brokers, especially the ones connected to the EA's, just happy to talk through options in simple terms and let you make the decisions. Chris is local and is happy to come to your house to discuss options, which is also a big plus.