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Great, I'll check out both Warren Evans and John Lewis!

I'm thinking of buying a new mattress for my kind size bed. Currently have a memory foam mattress but we find it too soft. Any recommendations on where I should buy it from? I can only think of Silent night...

To convert a garage to a home office. Could you please share recommendations?

Hi, I'm currently 17 weeks pregnant and started to have signs of pelvic girdle pain... Heard Pregnancy Pilates can help. Could you please recommend one local to Honor Oak Park? Many thanks!

Imperial China is good - not too busy, and great food.

Great to see some Forest hill mums here as well. I'm in Honor oak park and expecting my first at the end of August. Looking forward to meet you!

Thank you all so much! I'm only 16 weeks now and don't feel particularly different yet so I'll give them a call in a month or so.

If you are not after any physical exercise, you can simply do mindful meditation. There are plenty of resources online for free if you want to check it out.

Some of my friends have recommended Pregnancy (Pre Natal) massage. Is there a good place around ED, HOP for FH that I can try? Hoping I won't have to spend a fortune so would be good to get some recommendation for places with decent prices. Thanks!

Hello, I just sent a message to GlamourBug and Niwi with my email address. I'm actually in Honor Oak Park (not exactly in East Dulwich). Is it okay to join you ladies?

If you have a cleaner, how many hours per week do you use the service for? We have a 4 bedroom house but it's only me and my husband in the house and we both have full time jobs. We currently do not have a cleaner and we keep the house relatively clean at all times and we hardly use all bedrooms so I don't think we will require too many hours of cleaning service. But it will be mainly for cleaning bathrooms and kitchen. How many hours do you use it for if you are in a similar situation?

Hi, we have a stand alone single garage which we would like to convert to a playroom. If you have any recommendation for a builder, would greatly appreciate it!

Hi, We are planning to convert our decked garden to a patio garden and add some vegetable bed. Could you please share some recommendation? Thanks!

Hello all. I'm a first time mum and my due date is 26th August so at the very end of the summer. I'm still suffering with morning sickness so not really fit to join you for meet ups just yet but when i feel better, i'll join you for sure =)

Hi, Has anyone done an early scan at King's Early Pregnancy Unit? Do they usually have a long queue and do you need to wait for many hours? I was advised to have one done and not sure if I can endure many hours of waiting...

Hi, We moved into our 4 bed house about a year ago and we've been paying 41 pounds as direct debit for our water bill. Recently we received a letter saying our usage is unusually high. I got the bill a bit later and guess what, we need to pay 700 pounds in addition to the 41 pounds that we have been paying by direct debit!!! I find that extremely strange as before moving, we lived in a flat and we never paid more than 30 pounds per month for our water bill. There are just two of us in the house and we are at work 9-6 and we have decked garden so don't even use water outside. Our lifestyle has not changed at all, so I can't see how it can go up suddenly. We checked for the leak (i.e. checked water meter and it did not change for 30 mins without using any water!) Has anyone had similar experience and how did you resolve it? I cannot end up paying over 1200 pounds on water bill per year...

Hi, I just bought a car and am looking for some recommendation for a petrol station, car wash (including deep clean of upholstery), and reliable garage around Forest Hill. Any advice would be appreciated! Many thanks

Thanks all for your advice! We are still thinking but this definitely has given us some direction.

Hi, I am thinking of buying a second handed car and I'm struggling to even start narrowing down my search as I don't know what I want / should go for...so I would greatly appreciate any advice you may have. I'm looking for an automatic car, and am planning to use it for the next 3-4 years and my budget is flexible but would not like to spend more than ?10k. I'm open to most brands and models but something like Golf, Audi A3, Passat, Ford Zetec etc would be good. So basically, my original budget was about ?5k and I was looking at VW Golf. I think with 5k, you can get one around 6-7 years old and about 60k miles (of course this is a rough average), which I am happy with but my friends have been telling me that i should not buy a car which is older than 5 years as I will be spending more money to fix it than the car is worth and I should rather buy a more expensive, newer car which is reliable. As I am planning to only use it for next 3-4 years and not going to drive that much, I think it makes sense to buy something newer and sell it at a decent price later. But then, if I buy a newer car, I will be spending more on Insurance. Also, not all cars which are over 5 years old break down regularly right? So my questions are... - Is the rate of price depreciation for a relatively new car bigger than for an older car? For example, if I buy a newer car at ?8000 and sell it in 3-4 years time, I could probably sell it at ?5000. If I buy an older car at ?5000 and sell it in 3-4 years time, I could probably sell it at ?3000. So is it more economical to buy an older car (under an assumption that i won't need to fix anything major during that period)? - Is it almost guaranteed that if I buy a car that is 6-7 years gold, something will go wrong and I will need to pay hefty prices to get it fixed? I know we need a crystal ball for this but would be great if you could share your experience. - Is it really risky to buy a car from a private seller? Someone said that those who sell privately don't sell through Dealers as they may want to hide something.. - I saw this thing "RAC Vehicle inspection". Thinking about doing it (costs about 250 pounds) if I decide to buy a car from a private seller. Is it worth it? Would it highlight all the red flags that I should be aware of? - How much do people usually get off the asking price through negotiation? 10%? 5%? - Lastly, Reviews on Audi were not that great when I looked online... If you own an Audi or used to, would you recommend it? Apologies if my questions are all over the places. I'm not familiar with cars and in a way, i think buying a car is more difficult than buying a house! Many thanks for your help in advance.

Hi, Our boiler works fine but the programmer / timer sometimes does not work well i.e. When I try to change settings, the light flickers but nothing changes and after a while it would work again... I would like to get someone to check it before it dies on us. Is this something that a plumber can help?

I have a conservatory which is very cold in winter and although I understand that it is not an extension and it can't be as warm as another part of the house, I would like to use it as much as possible, if not all year around. Has anyone done conservatory roof insulation like this one? http://www.insulatedconservatories.com/insulated-ceiling/4577674191 I received a quote and although I think it is overpriced, I would do it if it is going to make a significant difference. Am really interested in how much difference it made for anyone who got it done. Or if you have any other ideas, would greatly appreciate them!

Many thanks for all your replies. We are not really advanced users and I don't even know what Final Cut is =) With mixed reviews, I guess we will continue to ponder!

Hi, My husband and I are thinking of buying a new desktop and my husband says we should go for iMac. I know it is better looking, almost virus-free, better for photo or video editing. But is it really worth the extra money we need to pay? I've seen the newest Windows PC models and many of them have touch screens which I love. If you have used both, would greatly appreciate any advice!

Thank you. I will check their website too!

We are in honor oak park area and woke up this morning to no water. Does anyone know what is happening and how long it will last?