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thanks @speedbird. If anyone knows anyone who wants to buy a lovely 4 bed 2 bath on the ED end of Bellenden Road... let me know. You never know - the power of EDF etc... .x

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Hi Trying to sell our lovely house. Just wondering about agencies in ED and if there are any that anyone would recommend as having a good database of (real) buyers and an honest approach? Thanks

Hello landlords or people who have had their own house professionally cleaned top to bottom.... Any recommendations for companies that specialise or can do this? Pre-tenancy clean needs to be done asap. Please - all ideas very welcome!

Any thoughts on reliable, reasonable and high quality hand car wash? Been using the one near Sains for a while, but wondered if there might be better somewhere? Thanks

Brilliant - thank you very much.

Anywhere local, good and reasonably priced please. Bumper and wheel arch need a touch up before I return car to the owner. Thanks very much in advance.

Cracking in house wall. Mainly along one side, rising up through floors. We're mid-Victorian terrace. Already had full checks for subsidence, drains, trees etc. and we know that the weather in the last few years hasn't been 'helpful' for cracks. We need to rent the house out so to ensure it was fixed 'for good' prior to decorating have removed render and found what can only be called 'a wall likely built by a blind orangutan with a stick, when very drunk'. Thanks, Victorians! The current situation is we're helibarring and meshing and replacing main gaps and broken bricks. Need an eye to say whether we need to do anything else. We don't have much money nor time. Recommendations please for anyone you've used who might be able to squeeze a super fast visit in. We have ALL the info they may need. Thanks

Would like recommendations from customers of builders who worked on minor structural (or major) works. We have a wall that requires installation of helibars, plasterboard and then plastering. There are a couple of other bits around the house, but that's the main job. We have had the same builders work with us for a few years but they're very very busy and we need to see if we can speed up our process as we're moving out. No businesses contacting direct please - really want recommendations from customers. Thanks everyone - hoping you can help!

East Dulwich, Peckham Rye... looking for a Spin class early mornings, evenings or weekends. Don't want to join a gym, just go to a class (or two) weekly. Can anyone recommend somewhere? I'm a beginner.

East Dulwich, Peckham Rye... looking for a Spin class early mornings, evenings or weekends. Don't want to join a gym, just go to a class (or two) weekly. Can anyone recommend somewhere? I'm a beginner. Thanks

Needing help 3 days a week to do (two different school) pick ups, feed, homework, music, have fun etc. Agency recommendations? Uni student would do. Not enough work for an au pair until Summer. How did you find someone to do this type of care for your kids? I'm on Koru Kids (must most of theirs don't drive) Thanks

Looking at eBay etc, but anyone have any recommendations for suppliers of clearance engineered oak floorboards? Need super bargain situation and feel like I might end up googling for years... any recommendations very gratefully received.

We used [email protected] (who we found through the forum). He was fantastic. Husband and I both lost our fathers last year and have dealt with their wills. All I can say is getting a professional to write precisely what you need is absolutely worth it, for your family to experience minimal hassle at a difficult time.

Not sure where to post this but.... Anyone else having problems posting in For Sale and Items Offered? I've cleared my cache, tried different browsers, not attached photos or links, all to no avail. And I have things to sell! Just me? If so, I'll email @Admin? Thanks

A bunch of us on Bellenden have had this happen recently. Very annoying. Our car is quite literally a rubbish tip so they had to search through all sorts to find there was nothing in there. No sign of breaking in to any of our cars, so we think the signal was cloned. Not really sure what to do about it as the car is 10 years old. Just keep nothing in it, other than the rubbish (obvs).

I NEVER get my nails done (hardly ever bother to paint them either!) but I have an event to go to soon and want my nails to be extended a bit (gel something or other?) and then painted - where is the best place in ED for this type of thing please? There seem to be a lot of places about but I'm really keen to go to somewhere really recommended!

I managed to get a pair of perfect (brand new!) shoes for an outing at St Christophers Hospice shop. They are very pink. And I need them either dark purple or dark grey. Or black if I completely c*** this up. The sole is leather but the top bit that goes around your foot says it's textile on the shoe's website. So it's not satin, leather, nubuck or anything like that but how on earth can I try to dye these? Anyone got any experience of vaguely successfully doing this themselves or is there somewhere I could take them?

Thanks for all the responses East Dulwich! I think we have enough now and hope to be making calls on Tuesday, when my phone is repaired :-( Thanks everyone!

Absolutely NOT. This is precisely why we moved here was to get away from the ridiculousness of CPZs.

Absolutely NOT.

Hi Myself and three lovely neighbours are looking for a cleaner to come on a weekly basis (weekdays only). We all live within 20 yards of each other on Bellenden Road and we are each looking for 3 hours. So perhaps it might work for someone with kids at school? 6 hours a day for two days? Once you're here, there's no travel time between houses obviously! Usual duties of hoovering, dusting, kitchens, floors, bathrooms etc. Perhaps some ironing if there's not a lot of cleaning to do? Anyway. If you are someone, or you know someone, who has work experience as a cleaner and for whom the above logistics might work, please PM me. And thanks in advance!

We use Dog about Town on Bellenden Road (we live very close) and they've always been excellent.

We (my daughter) absolutely loves Sydenham High Junior School. I think, in the end, you have to go on feel. We visited them all and had a number of offers. But we chose in the end where we felt most comfortable and where our daughter seemed most comfortable on the assessment days. And she's thriving there. No disrespect to DUCKS and St Dunstans as I hear great things about them too, but the feel was right at Sydenham and we haven't once been disappointed in the last 3 years that she's been there. Good luck! It's not easy!

It's a few years ago but both our kids went there and we were all sad to leave. Daughter was there until the end, son left at end of nursery. Went on to great schools after so no complaints.