Tessie

Hi there,

My son attends Piplings and we are really happy with the nursery on many levels. Only negative is the cost, it's one of the more expensive ones locally but if you can afford it I think definitely worth the cost. Have just commented on another thread from earlier this year (if you search: 'Piplings nursery - please would you be kind enough to share your experiences') giving more detailed positive feedback.

Please feel free to PM me or answer via this thread if you have specific questions.

Just found this thread and very surprised to not see more positive comments about Piplings. There are other threads where the feedback is great but that may have been the older site in Forest Hill.

My son has attended two days a week since Jan this year and he's very happy at Piplings. We looked at around 7 nurseries and by far Piplings stood out to us. The staff are lovely and very professional, I know management run a tight ship - they are incredibly organised and also very picky about who they employ (a good thing in my opinion as I can see they have very high standards of expectation). This may explain why there has been a perceived high turn over of staff (from previous comments). We certainly have seen consistency in the 9 months our son has been there and I know staff retention is an issue across all of the nursery sector given feedback from other ones we have visited.

However, we are probably going to move him when he reaches 2 - not because we have any issues with the care he gets (in fact I'm really worried about moving him from where we know he's happy) but more the fact that we have had baby #2 sooner than planned and will need to put two in childcare 4 days a week each so are on waiting list of a more local, cheaper nursery that provides the 30 hours free childcare. (Piplings have yet to confirm to us if they will be offering the 30 hours yet)

Happy to answer any questions via PM.

Good to find nice feedback on Peckham Rye Music Festival here Pilsbury.. It's something my partner is heavily involved with.

Peckham Rye music Festival is happening again this year (2017) taking part in some of the same venues around Peckham as well as a few new ones. It's now in an expanded format - spread over two consecutive weekends ( with a week of community focused fringe events happening in between. I will be there with our baby in his ear defenders!

Tickets on event cube this year:

https://peckham-rye-music-festival.eventcube.io/events

Another recommendation for Brad and his team here, they have just done an excellent job on my house. We are at the end of a renovation project that has been going on far too long and my builder's painter was too booked up so I came to EDF to find someone local and recommended - came across Brad and have not been disappointed.

Both him and his team were a delight to deal with and have round the house. The quote was really thorough, Brad gave a full breakdown and options for min or max prep which was all at a reasonable price. They completed the work super fast and to schedule promised (thank goodness as we haven't had much luck recently with other trademen!). They really looked after the place/tidied up after each day and the finish was excellent - and believe me I have a high attention to detail myself!

As you can imagine Brad gets booked up - we were lucky as he had a cancellation and managed to squeeze us in. Have now booked Brad's team in a few months ahead for some exterior works once the weather improves. Looking forward to having them back.

Another recommendation for Steve, I have a 3 month old baby and washing machine broke a few weeks back. Steve fitted me in the first week back from his holiday when he was already super busy. Turned up promptly and had already diagnosed what was wrong by the information I texted him with before he came so was totally prepared. At the same time he did some checks on the heater to make sure that hadn't contributed to a blown fuse a few weeks earlier. Excellent, efficient service and great guy to deal with. Would highly recommend!