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I can't help feeling that any attendee from TW will just be some fall guy .

sweetgirl Yesterday, 08:29PM So what if they reserve their parking spot! but it's not "their" parking spot is it ? Householders don't own the bit of road outside their house . Or were you thinking of a dropped kerb for off street parking ? Where I suppose the affected piece of road has effectively been bought . Quite a bargain I suppose as the cost of a dropped kerb seems to cover cost of ongoing maintainence of road plus parking enforcement .

"Please do not use water for anything that isn?t essential - following the recent freeze, we, along with other water companies across #London/South East England are experiencing very high levels of demand for water due to multiple bursts and leaks in/on customer properties."

Met Office has yellow warning for London on Monday and SE 4am to 10.30 am ,light snow Amber warning for Tuesday 2am to midday .

Thanks Louisa ,that chimes with my thoughts .

Have been looking at forecasts . Cold sweeping in from the east and Siberia . Snow from Tuesday in SE ? Armageddon on Friday .Or quite possibly not . I'd be grateful for predictions .Supposed to be flying Luton to Belfast on Tuesday afternoon ,returning Thursday .

I guess google goggles wouldn't work with a shot like this ? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.unveil&hl=en_GB

Can't help I'm afraid but bumping in case others can ! Have you any other shots ? Does seem v odd .

lavender how are you now ? Did you have a stomach bug ?

We don't know what has really gone on here . There are usually two sides to a story . "And if what she is quoted in the article as having done to harass her neighbours is untrue, then presumably she could get an apology printed, at least. I'd be a bit surprised if they would publish something like that without being pretty sure it was accurate. " I think the article reports her as admitting to playing music loudly at 4pm and being accused of, in the police notice ,of ?snide comments?, speaking about Mr Holtgreve and his partner ?in a derogatory way?, and ?shouting up at the windows in a provocative manner? and following a labourer from the address making money signs at him? It doesn't say how these accusations were verified,did the police witness them ? The last seems ....I don't know ,unlikely? odd ?And the former 3 ....a bit subjective ? "What I can't understand is, if the wall is in fact (and we don't know for sure, do we?) encroaching on her land, why she has apparently waited until it is completely built to make a fuss about it." Maybe the wall was built while Mrs Highland was away ,to avoid the noise and disruption ? She says it wasn't built where she had agreed . What is going on the pic in the ES article where workmen are shown on MrsH's side ,working on the wall ? We don't know ,we won't know I expect .Still the ES got a good story .

I think party wall agreements are targeted at ensuring works carried out on a boundary are agreed and safe . They assume that the line of the boundary has been agreed .

We only have one side of the story ,makes a better press article if one side is an out and out villian .Reality might be slightly different . Planning authorities don't deal with and AFAIK are not interested in boundary disputes . They will grant PP where a boundary is disputed . Advice on boundaries https://www.gov.uk/your-property-boundaries

I'm sure the brown paper sacks are meant as an alternative not an adjunct to the brown wheelie bins . I use them if the bin is full ,like Sue .And also for collecting waste and emptying it into the bin . They are amazingingly resistant to rain and wet ,there need be no worries about condensation affecting their integrity .

On the whole I have no complaints about how bus drivers handle their bus . In fact I take my hat off to them ,especially those driving on narrow roads - P4 ,P13, etc . The ones who seem to stamp on the brakes for no discernible reason stand out because they are the exception . But I did have a rather exciting ride on a 197 the other week when we made record time from Penge to Peckham and the old excessive braking featured a lot !

Even more interesting George - I wish you were my PA ,I'm hopeless /lazy about this kind of thing . It had never occurred to me that one could opt out of certain items like accidental damage .The broker was suggeating I move from an existing Aviva policy to a new one . I think I should ditch the broker . The policy was one I had through work ,where the broker used by the firm offered good rates for employees . But those rates are no longer good . Thank you for posting George ,bit of a wake up call for me .

Interesting George . The brokers have phoned me back to say that they have checked with the insurers and they will now offer an exclusion on the accommodation clause . But the cost will be ?360 ...?70 sounds very reasonable and attractive !

Thank you Penguin ,that's very helpful .

Has anyone else found brokers/insurance companies saying that living in a property with a history of subsidence or living in an area with subsidence limits policy choice and pushes up the price ? I've been told that contents policies have, as standard ,cover for rehousing if required and that if subsidence is likely ( or has happened in the past ) that they won't offer to risky properties . And no ,not an option to say please omit cover for rehousing .

Colin has just sorted out my wooden bike shed which was much in need of putting back together .Same with our side entrance . He was quick and resourceful - always able to find a soloution to a problem ( our neighbour doesn't like to have anything touching his property and this makes securing things difficult ) - cheerful and very reasonable . 07754 691541

nxjen would you mind sharing how much Wm Bailey charged ? I am a leaseholder/freeholder and need to extend lease and I'm wondering how straightforward this will be .I feel it should be straightforward but fear a solicitor may make it complicated . Maybe by PM if you were willing ? shazza I'm sorry things haven't worked out for you .Do hope you can fond a good solicitor and EA to help .I have heard good things about Noflies . Best of luck - you'll get there !

I have intervened in similar situations but I always worry afterwards that the "victim" will suffer more abuse later on as a result . Are there any teachers or others who work with this age group who could comment/advise ?

Thanks for that Sally . Helpful post .

Isn't that only for the Barry Rd site not for the Friern Rd site .? And if the green houses at Barry Rd were a market garden or a nursery it seems odd that they weren't marked as such ,given that others close by were .Which makes me think they were domestic in use rather than retail .

Aristide - lots of areas marked as Nurseries on old maps of the area ,some to the south of Goodrich Rd . But I can't find any maps showing land to rear of 190 Friern and land to rear of 153 Barry Rd as a market garden . And ,with regard to the Friern Rd plot the Planning Inspectorate acknowledged the plot as being previously undeveloped . Lots of maps around - which one are you using ?

Ryeme - yes that's one of the dev I linked to above . Southwark's lovely historical maps show no evidence of any activity on that site https://geo.southwark.gov.uk/connect/analyst/mobile/#/main?overlays=Planning&mapcfg=Historic%20maps Interesting discussion covering Southwark's varying views on what constitutes "backland" and the Planning Inspectorate's view that the house was an imaginative response to what it agreed was previously undeveloped land . in the appeal decision http://planbuild.southwark.gov.uk/documents/?casereference=11/AP/0006&system=DC