lucy_n

Hi James and LondonMix, Thank you so much for your advice on this, we have lots to think about! Any further advice would be gratefully received. Thanks, Lucy

Hi Mr Buggins, Thanks so much for getting back to me. I would love to hear how your extension is going and the finished result, it all seems quite daunting at the moment! I think having the ability to separate the sitting room and make it more of an adult room is quite important, somewhere that you can escape the toys! Good luck with it.

Hi, I am looking for advice from people who have already gone through a side return to a kitchen in a terrace house. We are currently exploring the options for a side return to our property and the different internal layouts the ground floor could have. Our reception room and dining room are currently opened into one another, with one entrance through the dining room and they are not huge rooms. Looking at other side returns the most common lay out appears to be having two kitchen entrances - one through the corridor by the stairs, and one into the dining room. With a downstairs toilet in the middle of these (if that makes sense!) We have seen some examples of the kitchen not being opened up into the dining room and instead there is a laundry room/toilet there. A third option presented to us was to shut off the traditional kitchen entrance by the stairs and put a downstairs bathroom and laundry area there. Then opening the whole of the back of the dining room into the kitchen. I am struggling to decide which would enable best use of the space and what would be most family friendly. I am concerned about creating a long corridor where the side return is and turning the current dining room into an unused space with no purpose. If you have any experience or advice I would hugely appreciate it. Thanks very much, Lucy

When purchasing our house we used Max Engel, http://www.maxengel.co.uk/, while they are based in Northampton we were extremely happy with them - great communication, very efficient - despite our sale and purchase being pretty complicated - and extremely friendly.

On Sunday just gone we had our car keyed - the first quote is almost ?3,000! Not the best way to start the new week. No other cars on the road seemed to have been done. We live on Landcroft road so not too far away. Just seems totally pointless and mindless.

Having just moved to East Dulwich we have both been saying what a lovely, friendly and safe area it seems to be. But unfortunately, on Sunday night our faith was rocked a little. Our car was keyed on both the side and the boot pretty badly, we live on Landcroft Road and no other cars appeared to have been targeted. Has any one else had issues? Got any recommendations of where we can get it fixed? Or ideas of how to prevent it happening in future? Thanks for any help. Lucy

Hi, I would be interested if she is still available on Fridays? I am in East Dulwich. Thanks, Lucy