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Terrible signal Bellenden Road way. They?ve spouted several reasons to me about phone masts over last two years but nothing has changed. I can?t make any phone calls from my house- I use whatsapp as the WiFi calling still needs a modicum of signal to work which I don?t have.

Thanks all, I have written to the local councillors...not overly ambitious about change. I do already pick up rubbish when I'm out. Interesting to know if the bins are like that for fear of bomb threat. That York council poster is brilliant.

I went for a run this morning in Peckham Rye, and as to be expected the bins were overflowing with lots of rubbish strewn around. I presume the same in Burgess Park and other parks in Southwark. Whilst the people bringing and leaving rubbish should take responsibility, perhaps the council could make this easier by installing better bins in Public Parks? e.g. larger bins, with lids that stop animals and birds from foraging. It would also be great to have recycling bins in the parks. Richmond council has just committed to doing this. This is a problem every summer but will obviously be worse this summer with social distancing advice. Anyone got any suggestions to get the council to take some action? Surely this is cheaper in the long run than having that poor man go around the park daily spending hours picking up litter.

Don?t think it?s been decided yet. All change with the new 111 service.

As someone who works in the hospital fairly regularly, I can tell you it is NOT fit for purpose for any healthcare facilities these days. I can only imagine the cost to renovate it would be astronomical. In the summer the rooms are so hot you have to have windows fully open, the clinical rooms are tiny, the water supply is erratic... It is a shame that it is not being preserved as I do agree it is a lovely building. HOwever I would guess only about 5-10% of it is being used currently. The new buildings will hold a junior school/main school and a fit for purpose healthcare centre. I don't think Seldoc will be there though.

I would like to recommend Greg. He's just completed hanging some new doors, fitting skirting and overhauling some fitted cupboards for us. He was the only carpenter who suggested he could make modifications and improvements to our current cupboards, which has both saved us a lot of money and has a nice ecological feel to it. He also fixed my door lock when he noticed it was loose! Nice guy, works hard and very reasonable prices.

Hi, I'm wondering if anyone can recommend someone (either locally or not) who can repair broken ceramic items? I've got a beautiful large bowl that needs repairing. Thanks

Well seeing as it?s disrupting the p13 route too then everyone, not just drivers are affected.

Thanks Renata, Wasn?t it meant to be nighttime works only though? Or am I imagining that.

This is causing chaos. I live near there and received notification about this but it was my understanding that the works were only going to be completed at night. They made mention to noise implications regarding this. Currently the only diversion is for traffic to go back down Bellenden road by Lidl and through the traffic lights which only let about one car through at a time onto Peckham road. Obviously they can't go round to camberwell grove as that bridge is still closed. So there is currently a massive queue to get anywhere and peckham road is gridlocked. I've just seen a car drive fairly agrresively the wrong way round the one way system and onto the blind corner of chadwick road. Is there anything that can be done about this? It seems like particularly poor planning.

We need new wooden floorboards fitted in our front room as well as some tiles around fireplace/in fireplace hole. (not sure of correct terminology...) Can anyone recommend a fitter/handyman for the job?

adding my recommendation - Steve is speedy, reasonably priced and a nice guy. Sorted our washing machine out in about 10 minutes.

Just wanted to add my recommendation (a few months after they finished but never too late!) Bart and Peter were fantastic from start to finish. They replaced one bay and three other sash windows as well as a new front door and amazing under stairs cupboard. From the outset they were great at communicating, honest about prices and options we could have and prompt with their work. The understairs cupboard is amazing and just what I needed. We had a slight issue with the front door which they corrected very quickly. The windows look fantastic, and they tidied up/decorated all around the windows including painting all of the sills too which I wasn't expecting. Bart even came round with a couple of bottles of their home brew craft ale - very tasty and surprisingly strong! I would place them at the higher end of quotes that I got (sash windows aren't cheap anyway) but they were worth every penny as we're very pleased with the results.

Hi, I need a reliable cleaner for our house who would also be willing to do some ironing once in a while. It would probably be 3 hours a week, preferably Tues/Wed/Thurs. Would be grateful if anyone could recommend their cleaner, or if anyone thinks they are suitable for the job please PM me including your details and hourly rate, thanks very much.

I just wanted to put a review up for Benchmark Lofts as we had an excellent experience using them. They have done a fantastic job with our loft, they were tidy, polite, happy to let my toddler cause chaos and even finished exactly on time. They were also the only company to suggest a different configuration allowing us to avoid a macerator in the bathroom - and I'm really pleased with the layout. I found them through the forum and got several other quotes in too. They weren't the cheapest but were nowhere near the highest and overall the quality is great. Thomas is the main guy and is on site virtually every day so easy to ask questions and sort out any little issues. My daughter still asks when she can see him again!