George Orwell

For the tiles you could google - victorian encaustic tiles

Howard Ruse Associates - New Eltham

There's still a few of us around who remember these: https://www.londonbusmuseum.com/shop/cravens-rt1493-on-route-63-to-honor-oak-a-brand-new-casting-from-efe/ Plenty more info here: https://londonbuses.co.uk/_routes/current/063.html

It may be too far for him, but I trust this PW surveyor https://www.tatesurveyingservices.co.uk/

Mayfly, the actual fibre optic cable terminates in the Openreach box inside your house. The cable cannot have sharp bends in it - only gentle curves. You will have a copper cable with several strands ( Cat5 or Cat6) running from the Openreach termination box to the router. The phones plug into the router - you can have extension wires pretty much as long as you want.

If it helps: We had a good experience with the installation of BT Fibre into the house. There is a plastic box on the wall outside into which the incoming cable runs. They then drilled a hole through our 225mm thick solid brick wall and fitted the final white plastic box (which needs a power supply) on the inside of the wall neatly covering the hole. Our own CAT5 cable runs to our own choice of positioning of the router. As it happens, I ran my own cable under the floor myself before they arrived, but it can be clipped to the skirting board if you want. To save trouble, I'd do that and think about a neater wiring solution later at your own convenience,

Please do your research about leaseholder restrictions and responsibilities. I would not recommend any purchase of flat in a LA owned building. It’s cheaper than in any equivalent privately owned block for a very, very good reason. Walk away - please find somewhere else.

In Eastern Europe and USSR in 1970s and 1980s it was standard to remove your own car’s wipers whenever you parked up - if you forgot …….they were gone.

Hall & Co - used to have an office near ThePlough at the top of Barry Road. They’ve now moved to Streatham. I’ve used them twice in the last 4 years and found them excellent for cost and service. [email protected] 0207 183. 5651

Impulse Alarms based in SE26 were our house alarm company but they got taken over by AN Other who have performed abysmally for us. Anyone know a decent firm ?

Try Peter of VP Removals. Very happy with his service. [email protected]

How does one get hold of Vladi ?