Goodrich1

I need a cleaner to come weekly to clean our 3 bedroom house in East Dulwich starting next week. Serious enquiries only.

Beware of Maria Longo. I encountered Maria Longo's details on this forum and reached out. We agreed date, place and time for cleaning. I agreed to all her terms (48 hr cancellation, booking in advance, no keys, start time at 7 pm and no over exposure to particulate matter). I know. Otherwise known as dust! I found her arrogant and rude. We were meant to have a call today (what for, I do not know since everything was agreed and all I needed were references, which I could obtain in writing). I gave her two numbers my mobile and my office line, my office line because reception on my mobile can be patchy. I ended up missing the calls on my mobile because of said patchy reception and then I was subsequently in meetings. I asked her to call my office line so my secretary could take a message and I would speak to her later. All reasonable I thought. I returned to a very rude email essentially cancelling the booking, refusing to use my office line, demanding that I supply an alternate mobile number, and asking me who did I think I was asking her to speak to my secretary, citing that she worked for doctors, lawyers etc and why was it she needed to call my office line. Yes, over something as simple as asking her to call me back. So proceed with caution. There is a very good reason why this lady is trawling the forums. She is rude, difficult and completely nuts.

My business French is very rusty and I am having to conduct business in French. Is a native French speaker available to provide me with conversation lessons at a cafe on a weekly basis? Sundays around lunch work well as do Saturday in the very early evening say 5 pm. I am looking to pay about ?30 an hour but prices are negotiable.

It could be that the illness didn't go the first time to be honest. I thought I had food poisoning but turns out it was norovirus and I was ill after eating on intermittent occasions at least five times in two weeks. Stick to soup and very bland food- avoid eating out or any food with complex flavours and seasonings.

I think the OP is right however. Because we get used to a problem doesn't mean that it isn't a problem. The 185 bus route is infinitely slower and much less frequent than the other routes. It needs more investment.

How is a 9 am delivery a disturbance or hindrance? We live close to a bustling high street and we all chose to live here.