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In my experience, many deliveries are just left on the doorstep without bothering to ring the bell, so you may be in but have no idea there has been a delivery. And some couriers require you to state a "safe place". I don't have one.

Thanks. Did you find a suitable place in ED for your Christmas lunch? Sorry for my silly post above. I'm guessing quite a few of the pubs might be doing something, but I don't know. You could try googling?

Farage entering his Alan Partridge era: "...an angry performance at a press conference in London, the Reform leader suggested he would boycott the BBC and said ITV had its own case to answer, as [Farage] repeatedly shouted “Bernard Manning”. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/dec/04/farage-turns-on-broadcasters-racism-allegations-bbc

Thanks Sue. Glad to hear you're feeling better.

@first mate it’s nothing more than a distraction technique - deployed in almost every discussion anytime the debate and facts turn against them. Odd but predictable behaviour.

Vehicles left idling is a wider problem than one private school. Action is rarely taken, some authorities have campaigns, but you never get critical mass. I used to be vociferous about this, and would have shared views in the old days on the Lounge, but eventually knocking on car doors and asking them to turn their engine off just got too much. The police were some of the worse offenders, I videoed a police car with the doors open and four cops eating takeaway with the engine running on summer's day in central London. That is the "I give up moment". It's totally daft but indicative of how, for some, behaviours are entrenched. I was therefore pleased that on the one occasion Alleyn's did take action. If you have any answers to addressing this across the country then I would be most interested. I responded to a motoring journo once, who said when he was test driving a car, the first thing he did was turn the stop start off. Probably considered by some, and maybe the masses, to be "woke nonsense". Back to the 'war on motorists' populist rubbish. Oh, I deleted that post on another thread.

I'm quite sceptical now whether the op is even true.

It shouldn’t rely on members of the public repeatedly raising it though. It is an ongoing issue and has been for many years. Just today there was a Foundation Coach idling on East Dulwich Grove, whilst also blocking the 37 & 42 bus stop. The Foundation Schools need to get a better handle on their coaches.

yeah they do, and anecdotally my own experience shows them improving but they still ignore sometimes. Some are worse than other (evri are shocking)

@Earl Aelfheah the idea that you are not allowed to articulate a potential problem unless you have the solution is what is truly ridiculous and is what you seem to be suggesting here. The first stage is some agreement that there is a growing problem; the challenge is in identification and policing.

Almost all delivery companies now have default options in their apps instructing what to do if undeliverable e.g. leave at local affiliated shop, if you instruct not to leave on doorstep the sender is liable to replace. I have a lot of work deliveries and we have a very small unlocked storage box in front garden and have never had anything taken but neighbours have lost loads from doorstep

As Sue mentioned..You stated in your 1st post that you were'nt really interested in this property initially so I dont understand how you let it get to this point... If you were'nt that interested and it was'nt 'cheap' I really don't know why you did'nt just walk away and not even go as far as putting in an offer. I'm sorry but thats my view..you got yourself into this situation for a property you don't love and sounds like a money pit. I really don't have sympathy.

I don't think you actually will find any properties at all in Clapham common for £1m that are a lot bigger than a probate property in East Dulwich. A lot smaller for the same money maybe.

What happened to Clapham? You are going to get subsidence in most places.. if you have the money and thinking about resale or letting plus schools, amenities then certain parts of Herne Hill would be fine.. Plenty of people on forum would love to have clearly the budget you have to buy a property.. Your problem is, tbh.. you want a bargain and that is not going to happen in the areas you are looking in.. Most properties, with respect are sold before coming on the market or via word of mouth.. My advice, work with an agent not several as they compare notes, accept the fact that if you go via an agent, owner will be paying a fee to the agent.. Guess you are what is called “time waster”… Actually, why don’t you buy in the country..

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What point do you think you're making here? If we accept your (ridiculous) assertion, that all "two wheeled contraptions" are the same and should be regulated accordingly; That there is a "need for more stringent laws about what you can and can't do on a bicycle" - then what? It implies that you think bicycles should all be regulated as though they're illegally modified electric powered bikes ('mopeds' as they're designated in UK law). This is just a load of pedantic nonsense. Again, what exactly is it you're calling for?

@Sephiroth I agree and since most affordable courier companies now expect you to stay in for at least half a day for a delivery and even then have weasel-worded T&Cs that outline that half day 'window' as an aim not a guarantee, making it is moveable delivery 'feast', it is no wonder parcels go missing.

When will the Christmas lights be turned on at Lordship Lane?

Spot on @first mate - with a subtle tweak to the throttle or the bike's computer a fatbike can be turned from a Fiets to a Snorfiets to a Bromfiets category without anyone being able to tell - it's why the Dutch police have invested so much in those mobile treadmill things all over the country to determine what category of bike it is based on it's maximum speed. They cannot tell by looking at it. And to be honest it is probably why they are favoured by Dutch teenagers as you can buy one perfectly legally and very quickly modify it to go really fast. A similar thing happens over here where some E-bike conversion kits come with a keyfob which controls the maximum power output - one click and you're within legal limits another click (which you will only ever use when you're offroad of course) and you're Warp factor 9. I refer my right honourable friend to my previous post.....the Dutch fatbike is a classic example where speed may be the only obvious indicator. ...it's a bike? 😉

Not sure why this thread has mutated to e bikes. Here's a thread I posted last year with BA interest. Meanwhile as said before if it quacks like a duck..... As I've posted before for most of the population it is easy to distinguish an illegal e-bike - speed and no, or limited, pedaling. Many don;t even look like a conventional bike. Really don't understand how you can confuse a legal bike with a powered two wheeler. The legislation above didn't go through. Not really sure why the Tories bothered in their dying days. What is Reform's position? If you have free time tonight it would be better spent reading around the subject eg in the Lord's debate: https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2025-06-10/debates/3C570E41-D69F-43B9-8789-02449033FDCB/ElectricCyclesIllegalUseOnRoads

People don’t go out of their way to leave their valuables out on the porch they are most likely at work when a delivery company decides on their behalf to just leave it on the doorstep. They are the problem not “people being surprised when their items disappear”