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Danny re-tiled and generally cleaned up the roof tiles on our front bay in SE22 a few weeks ago. He was fairly priced, and although the scope of the work changed slightly (something we couldn't have foreseen before removing the existing tiles), the price remained the same for the job. He and a colleague worked hard for three days (one more than initially planned) through pretty grim weather. With anything unexpected, he came to me with solutions rather than problems. They were polite, courteous, and left the site as tidy as they could after cutting roof tiles in the driving rain!

But, again, you are wrong @Earl Aelfheah. The original redesign of the junction (I remind you, and just to be 100% clear, this was BEFORE the junction was closed to traffic - you seem to be confusing the OHS intervention with the LTN) led to an increase in pollution because of the traffic queuing to turn right from DV onto Calton. The council actually called it out in their own report (probably the last transparent report around an active travel intervention they published). Except of course the daily lines of queuing traffic on Dulwich Village or heading out on Lordship Lane towards the Grove Tavern to name but two. But, you know, if the council's monitoring says it is not happening then we must all believe everything they say and not question it. Ever. For they have spoken and everything they say if the absolute truth. The number of vehicles on London's roads has been decreasing for years yet congestion gets worse and worse and, ahead of their transport hearings, the London Assembly quoted a figure of £3.85bn, which was the estimated cost of congestion in 2024 in the city.

Perhaps first leak was caused by a combination of faulty rendering and a hole in the felt so re-rendering was able to fix it. This course of action wouldn't solve your current problem, it does sound like a separate issue. His guarantee would only cover the rerendering not any hole in the felt. Sorry this isn't what you want to hear.

Funny isn’t it, when you look back.. Govt says only 1 hour walking in fresh air a day, stay away from people, don’t mingle or make contact with other people and we as a nation do exactly, in the majority of cases as they state.. and yet, as pandemic was being eased and managed by other countries a darn site better than us.. we still just do as we are told! Lambs to the slaughter springs to mind.. Now a days, hate driving in London… always jams, roads being closed off for whatever reason. Much faster to walk… not stuck in jams be it cars or buses with germs and bugs all round as few people wear masks these days and those that I have seen who do tend to be from Asian cultures.. Goes to show, what we as a nation have not learnt re mask wearing… common sense —

This is absolute nonsense. There is no evidence that the LTN increased congestion. Vehicle counts show the opposite - traffic decreased in the year after the LTN was implemented. There is no evidence that the LTN increased pollution, air quality modelling pre-implementation predicted a fall in pollution, and air quality monitoring post implementation confirmed that pollution did indeed fall. It's as predictable as it is tedious. Something Rocks made a big thing about, but now washes over for convenience. Much like he smears academics, who he then quotes as authoritative sources when it suits his predetermined view on something. He's not remotely interested in good faith debate.

I can't speak about other places but as someone who uses Mind in Forest Hill, these small studios are having a boom due to increased working from home. Now I can work two days a week at home, I can use them at lunch time or early evening, it is a short walk from home so I can get changed and shower at home (so the studio does not need a big changing room or showers like a traditional gym), whereas before Covid it would have a been weekend only thing for me. I asume there are many like me so they can make a small space finacially viable. I am biased but Mind is great, it is a very inclusive woman friendly space, classes are very reasonable for instructor led classes, (there are different packages but you can get 10 for £100 if you oay in advance) and the fact there are very few bells and whistles keeps it affordable. I prefer smaller studios as you don't want big classes for pilates and yoga as you need instructors to be able to see everyone and assess and adjust form for safety.

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Get a different roofer

The lack of affordable housing is down to Thatcher's promoting sale of council properties. When I was working, I had to deal with many families/older folk/ disabled folk in inferior housing. The worst ones were ex council properties purchased by their tenants with a very high discount who then sold on for a profit. The new owners frequently rented out at exorbitant prices and failed to maintain the properties. I remember a gentleman who needed to be visited by a district nurse daily becoming very upset as he rented a room in an ex council flat and shared kitchen and bathroom with 6 other people (it was a 3 bed flat) the landlord did not allow visitors to the flat and this gut was frightened he would be evicted if the nurse visited daily. Unfortunately, the guy was re admitted to hospital and ended up in a care home as he could not receive medical help at home. Private developers are not keen on providing a larger percentage of 'social housing' as it dents their profits. Also a social rent is still around £200 plus a week

Hello, I was wondering if others have had experience of roof repairs and guarantees. A while back, we had a water leak come through in our top floor room. A roofer came and went out on the roof to take a look - they said it was to do with a leak near the chimney. They did some rendering around the chimney and this cost £1800 plus £750 for scaffolding (so £2,550 total). They said the work came with a 10 year guarantee. About a year later, there was another leak on the same wall, which looked exactly the same size and colour as the previous leak. But it was about 2 metres away from it, on the other side of a window. I contacted the roofer about this new leak, thinking it would be covered by the guarantee. However, he said the new leak was due to a different and unrelated problem, and so was not covered by the guarantee. This new leak, he said, was due to holes in the felt underneath the tiles. He said there are holes in the felt all over the roof (so if this was the cause, I expect the first leak may have been caused by that too - but he didn't mention the holes in the felt for the first repair). It feels like the 10-year guarantee doesn't mean much at all. I realise that the guarantee couldn't cover all future problems with the roof, but where do you draw the line with what's reasonable? Is it that a leak is only covered if an identical leak happens in exactly the same place? There were no terms and conditions with the guarantee, which I didn't question at the time.

What do you mean by tax paying public? Most adults pay tax, including the rich and privileged. Or is this that deep state I've heard about on social media. I'm not rich and privileged but I believe in some restrictions on drivers.

That view is really sad. That streets could be so much nicer, people walking more yet you dismiss this. If you recall it continued when the social distancing rules were progressively relaxed during lock down. Don't you think that this was a good thing? I hate to tell you the Dulwich LTN is here to stay for the foreseeable future. Well I don't actually hate telling you.

I always like Redemptions coffee though I've not visted for awhile..Romeo Jones was always my 1st choice for takeout Coffee Redemption 2nd. What IS with all these independent Yoga and Pilates Studios? Theres one on London Rd in Forest Hill (Mind) thats recently opened and then theres the Pilates place thats opened on North X Road. I looked at the prices of the one on NorthX road and was frankly shocked at how expensive it is, The FH one is slightly less. Made me decide to stick with classes in The local authority gym

Dulwich Village update: The old DVillage location is (again?) under offer. The storefront next to the new grocer is going to open as a yoga and pilates studio...the name of which I've forgotten. 🤦‍♂️ Megan's is starting to push its takeaway coffee and cannibalise some of Redemption Coffee's market share. Is Megan's struggling? It's quite a big restaurant they have and rent cant be cheap. The reinventing of the Megan's branch on Lordship Lane as Ollie's seems to have stalled. And Redemption is looking a bit tired these days...