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Over the summer, Gary and his team did a complete refurb of our bathroom. It was a complicated, and fiddly job, with architects drawings to follow, and the inevitable surprises thrown up when you rip out a room in a Victorian house! He worked through the challenges with us as they happened, and we’re really pleased with the finished result. He has some really good guys working for him, and the quality of tiling etc has been great.

Yes I can second what's been said above - we applied last year (and live at the Anstey end of Nutbrook St) and were initially 49 on the waiting list; whereas this year, another family equidistant are right at the top of the list already.

Can someone clarify if you were to do a hyper local journey in ED/PR that didn't involving crossing the South Circular would it def involve being charged every time? Are there loads of cameras within the zone itself?! I should know this.... and I will soon find out (!) but obviously we use the car relatively little as it is, just wondering re these occasional journeys i need to do.

All very helpful thanks!

I'm interested in understanding the preferred methods of transport, particularly in Yr 7 from kids living at the Peckham Rye end of East Dulwich. For now my son is signed up to the school bus, which seems to work quite well in the morning. After school you seem to have sit and wait for 30-40 minutes before it leaves, though. Cycling seems the way forward, I think we need to build his confidence a bit and then aim to switch to that. Thanks in advance for any experiences.

Still interested to hear from anyone starting in September 9regardless of meeting up before the taster day).

Our son is due to start at Harris Boys in September. I am interested in hearing from families who are also starting at HBAED and am thinking it might be nice to intro a few of the boys to each other before the taster day in a few weeks. Please DM me if you're interested. Thanks.

Excuse ignorance, as I don't drive through DV often, never during the week - BUT I got fined coming home to Peckham on bank holiday Monday. Surely Sunday rules should apply on bank holidays? (leaving aside the fact that the whole thing sounds a bit bonkers)

Our experience of the music scholarship tests were that they were fairly rigorous, and with hindsight I probably shouldn't have put my son through it as he wasn't quite at the standard required. However, I don't think it's all grade-based, more about natural ability - though there was quite a big theory element to the process (from what little I could get out of my son afterwards!).

Yep we've also had an update from our first choice school and have gone up about 7 places, but we're still over 40 places to go, so we know we have to move on re that one!

Kingsdale have sent out updated waiting list positions today - does anyone know if Southwark do the same today, or if that only happens if you ask for it? Thanks

I believe so, I think the process of recruiting a replacement must currently be happening

We are about 970m from HBAED (and 930m from Charter ED) - we put HB 4th and got it

I was under the impression the first big shakedown of lists would be happening between initial allocations and next Monday 15th, when I think we get updated waiting list positions. I may start a separate thread in due course when I know more about waiting lists, but in the meantime am interested in hearing from anyone via DM who has been allocated HBAED.

It definitely happens - bit gutting. Though we are over 900m (and 49th on the waiting list) and at that distance we sort of knew it was unlikely (funny how you slightly delude yourself though)

Hi @midivydale - your post meant I just spotted this thread again and my input from 2016 - no huge changes here, in that managing emotions continues to be an issue for the now nearly-9 year old! Always interested to hear from other people how they handle it, especially when it manifests as major rudeness to us - I find we are constantly trying to balance the need to manage the unacceptable rudeness, with empathising with the big emotions that he's trying to process. It's a balance I struggle with much of the time, and my husband really struggles with it too - often causing them in particular to be at loggerheads. Our boy has become self-aware enough that recently he's decided he doesn't want to use the (very limited) time he's allowed at the weekend playing games on the iPad as he can see that it makes him so stressed/furious if it doesn't go to plan. This may pass, but I'm enjoying that while it lasts! An unusual example of self-awareness and self-regulation.

Just like to add more feedback for Aston - he was really punctual and friendly and did a range of little jobs for me, and will be back to do more! I am really glad to have someone reliable and communicative to call on for the DIY that we are aren?t able to get done.

Yes we are staying put. It seems it may be typical for builders to cover this cost, but our guy was relatively reasonable, perhaps in part because he doesn't include costs such as this one?!

No mortgage company didn't ask - most people seem to think it should be covered by builder as you suggest, though.

Any of you been required to take out renovations insurance to cover any loss/damage inflicted by builders, and if so was it fairly hefty? i.e. more than our annual buildings over for about 3 months. The builder has organised the quote and I don't have much time to shop around. Thanks in advance for any experience here!

I want to recommend Lou and his brilliant parties at Captured on the Rye. My 6-yr old had a party there for 12, and they all really enjoyed it. It was nice to do something creative, without lots of competitive games (which can stress out my son!) and everyone got something really nice to take away at the end - a party bag with a difference! They basically designed their own T-shirts (with some cool templates for those that wanted them) and then Lou and Lola helped them screen print them - they all came out looking great, something tasteful that the kids will wear and enjoy. They also did some fab little spin paintings and at the end Lou fired up his candy floss machine. Find out more here: https://capturedontherye.com/ Feel free to PM me if you want to ask me anything about it.

I sent an email expressing an interest but not heard back. Can anyone help? Thanks