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Jah Lush Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > As Oscar said: "Work is the curse of the drinking > classes." I've begun doubting the validity of this quote, I find the more often I go into work hungover, the easier it gets;-)

I'm sorry if this sounds harsh but you must be a bit of a numpty if you hand over your credit card details to a complete randomer who calls you up out of the blue with an obvious cock and bull story without checking them out first

In an estate agent in ED, not saying which though :) Been doing this since I left school

work in an local estate agent, won't say which, I do both sales and lettings. been in this industry since almost straight after I left school,enjoy it a lot and I'm not looking to change career soon!

Easties EL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > J to the R.O.C > > Trailer Park for Life. FO LIFE IT'S J ROCK BABY

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ...say "sitting at meetings tends to make them > inefficient and overlong, let's all stand" then dive under the desk to dodge the barrage of evil looks from your co-worker

yeah like eater 81 says, any bar owner with a good business head will be showing the footie to pull in the crowds

Two guys walk into a bar, the third one ducks.

Jah Lush Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I don't think I'll be risking my ringpiece with > that one. nah risk it mate, it's worth the ring of fire

No you're not! I LOVE trailer park boys, watched every episode, hilarious. http://www.themovieblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/bubbles.jpg "the ice bong is so smooth, I forgot how high it gets you"

I DJ myself and with speakers of that size/power you will be inaudible, in an quiet bar perhaps they would be ok for very quiet background music but outdoors the sound will be lost, and even indoors you will be struggling. For background level outside music you'd need something along these lines - http://www.htfr.com/more-info/MR331901 Those are actually a pretty good deal, although the quality of sound will not be the best, they will be loud enough to be heard outside and as they are active there's no need to faff around with amps etc. Prices for the kind of thing you're looking at will probably start at around 160 upwards. Good brands include JBL or alpine, in my experience their audio equipment is usually pretty high quality + sounds good on a budget. Lemme know if you have questions etc :D

I'd like my to suggest that we cut Cameron's balls off

http://plaztikmag.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/insanity-sauce.jpg it's hot damn hot

Rhinestone Cowboy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Done and done. I must say thou I am getting fed > up with the guys protesting all the time they add > 20 mins to my journey as I work right near > Trafalgar sq If they could move along to Lambeth > Bridge they would create a nightmare and not upset > me. Would probably upset the hospital and the > ambulances which is not good so maybe move to > Vauxhall, yes Vauxhall bridge would suit me > Please move along They can all club together outside metropolis! Seems an appropriate place for a scooter protest...

Done and done!

there wasn't so much of a point intended, was merely offering up some more info on the show and their search...

I got a load of emails into my agency from the producers of this program about the lady who was going to be featured who was searching in the area, wanted a 3 bedroom place up to about 400k

eater81 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It is such a shame that, probably a mere 50 years > later, what appears to have been a beautiful > countryside area became over run with swathes of > urban squalor. Peckham is not squalor

I see this guy all the time, often with 2 or 3 high powered bikes who like to rev their engines up real high all the time, he's proper good at wheelies...

rowerdk Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Firearms incident off East Dulwich Grove Where did you hear that? Any more details?

MissSophie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thanks DJKillaQueen, however I have tried to call > Southwark with this, (it's more about > over-crowding in a small flat, making all rooms > bedrooms etc) they won't come and see the property > as it's not a specific noise-related issue. I'm at > a loss of what to do, I just want to inform the > owner of the property as I don't think he knows > that it's been used for these purposes. > > Dubloke - as an estate agent, what could you > recommend? > Thanks again Hi Sophie, Unfortunately as you are not the owner of the property that has been converted into a bedsit then there is not a lot you can do directly in order to get the tenants to calm down. If you do manage to eventually reach the managing agent then you may be able to get something done as they will be able to send letters to tenants indicating there have been issues with noise etc. However as Killa Queen said - if it is a general noise pollution issue then you can have southwark get involved to try and sort it out without having to go through any kind of managing agent. Best of luck with it, send me a message if you have any other questions about this or other property stuff. PS. - its dublUke :)

DJKillaQueen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Dreadful for the Landlords. But surely the real > question should be why aren't letting agencies > doing a better job of keeping track of the homes > they rent out. After all they get paid to oversee > and take care of repairs as part of their role in > managing a let. Councils have the same problems > with properties being sub-let but housing officers > do at least look out for that as part of their > job. I work for an agent in East Dulwich, my opinion on this is that whilst it is the job of a managing agent to keep an eye on the property they are managing, it is customary to only do inspections and checks every 4 - 6 months, more often than this and you begin to impeach on the tenants right to not have excess intereference from their landlord or managing agent. This also leads me onto my next point, as you must by law obtain permission from the tenant before entering a rented property to do an inspection, if you do not get this permission and enter the property then you are flouting the tenants rights and breaking the code of conduct laid onto lettings agents by the property ombudsman scheme. From the sounds of things this woman moved everyone in and then cut off all ties with the managing agent, so getting hold of her to arrange checks would have been impossible, and entering the property without this permission would therefore have been unlawful. On the flipside of this, they may have just been very poor managing agents who never bothered even attempting to check on the property, which of course is pretty crap.

Personally I think the speedbumps in Friern road are effective, if you drive over them at over say 15mph your car gets a good jolt enough to slow you down for the next one and about halfway down the street they turn into proper sleeping policemen anyway!

TheAllSeeingEye Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Its the popular, young > professionals flats (typically 2bed garden) and > the small family homes, that are gold dust at the > moment. Very true, I work for a local agent and we have a number of large houses in good structural and decorative order, in good locations and for realistic prices which have been hanging around on the market for a number of months, however we are getting rid of two bedroom garden flats like no-ones business! The majority of my buyers are looking for this kind of flat up to about the 250 range

andypandy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Does anyone know why all the bike stands in ED > have been wrapped in plastic so they can't be > used? I'm pretty sure a bit of plastic won't prevent usage, just unwrap it?