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Yes to Aston! Installed shelves in our kitchen, drilling thru existing tiling. Perfect job, no fuss. Ta!

I had an issue in SE22 around that time; my downstairs neighbour's basement flat extension had partly separated from the main building because of subsidence, so I in effect was prevented me from selling my top floor flat until fixed. Whether that basement flat extension was poorly executed in the first place, I do not know. It took several years to resolve (partly due to the owner being abroad, and the insistence of their insurer on removing trees and "waiting to see what happens"), and I sold up and moved on shortly after.

Certainly the team at Lloyds repeatedly seem very confused and unclear on why they don't have my prescription... was instructive to hear someone else have the same discussion with them as I had (whilst queuing for the third time in a day only to leave empty-handed). Unclear to me whether the problem lies with Lloyds or with my GP; they both blame each other. But definitely time to try another pharmacy.

Hey, Bradley has done several jobs for me over the years. Both interior and full exterior work has been carried out to a high standard in a friendly and professional manner. Recommended!

Billy just talked me through fixing my boiler over the phone, gratis. What a star. No thanks to my insurance company who cannot cope and whose phone lines automatically cut me off! Time to cancel that policy.

Has anybody managed to get the site to work properly? Get all the way through the questionnaire, the 'payment details' for the free offer... 'contact your administrator'... computer says no. Poor.

Been to lane-swim twice since the handover. First time pool was in a bit of a state, rubbish and a household fliptop bin poolside. I was greeted with what felt like a warning that even as a non-member I would not be able to use the facilities in the future without a card (eg: surrender your details). Second time, what I was told was an 8" wide 'safety zone' ("cos there's only one pool attendant")had been cordoned off on the edge of fast lane, making it significantly smaller than the medium lane, which in turn was probably 50% smaller than the vast ocean of a slow lane. With barely anyone in it. Greeted again with an exhortation to fill out commercial paperwork or risk exclusion from a local authority facility. Nice to see they've taken the time to jazz-up the wall of the pool with an ad for the merchandise in reception/shop, though. Ha, and indeed, rumph.

Not much of an exaggeration to say that Dr Stephens at The Gardens helped save my life a couple of years back. V grateful. Wish it were easier to get an appointment though, never sure exactly what the drill is...

good work from Brad. Straighforward, easy to work with. Thanks!

That's her! Hope she's ok Dave

Has anyone else had unexpected knocks at the door late at night from *ahem* 'professionals'? Has happened to me maybe three times in the past year or so, again just now ? a charming lady of advancing years with pink hair. They seem to have the right address, but are asking for 'Dave'. First time it happened I'd fallen asleep watching The Shining, which added a somewhat surreal edge to it all. Concerned that 'Dave' may be getting a bit frustrated if his freelance consultants keep going astray. Weird.

Wow ? as with some others above, my usual evening commute was from Victoria to Peckham... one stop on the way, easy. Tonight was a cold, sharp, shock! Had not twigged that east london line = no direct route home. Journey now has an extra leg, a walk the length of Clapham Junction station and a 15 min wait for a second train which went slowly via more stations. Compounded by lack of obvious info at Victoria, a search for staff with info. Poor. I'm sure there are benefits somewhere in this, but right now... Frustrated and disappointed.

A new tenant having a housewarming party that the owner wasn't keen on (nor the neighbours, including the church next door). Been going on since last night. An auspicious beginning for the new houses where the woodyard used to be.

Hi James. Have contacted Southwark council several times about the condition of Barry Road and resulting vibrations from heavy traffic. This getting progressively worse and shakes my house! Have not yet a useful response from the Council. Any ideas? Thanks!

ED BIRD NEWS UPDATE: Saw what looked like a kestrel eating a mouse in my neighbour's gone-to-seed garden the other morning.

Could see all this from my window. Perhaps 10-15 police, many with machine guns. Believe that the flat is some sort of halfway house for younger people - have seen small groups of teenagers hanging around outside in previous months, bezzing around on scooters etc. Bit noisy sometimes but nothing more than that til now. Front door still wide open.