Vlado

Hi there, Outlook have just finished doing a loft for us, and I would definitely recommend them - as others have said, they work to a high standard and the guys on site are very professional and pleasant to deal with. Much more so than some other, ahem, construction professionals that we have worked with. It's worth noting that the design and the building work is done by two separate but related companies - this wasn't completely clear to us at the start, and I have to say I found the builders a lot more responsive and easier to interact with than the designers. But that's really a detail. The other thing to bear in mind is that they tend to have long lead times - although from our perspective that was a good thing, since it indicates that they are in demand. PM me if you want any more specific feedback.

TBH I don't object to the principle of paying to park. I just don't like the fact that the Council can get away with charging such ridiculous rates for non-resident parking and not offer a more reasonable system for e.g. tradesmen.

So my calculation was that for any given month, you would need 2 x non-discounted books of 10 all day parking vouchers @ ?45 each. Our CPZ runs from 8.30 til 18.30, and I was rather hoping that the builders would be at it for mote than 5 hours a day, but you never know...

Hello, we are about to have an extension built. We live in a Southwark CPZ and will need to arrange parking for the builders. I don't think they will give me a 1-month residents permit for the builders' van, and daily visitors permits will take it to around ?90 for the month (as opposed to ?15 for a resident's permit!). What a racket. I'd be really interested to hear how others have dealt with this. Thanks!

Hello there, this is my first post because...I don't live in ED (yet!). We were looking at a house on Ivanhoe Road recently, and couldn't help noticing a railway line running about 20 metres from the bottom of the garden... Is it a noisy line? Do they run freight trains at night? Or does it just stop bothering you after a while?