LucyInTheRye

Thank you forumites for the excellent recommendation. Aston assembled and hung two flat pack kids? bookcases for me, fixed a heavy mirror to the wall and mended some broken drawers which had been nagging at me for ages. He did everything with very good grace and to a high standard. He is also very nice and was kind to my toddlers. Thanks Aston.

Another glowing review for Billy from me and a thank you to the forumites who posted previous recommendations for him, he is a real find. He did a great job fitting a hot water cylinder, improved pipework and removed old water tanks for us as well as moving pipework around for our renovation. He obviously takes great pride in his work and we now have a seemingly never-ending supply of hot water which is wonderful. Billy is polite, tidy, helpful, trustworthy and a very nice man. Thank you Billy.

^^ what Cornelia said. You are such a big part of our FHR community and we will really miss you! Thank you so much Nilesh, Anita and Raj for always being so kind and friendly. My kids call the P.O 'Raj's.' It won't be the same without you, Best of luck to you all, Lucy, Cody, Pea, CB and the twins xx

I want to say thank you too. It was very refreshing to have an a readily contactable councillor who wanted to help and willingly engaged with residents. You have restored my faith in local politics and I really appreciate all the hard work you have done for East Dulwich.

Mine was smashed up too! :-( I didn?t realise it had happened to other people. So frustrating.

Lots of lovely Winter babies. I'm expecting twins in December and I have two daughters 4 and 2. End of October would be great for me too! Looking forward to meeting you all.

Seconding the recommendation for South London School of Ballet. It's excellent and DD(4) loves it.

Yes I've looked them up and it looks like they do good stuff. And I didn't mean I think charity is unimportant btw, my syntax was clumsy. Just if someone knocks that late I imagine it's urgent.

I'll send them round to yours next time, Alice ;-) Meh. Maybe I'm being precious. Didn't want to not answer in case it was something important. Just seems late.

There was a knock at our door at 9.20pm this evening. It was a man from a charity (Karuna Trust) asking for donations. It made me feel uneasy as I wasn't expecting anyone and deliveries always come before 9. Possibly irrational but when I heard the knock I thought it might be the police. Apparently he came by around 6/7pm earlier this week and my husband told him it was an inconvenient time (kids bathtime) so he (man from the charity) thought later would be better :-\ (DH didn't tell him to come back btw) Has anyone knocked on your door late and unsolicited? Is it acceptable?

The French dub EVERYTHING! This was a source of great annoyance to my siblings and me growing up in France. If you have Amazon prime video and the broadband is up to it you can watch some things abroad now, including kids shows. Otherwise get extra memory for your laptop/tablet and download as much stuff as poss before you go.

Yep. I really hate crossing here. Especially with young children.

Yet another wholehearted recommendation for Saied. He has transformed our overgrown front and back garden and chosen beautiful plants. He has cleared thousands of weeds, dug up tree stumps and made me feel proud of our garden instead of slightly embarrassed. He also gives excellent advice.