PatriciaPT

Since moving here (Herne Hill) I have had 007 (I found them first on this website) to do all kinds of jobs and found them brilliant. I live in the ground floor garden flat of a converted Victorian house and they've done 'silly little' jobs like fixing broken curtain cords, middle sized jobs like putting up difficult lighting, sorting out problems with access to my back garden - and bigger jobs like re-decorating 3 rooms and most recently the whole of the outside of this 3 story house (not including the brickwork, but I expect they could do that too). If I come up with a problem they will go away and think about it and come up with possible answers. If they can't do something, they can usually come up with 'a man who can'. Give them a try, I don't think you'll regret it.

Thank you Tradesman32 - really helpful. Am thinking about it because am having room decorated anyway so I thought better get it done first if I'm going to do it!

Kind of you to say so KidKruger. Yes red devil - thank you - we have talked and although she has been accommodating I can tell she'd rather not have me singing what is certainly not her kind of music. Wow, I'd love to live by an opera singer. Horses for courses I guess. I do avoid unsocial hours but I need to get into a better rhythm of regular times.

I'm trying to find a way of reducing the noise levels for my neighbour in the flat above. I am a singer and although they have not complained, I'm aware that when I practise below it must sometimes be very irritating, and this inhibits me from practising as much as I would like. I'm in a converted Victorian house - conversion done in the 80s and therefore not subject to current soundproofing regs. I don't want to have to have the ceiling down but could afford to lose a few inches of the height. Any help would be appreciated.