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Re: Ad hoc childcare company but for dogs not children!

The Bubble app offers dog care

I think the min booking period is 2 hours

We’ve used it for emergency dog sitting (and lots of babysitting) and the woman was lovely
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Ad hoc childcare company but for dogs not children!
Replies: 4
by this_is_cat
Mon Jul 29, 2024 7:09 am

Re: Apology for state of Wandsworth Common

^^^^ NIMBY in action!

Honestly, those bores and their soap boxes about commons vs parks. Yawn
The Clapham Common lot are just as bad.

It’s a bit of grass, it will recover. It’s nothing to get so worked up about
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Apology for state of Wandsworth Common
Replies: 9
by this_is_cat
Mon May 13, 2024 9:23 am

Re: Apology for state of Wandsworth Common

Unless IOWfan is suggested the lorries were joyriding around the common, I’m not sure how they can be accused of an ‘excessive’ amount of driving. We also attending the circus over the weekend and it’s a brilliant, and professional set up. But it can’t be achieved without hauling a LOT of kit onto t...
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Apology for state of Wandsworth Common
Replies: 9
by this_is_cat
Mon May 13, 2024 9:03 am

Re: Would you recommend IKOS respots for a family summer holiday?

They are good but not great, especially since the prices have skyrocketed over the last couple of years. There is a great selection of restaurants and the food quality is definitely higher than we expected for all-inclusive. But the pools were always rammed and noisy, unless you had paid extra for t...
Forum: Travel
Topic: Would you recommend IKOS respots for a family summer holiday?
Replies: 7
by this_is_cat
Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:47 am

Re: Which new bar to All Bar One empty slot in MArch?

It’s going to be called The Red setter

With any luck, they’ll see sense and realise it’s not in Clapham, and therefore correct their website before they open!

https://www.urbanpubsandbars.com/venues ... er-clapham
Forum: Got a Question?
Topic: Which new bar to All Bar One empty slot in MArch?
Replies: 4
by this_is_cat
Mon Feb 19, 2024 6:31 am

Re: Chalkboard on Northcote Road

Like QT toys, I think Chalkboard is excellent value for money. It has a huge selection of pocket money toys that my children can buy themselves, as well as the fantastic selection of bigger toys, games and activities that no other shops stock. And as others said, their advice and help is unrivalled-...
Forum: Got a Question?
Topic: Chalkboard on Northcote Road
Replies: 8
by this_is_cat
Mon Jan 29, 2024 6:38 am

Re: Thai takeaway suggestions

Soi Thai on Northcote Road (next to Franca Manca) is head and shoulders above any other local Thai restaurants
Great food and great value, I hope they stick around long term because that site has had a really high turnover of tenants over the years
Forum: Got a Question?
Topic: Thai takeaway suggestions
Replies: 5
by this_is_cat
Mon Jan 15, 2024 7:33 am

Re: Thomas's Clapham Ballot Rigged?

It’s not ‘owned by a PE company’ A PE company has taken a minority share in the last few weeks As far as I’m aware, the only trust-owned schools locally are Finton and Hornsby. Both not without their own issues, and charging very similar fees (and making identical fee hikes) to the schools owned by ...
Forum: Schools
Topic: Thomas's Clapham Ballot Rigged?
Replies: 12
by this_is_cat
Mon Jun 12, 2023 9:46 am

Re: Thomas's Clapham Ballot Rigged?

Tutoring children before exams isn’t unique to Thomas’s! It has become the norm now at pretty much every state and primary school in the area, especially before exams. Children are being tutored in core subjects ahead of the Transfer test for state secondaries now, let alone before 11+ and 13+ exams...
Forum: Schools
Topic: Thomas's Clapham Ballot Rigged?
Replies: 12
by this_is_cat
Mon Jun 12, 2023 9:23 am

Brilliant local nursery with extra places

The excellent Broomwood Montessori nursery on the corner of Kyrle Road and Broomwood road has been given permission by Ofsted to expand its age range and can now accept children from 18 months upwards, and has placed available from September. It’s a brilliant little nursery, and I originally found i...
Forum: Got a Question?
Topic: Brilliant local nursery with extra places
Replies: 1
by this_is_cat
Wed May 10, 2023 6:04 pm

Re: Friend copying my house design room by room.

I think we can blame media and social media for a bit of this… Instagram is full of accounts showcasing interiors, with full lists of where everything came from specifically to ‘recreate the look’ Pinterest exists solely to show us pictures of other peoples lives to copy for our own There are tens o...
Forum: Got a Question?
Topic: Friend copying my house design room by room.
Replies: 17
by this_is_cat
Wed May 10, 2023 9:14 am

Re: Would you do a side return build if pregnant? How bad are they?

We did exactly this on 2021! The builders started demolishing our kitchen when I was 6 weeks pregnant with our second, and finished everything when I was 7 months. We used a local firm called Reliance Design and build, and they were absolutely brilliant. It won’t let me post a link but they are on I...
Forum: Homes & Garden
Topic: Would you do a side return build if pregnant? How bad are they?
Replies: 6
by this_is_cat
Mon Apr 17, 2023 7:22 am

Re: Morning only nursery options

Broomwood Montessori (not connected with broomwood hall school) takes children from 18 months
Forum: Childcare
Topic: Morning only nursery options
Replies: 6
by this_is_cat
Mon Mar 06, 2023 7:05 am

Re: Electrolysis hair removal

Electrolysis is old technology, and newer laser hair removal is much, much better. You need to make sure it is proper laser and not IPL, which is sometimes incorrectly marketed as laser. I have used Premier Laser in Clapham Common (near the little Waitrose) and Therapie clinic near Clapham junction ...
Forum: Got a Question?
Topic: Electrolysis hair removal
Replies: 5
by this_is_cat
Mon Mar 06, 2023 7:03 am

Re: Ex owes money

I think your mum is probably best off speaking to a property solicitor but was there not a charge placed on the house before it was sold? are the exes threats to hide money made verbally or in writing? As the other poster said, £10k isn’t a huge amount of money in the grand scheme, and would easily ...
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Ex owes money
Replies: 8
by this_is_cat
Mon Nov 21, 2022 7:28 am