WEST LONDON MEET-UP THREAD - APRIL 2007 (Part 2) - Acton to Sunbury everybody welcome

[mellow2]

New thread as the old one has run out of room.

Guess I am destined not to meet DS2 until his 18th then . No problem Foxie. I am waitning for the gardener anway (should have been here at 9.30 ), then have to buy 2 cat flaps, so I finally can stop answering the door to let the cats in/out, and will probably head into Kingston to get a couple of b'day pressies, so plenty to keep me entertained.

Is anyone free next Thursday? DD's school is closed (polling station) so thought I would see if anyone is up for anything?

Mellow, have you heard of Ealing135 ? I'm planning on joining them because I'm at the point where I need to do something with ds everyday that's out of the house. Might be good for you too?

CoV, I'm around Thurs am.

Mellow, also meant to say that Thursday pm (2.30-3) at Brentford library is storytime, a few us usually stay until about 4-ish.

CoV -

might be around next week but don't want to commit at this stage as I've over done it a bit

how about the bank holiday week CoV? I also want to see sfx but she's studiously avoiding me atm...

(if that doesn't get her out of the wood work nothing will)

Hi girls, what did i miss? Too shattered to read the thread ;) ds had pneumococcal injection a few days back and since then sleeps even worse!

Now off to start another thread under legal before i start a major fight with former landlord who's being a right b*tch...

MrsD - Hiya - is it probs with getting your deposit back?

CoV - I'm also free next Thursday. If the weather's nice shall we plan a picnic or day out for whoever's around?

Wave to everyone

Hiya Mrs..oh dear what's happening?

Sue - I'd like to use your Polish chappie to lay our floor tiles if he's OK. What do you think is best way to get around the language issue - maybe ask his DW to accompany him to the first visit so she could translate?

yup problems with deposit back. How could it be otherwise... just started a thread under legal to see whether I should fight her...

Who is it on here who is friends with the lovely Nicky who does massages, facial, etc. in Brentford. I've lost her web page.

MrsBigD, I am dreading the deposit fight when we finally move out of our current house. They have an outrageous sum of money as our deposit and I'm sure I'll have to fight to get it back... Off to find your thread...

that would be me - Nicky

Re deposits personally, I always think its worth fighting to a degree! We had this problem with a flat but we threatened to take him to court and surprise surprise, the money turned up!

Ele, I've got her phone number if you wanna ring my mobile I'll let you have it.

I am at the other end of this legal debate - as in I'm the landlord. I have the difficult job of assessing the property and deciding how much (if any) of the deposit to withold.

My last tenents scarpered without paying their rent (in lieu of their deposit) which is specifically in the contract that they can't do that. The left the property in a disgusting state and it cost over £200 to have it cleaned and the didn't pay any of their utility final accounts.

I'm still dealing with the fall-out from that bunch.

The current bunch managed to flood the bathroom and kitchen, cause 2.5k's worth of damage and bring the ceiling of the flat downstairs in.

I think the new laws to hold bonds in a protected account is an excellent idea - it's been that way in Aus for years.

It's a 2 way street and I'm sure the landlord has probably got into a "I'm fed up with being ripped off" frame of mind thus has become inflexible.

I'd suggest speaking to them to sort it out. It's too easy to misconstrue the tone of an email or letter and decide to get bull headed.

Just MO.....

Pudding,

I'm helping to organise a "ladies night" for the parents in DD's class. I think it's meant to raise funds and have various things for sale (gifts, clothes, jewelry, cards, etc.) and also have pampering treatments like reflexology, massage and manicures. So, of course, I thought of the lovely Nicky. I'm not sure how this would work. Perhaps people sign up, and she come for a flat hourly rate and then we have a bit of profit to hand over to the PTA at the end??? Anyway, do you think she would be interested?

paddle, realise that but in our case there was absolutely no reason to withhold our deposit as we left the place cleaner than when we found it, had given him the proper notice etc. He was also trying to claim that we'd never paid him the deposit in the first place ! We did try talking to him but he just stopped taking our calls. Do agree that there needs to be a better way to arrange it.

hello everyone

i am in a virtual black hole since the internet provider stopped providing. am comminting a felony as i peek on here
(don't this people know how to protect their wireless!)

hope you are all well

mrsD we will most likely be away on 5/05 so unable to go, have a brilliant party and thanks for invite.
we once had a letting agency who run off with our deposit and that months rent, while we were evicted as the flat was being repossed, and that was in December

foxie how is ds2 tummy?

not sure what will do today yet, might pop over to lollipop later but will probably just end up at the local playground.

paddle sorry dh is being an arse again and it is Kate Atkinson.

shocking spelling

Oh is Mr Paddle being an arse agian (or is it still?).... must catch up somehow. Can someone give me a brief summary?

I'm sure she would be if the details could be worked out. Best thing to do would be to call her and have a chat about it, or if you prefer I can give her a ring and see if she would be interested first?

Yes, could you call and see if she's interested. She probably doen't remember me and might wonder who the heck I am. Nothing on this night has been organised so I'm very flexible. But, it will likely be somewhere in Twickenham, I would guess about 10 - 20 people (that is a wild guess), and I'd be happy take her suggestions on what kind of treatment would be feasible, how long she would want to stay, etc. She could obviously bring and pass our her card, list of fees, etc. and seize any promotion opportunities.

THANK YOU!

If you don't have my work e-mail, CAT me and I'll get back to you with the work address.

Paddle I can see the point from the landlord's side as well, however she's coming across as so 'generous' for giving us back £200 (out of £1400). She also replaced the lounge carpet because alledgedly it was covered in paint... erhem I don't think so! The carpet was lived in when we moved in so she probably wanted to replace it anyhow and pass the cost on iykwim.

As for speaking to her... she's perfectly charming and put on the 'I'm only a woman and don't know much of anything' routine. However she's a calculating madam (she used to be a manager at IBM so she's hard core)... argh

morning everybody! all is well but have hardly been in this week. 3rd interview went fine but waiting to hear. he was interested and said so, reckons he wants to make his decision this weekend as he is soooo busy in meetings all week. dh interview in switzerland went very well and he was told he might get into the idea to bring his family for a weekend to see "if they'd like it here....". anyway long way to go so am not even contemplating it... sorry to hear about the landlord issue; horrible stuff to go through. will catch up a bit later. hope all is well.

Ooh Nanou, fingers crossed for you.

Ele - Maybe all of us should have a pampering night some time soon, when finances permit. Sounds like fun.

Talking of pampering - Foxie, have you had a chance to use the spa voucher yet? Would love to hear what its like.

OMG - Just heard a strange noise outside went to inspect and a huge truck has just knocked down the lampost. Luckily it only landed on my neighbour's wall rather than crushing either of our cars!

Has Quokka left for Singapore?

Sue,
If you have any space left, I'd like to come to Quokka's leaving do, but don't worry if you don't.