About 100 flats share our communal garden, which right now is lots of gravel, some municipal-looking shrubbery which some neighbour has pruned to buggery, and a fair amount of rubbish. Does anyone have an idea how we could organise getting this done, so that I'm not a) shouldering the entire cost, and b) not finding that someone cuts down my ( Read more... )

I've seen a fair amount of articles/posts about which Edinburgh letting agents are the worst - does anyone have any idea of which are the least worst? I'm trying to research possibilities for letting my flat out, and as I've not using letting agents as a renter I don't know who to avoid. Any ideas? Although I'd be the person letting it, I'm ( Read more... )

Does anyone have any firewood, old furniture or similar that they'd be willing to contribute for a bonfire.
I'm in EH10, but can collect stuff from most places.

Thanks.

Does anybody know of an older person looking for a wee doggy companion? One of my friends has come to the very difficult decision to rehome her much loved little dog. Jodie is a 13 year old terrier and NEEDS someone who is home most of the day as she gets very upset when left. She'd be a perfect companion for an elderly person as she's very loving ( Read more... )

Could anybody recommend a podiatrist in Edinburgh, please? (nhs self-referral unfortunately takes 9-12 weeks :-( ). Ta!!

After spending the best part of a decade thinking it over, I have decided to get a tattoo before I turn 40 in December.  A friend suggested this group might be able to help me find the right person ( Read more... )

Annoyingly, I've been being very careful about watching out for taxi drivers handing me fake notes for ages, but got caught out this weekend with old pre-Euro French coins which are gold-ish being passed to me instead of pound coins.

Watch out for that one, everybody.

Sigh...

Can anyone recommend good places to get brogues?
It's for an 18th birthday present so quality is more important than price.

Thanks.

If you were going to go for cocktails in the city as a couple, where would you go?

See if you're in Edinburgh, and need a plumber? Don't give The Secret Plumber a call... I'm following a Twitter conversation he's having with a poor girl who he near ran off the road ( Read more... )