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Nov 24th
South London Refurbishments specialise in all types of conversions, from conservatory extensions, (which can increase natural light in your home), rear extensions, for extra space or even garage conversions. It can open up a room in your home, transforming it into something completely different and maybe even a focal point for your home. Be it a Loft Extension or any conversion as South London Refurbishments – Builders South London can assist!
What we have been up to – Floor Sanding in South London
If you are lucky enough to have wooden floor boards at home, you might find yourself in need of our services. Your wooden floor boards might seem tough enough to withstand anything, but time, heavy traffic and the general wear and tear of a busy modern home will all take their toll on your floor. South London Refurbishments Ltd can restore any age, species or profile of wooden floor to give your living space a new lease of life.
We can help to ensure that any work we complete is carried out without damaging your home. This means that, once our work is done, all that will remain for you to do is sit back and enjoy your transformed floor boards. Just another reason why so many home owners choose to work with South London Refurbishments Ltd when they are looking to restore their wooden floor boards.
We provide services throughout South London and the following areas: builders in Clapham, builders in Chelsea and builders in Fulham, builders in Battersea and builders in Putney, builders in South London, builders in Walworth
Our Hollywood Bikini Wax is quick and affordable
Nov 15th
HOLLYWOOD WAX – Bring a friend and both get 50% off any one treatment
Hollywood Bikini Waxing (Complete Strip Wax)
£42.00
Time 30 mins
The Hollywood Bikini (Strip) Wax is a bikini treatment which removes all pubic hair from the front, lip area and back (buttocks) using strip wax. The option is available for the client to request to leave some hair (a tiny strip etc) in the front if preferred. Büty Salon is the first Beauty Salon London to introduce this treatment in 1998.
Strip Wax Hollywood is £40 – 30 mins Hot Wax Hollywood is £64 – 30/45 mins
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THE URBAN HOME & GARDEN
Jan 28th
How to bring the outside in & inside out
Urban gardens can be that extra room you are looking for, adding value in more ways than one.
London architects should inspire their clients to make the most of their indoor-outdoor space, however big or small, so that they can relax enjoy space, eat and entertain, inside or out.”
The featured project is a complete house refurbishment and extension for a private developer client in Bayswater, London, W2. The garden was opened up to the open-plan living-kitchen-dining room to the full width of the property with large sliding glass doors and a level threshold. The canopy incorporated in the design leads you gently to the outside room while giving some additional shading to the living area in the warmer months.
The building was carefully designed to ensure that, as well as the curtains, the sliding folding doors can be neatly tucked out of the way and lie flush with the side wall when fully opened. The threshold of the sliding doors is flush with the floor finish and the same floor levels continue throughout, visually merging the two spaces into one, making both inside and outside appear larger. This is accentuated by having the same or a similar surface finish to both living room and garden. In this case a ceramic tile with under-floor heating was used internally, which closely matches the stone in the garden, where you are able to see the depth of the finish.
Tips for discussions with your architect when extending into your garden or remodelling your home.
When using glazed doors which slide back and give a large clear opening at any time of year, consider how they will look when fully or partially open and if you want to include any screening or curtains.
Consider similar materials on both sides of the threshold.
Drainage can detract from your look, so make sure your architect has this feature integrated into the design.
Get your architect to suggest or consider a landscape designer, who will be able to suggest plants that will keep your garden looking good all year round.
Consider the view to your garden at different times of the day and extending its use by incorporating lighting.
Be sure to discuss furniture, fittings, lighting, sound, heating and irrigation, all of which need to be integrated to keep lines clean.
Consider the colour and texture of your garden walls to accentuate architectural planting, maximising the light reflected back into the garden and making it look bigger.
Contact them on: 0207 610 9333
Web: www.dblo.co.uk
Claire Hale, dblo associates
‘ A well considered extension and garden layout can make your garden into an extension of your living room and a space you can use all year round’
Buty Guru Blog
Jan 21st
Therapists will now be able to log online to get the expert advice from a new blog initiative, The Buty Guru. Set up by a leading brand of beauty salon London called Buty Salon, the site was created to help a broad range of professional therapists from those starting out within the beauty industry to small beauty business owners.
Practical tips will be updated twice monthly by therapist editors, Fenia Sukiennik and Ana Depczynska (originally Polish) based at the Buty Salon’s two premises – Hammersmith and Fulham. The beauty salon London has a 12 year reputation for training and cultivating quality beauty practitioners in the industry. Salon manager, Fenia has worked across a number of salons across the UK and Ireland before working her way up to her current role. She often gives the salon’s new therapists guidance and training during their first 12 months and has cultivated a loyal client following since her appointment.
Buty Salon assistant manager, Ana says “Over the years I watched a pattern of the general qualities needed to make a beauty salon a success which therapists don’t necessarily learn until years down the line when they have built up experience. Our Guru blog will help to bring these issues to the forefront”.
The gurus will offer their experience and advice through articles and a section dedicated to answering reader’s questions and queries.
Buty Guru Blog Launches to help Fellow Therapists, “Although therapists have good training from respected beauty colleges we tend to find that there are still major gaps in their skills and therefore need further training on-site. We hope that the Buty Guru Blog will help to share and swap experiences and the tips a therapist needs to know to advance his/her career,” says therapist editor, Ana.
End of Tenancy Cleaning
Jan 21st
Most tenancies are require to have an end of tenancy cleaning in order to receive your deposit back. We find it’s best to do so yourself as your landlord or agent may charge more than necessary. Our end of tenancy cleaning is carried out by dedicated mobile teams of cleaning operatives whose specialty are properties in need of a thorough deep clean either at the end of a tenancy or before the start of one.
Our teams are equipped with all the necessary chemicals, tools and equipment. We understand how important for you is to have the property professionally cleaned and checked. We have carried out thousands of end of tenancy cleaning in London and home counties and we are well aware of the requirements for inventory checkouts.
We have created an extensive checklist reflecting the cleanliness standards required by major national UK letting agents and which our cleaners use at all times. If you are moving in or out of your property and need a thorough deep clean why don’t you give us a ring and ask for our end of tenancy cleaning service.
Book this service with us and you can rest assured that every square inch of your property will be professionally cleaned and polished. Don’t forget that our service is fully guaranteed and insured – if you are not entirely happy with the job we’ve done then we’ll come back and re-do it free of charge.
Are you a tenant leaving, you want to ensure you receive your full deposit back? …We will
- spot and report on any work that is likely to be required before the inventory clerk arrives
- we will be available when the inventory clerk arrives
You might require some of our other services at the end of your tenancy; we also offer:
So contact us now for any of your cleaning needs: 020 7731 8900
Tips & Advice for Renting Furniture
Jan 20th
Are you looking for home furniture hire? Be sure to use a supplier who specialises in providing full household packages of furniture and accessories. That way you can choose any combination of items from their inventories, please note though that most suppliers do not supply one off items.
Some companies may even supply basic home packs if you don’t have time to select specific items (these are based on the size of your property).
Be sure to get a quotation for your residential furniture hire before going ahead with your order. Ensure your quote includes the monthly rental cost, delivery & collection cost as well as a deposit.
Delivery
Check on the notice required for deliveries as most suppliers will need approximately 7-10 notice for deliveries. Be sure to choose a supplier who delivers nationwide, however, please note that delivery charges usually depends on the destination. Once you have agreed to the quote and arranged payment, delivery is set up on a date & time to suit you. Deliveries and collections are only done on weekdays. When you are ready for the furniture to be collected simply email or telephone and request a collection. 7 -10 working days notice are usually requested.
Installation & Collection
When renting furniture you can install it yourself, however it’s best if the company you are renting from do it for you as they have a professional eye for what is aesthetically pleasing. You do not need to be present in most cases as keys can be collected & returned afterwards. The installation supervisor will ensure that your furniture is correctly installed, the kitchenware unpacked (and the beds made up if you have rented linens). All packaging from the furniture and accessories will be removed from the property by the delivery team. On collection the supervisor will pack up the accessories and ensure your furniture is removed quickly and efficiently. The collection process will take around two to three hours depending on the size of property so please allow for this if you are having your own furniture delivered on the same day.
If you required emergency furniture hire and were to compare hiring furniture with staying in a mid priced hotel for a month while you wait for your own furniture to arrive, it would be six times cheaper to hire furniture. The savings applies for long term relocation furniture rental as well. A family relocating from the USA for a twelve month period would save as much as 60% when compared to the cost of shipping their furniture.
Not only is furniture hire a savings, but it’s tax efficient as well. Value Added Tax on rental charges is recoverable by UK registered companies. In addition, furniture rental payments are fully deductible as a business expense (UK Tax Act Section 74).
So what are you waiting for? Hiring furniture is the answer to your empty rooms!
For more information, tips & advice visit our website: http://www.rentfurnitureuk.com/
Wooden Flooring Installation Methods
Jan 20th
There are 3 main methods of fixing down wooden flooring; glue-down, secret nailing or floating. Which is the best?
Floating wooden floors
A floating floor is where the boards are lightly glued together with PVA wood glue along the tongue joint and laid onto a foam matting or underlay over the existing floor. They are called ‘floating’ floors because of their tendency to move if there are any peaks or hollows in the floor underneath, the sub-floor. There is no physical adhesion between the new wood floor and the old floor and, as a result, some floating floors may flex, squeak or sound ‘hollow’ when walked on, especially if the sub-floor has not been prepared correctly. This is a cost effective way of laying wooden flooring but the end result is often disappointing due to the movement. You can only float engineered wood flooring as solid boards have a tendency to twist if laid in this way.
Nailed wooden floors
Traditionally, secret nailing through the tongue of the board was the preferred fixing method when laying wooden flooring. The installer uses either a manual or a pneumatic nail gun and fires special wood fixing nails or cleats through the tongue, which is then hidden when the corresponding groove abuts the board. Solid or engineered wood flooring can be laid to timber battens laid on the floor or direct to timber floor joists. In some cases the timber joists can be stuffed with insulation and overlaid with membrane to reduce cold spots in older houses. Alternatively, nailed floors can be used on concrete sub-floors by fitting a 16-18mm layer of plywood or OSB to the concrete first. The resulting nailed floor will feel solid and substantial during use. That said, nailed installation is a specialist skill and should is not recommended for the amateur DIY’er!
Glued down wooden floors
Glued down installation is probably the most common wood floor fixing method used these days. Here the new floor is laid using a full coverage flexible wood adhesive to the sub-floor; which could either be a concrete screed, existing floor boards or a plywood/OSB board. Modern silane adhesives are applied to the sub-floor using a trowel, a little like tile cement, and the boards are placed directly on top. These new wood adhesives are very strong, odour free, water based and have a good ‘open’ time allowing ample time to complete large areas of flooring using an open tub. A glued down wood floor will feel as solid underfoot as a nailed floor and, because the glue is flexible, natural seasonal expansion and contraction can occur without stressing the floor.