The Milton Keynes Money Savers Thread - Mark 3

tocadast · 1 February 2008 at 12:24PM

Caro75 wrote: »

We would like to have a patio layed in our back garden (we've got nothing apart from grass at the moment).
Does anyone know a reliable person who could do that? Any recommendations?

Many thanks

Hi Caro

My sister is currently having her garage converted into a living room and the builders have also laid a lovely new patio for her. She has mentioned a few times how well they're doing. The guy is called Jim and his company is Total Build. Don't know contact details off-hand but do know that they've got a website as they've asked sis to allow them to put piccys on it.

Hope this helps

indiegirl_2 · 18 February 2008 at 10:46PM

If anyone is needing to do up their bathroom / cloakroom, I've found a very useful place, a wee bit out in the sticks though.

http://www.bathroomclearance.net/

They deliver free to the MK area. I saw basins (cloakroom) as low as £15. Some bits are a bit more expensive (taps looked quite expensive to me), but toilets, baths and basins are very reasonable.

Give them a ring as they don't always open to the public, but I rang them on Saturday - they were supposed to be closing at 4 but invited me over anyway.

Oh, and if you use a SatNav, keep going from where it stops you on the postcode... it was a bit further down the road from where my SatNav stopped me!!

Mumto2 · 19 February 2008 at 5:44PM

Hi,
Am probably going to visit Activityland over the holidays and have always managed to find a BOGOF voucher on the MKWeb website. I can't see any links to free stuff this time, does anyone have the weblink or don't they do vouchers anymore?

Thanks

mrworld · 3 March 2008 at 11:36AM

RenStar wrote: »

Hello,

I'm currently on maternity leave with dd but will be going back to work in September (I will be commuting to London) when dd will be almost 1. I have spent the past few weeks visiting nurseries in MK (have so far I have checked out MK Prep, Leapfrog, Acorn in Sheney Church End, a couple in Bletchley and the Council run one in Westcroft). I have one more to see, the Grove in Loughton on Wednesday. To be honest, all the nurseries sort of depressed me a bit, my husband thinks I'm crazy but to me they all seemed so institutional IYSWIM and some just plain scary :eek: . Oh yeah, I saw a small, lovely nursery in Emerson Valley but she had no spaces for Sept!

I'm now considering childminders in the hope they might be a little bit more homely, but I'm daunted by the shear number of them! (I got a list through from the MK CIS). What's annoying also is that I wanted to read their Ofsted inspection reports but they're only identified by their unique reference numbers on the reports so you don't know which childminder is which. I know that's not the only thing you should go by but with so many, not even being able to narrow it down this way is frustrating. I don't feel right just phoning each of them just to ask for their Ofsted ID and making an appointment to view all of them will just take forever! So what I wanted to ask was, does anyone have any recommendations to get me started please? I'm looking for a full time care. Any help very appreciated.

Thanks!

Ren

RenStar my wife and I are also just about to start looking for a nursery in Milton keynes, it would be great if we could learn from your recent experiences. Would you mind?

Thanks

Suggs · 3 March 2008 at 12:15PM

Morning All

Looking for a Plumber recommendation, not a big ob, just suffering with low water pressure

Thanks

Shelly_29 · 3 March 2008 at 3:06PM

Hi im looking for plumber too, called 2 so far they must be earning too much as both failed to show

i just want a shower fitted. Thanks

Money_Maker_Shaker · 7 March 2008 at 10:04PM

You've helped me out before so thought I'd ask again! Can anyone recommend a cleaner or cleaning company in MK?

I'm back to work after maternity leave soon and don't really want to spend my limited free time cleaning. Playing with the baby sounds much more fun!

Thanks

MMS

mkbean · 8 March 2008 at 10:22AM

I've used http://www.timeforyou.co.uk/ for cleaning for about a year, they are good value for money.

Daniel

mumof3mk · 9 March 2008 at 8:00AM

hiya all.

can anybody recomend a nail tech whom will give my nails the perfect look for my wedding day....

Im really looking for someone to come to the house on the morning of my wedding?.

just wanting nice nails with the little white tips on them.
so please... can anyone recommend a nice person, reasonable and flexable about coming early in the morning.... ( my wedding is at 11am.lol).

thanks
sarah..

meeps · 16 March 2008 at 12:48PM

we use ivy lane cattery and I am very happy with it, my young cat has been for 3 overnight stays and purred as I let her out the basket. £6.50 a day.

Ivy La, Great Brickhill, Milton Keynes, MK17 9AH
01525 261808

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