SilkKendiron

Denys Edwards Players are also worth a look. They do a spring & an autumn production at the Library Theatre, and a summer production at the Crucible (in the Studio), plus the SADATA one-act festival. They have their own workshop & rehearsal rooms, and props and costume, and they do a wide range of stuff - Alan Ackbourne, Agatha Christie, Jane Eyre, and Wind In The Willows spring to mind. Some very good actors & directors, and a policy of sharing the limelight, so good for new acting members. Good reputation for sets, and two of their back-stage guys just retired so if you want to get involved, now's your time. More info's on the website: http://www.SheffieldTheatrePlayers.co.uk Yours, Steve Almond Webmaster, Member-until-he-moved-to-Bristol

Sorry about that; the really scary stuff's at http://www.guyweb.co.uk/archives/000719.asp

I've just read some scary stuff on Blagger.com about double glazing salesmen & companies. Can anyone recommend a company, specifically for two doors now, and 8 windows later? [http://www.blagger.com/scripts/db4.php?company_id=794&companyname=Coldseal%20Windows] Steve

That's what we're getting! *phew*

This is what's basically worrying me: what's to stop the surveyor going "that might be a problem" and recommending a second opinion - for everything!? It's a 'reasonably competent' thing to do, so they could probably laugh off anyone trying to sue them - which is my problem, Tony, with that disclaimer - it covers the surveyor against almost everything bar not actually turning up! It's a good point, whoever made it (sorry!), that they might spot something the buyer's missed - and I'm already getting a full survey done - but has anyone reading this had any experience of surveyors finding more than the obvious? Or more than they'd seen? Or of not finding anything much!?

My worry is that the surveyor will go into the house, see the problems I already know about, and tell me that I should get someone in to look at them (like, what am I paying you for!?) Yes, he might spot some other stuff but I'm a 'reasonably compentent surveyor' myself (as per their disclaimer) and I've already checked for dodgy plaster, damp, etc.

How much use is a survey, given that we've had a (few) good looks round the property, had the carpets up, et al? There are only two things of note - a bulge in the ceiling, and a crack in a common corner of bedrooms 2 and 3 and the outside wall. Would a Building Survey be likely to a) see these, b) investigate them, and c) give us a good idea what they mean cost-wise, etc.? The property's otherwise in good condition for a 'inner town house' in Arbourthorne, and was probably built in the 1920's. Silk ---- I almost had a psychic girlfriend, but she left me before we met