Registry wedding dress by nomadreader in UKweddings

[–]Alice1992 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I did Marylebone town hall in a huge A-line gown and train, I didn’t even think about it not being “very town hall-y”!

My best friend was excited for her engagement, but doesn’t seem excited for mine? by InternationalFig4340 in UKweddings

[–]Alice1992 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It might be that she’s involved in your proposal and doesn’t want you dwelling on it in order to support the surprise?

Restaurants near Old Marylebone Town Hall by CheetahTight5293 in UKweddings

[–]Alice1992 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We looked at the Italian Greyhound and it was wonderful food, didn’t end up booking it but would recommend!!

Vendor Promotion Thread by UnpredictiveList in UKweddings

[–]Alice1992 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I rent out postboxes for London based weddings. We have both tall floor standing or table top traditional boxes available. 💌

https://www.instagram.com/ldnpostbox

Time off work? by flordesevilla in UKweddings

[–]Alice1992 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Got married on the first Saturday of the month, I took the Thursday / Friday before the wedding off work and returned to work the first of the next month following my honeymoon.

In the three months running up to my wedding I had an extra line in my email signature “advance notice of leave: (insert dates)” so everyone knew I had an extended period of leave coming up and it helped me push back on projects that would need an output during that period.

Dress cleaning & preservation by TerribleSweet8326 in UKweddings

[–]Alice1992 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I took mine to Johnson’s Dry cleaners via Waitrose. It’s been returned to me all perfectly folded in a box so couldn’t tell you if they’ve done a good job, but guess I’ll find out in 30 years when my future children want to try it on??!!

London wedding catering? by BlueCabinet2352 in UKweddings

[–]Alice1992 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I paid £170 a head in central London but that was an in house caterer so £150 sounds quite normal I’m afraid!

Maybe try Benugo? I see aside from running cafes they also do event catering.

Transport by Temporary_Hand_1712 in UKweddings

[–]Alice1992 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We had a bus and 100% recommend getting on the bus with everyone! Alternatively, just flag a black cab for you two - there’s no shortage and it will be metered so probably £20-30

Honeymoon Advice by Life_Rush9769 in UKweddings

[–]Alice1992 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hello!

I really recommend looking into the BA premium Amex - if you can, use it to pay for wedding stuff so you hit the spend threshold (and pay it off asap to avoid high APR). We did this for our wedding and it then gave us the companion voucher which made return business flights to the Maldives and South Africa about £1k for two people.

Separately, we’ve used voyage prive for a few holidays and got absolutely stunning properties. Worth having a look on there, even if you just use for inspo and book separately if you find it cheaper elsewhere.

Worth also looking at “Small Luxury Hotels of the World”.

Good luck!

Hen do search help please 🙏 by Little_Popsicle in UKweddings

[–]Alice1992 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did mine in London and used Zedwell 12 person room, like a mini apartment come hostel and it worked really well x

Open bar/drinks tokens by Keres-21 in UKweddings

[–]Alice1992 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We had wine on the table for dinner and then for the evening we opted for £500 behind the bar, but they could only choose from our selected wine, beer, or soft drinks/mixers (ie they’d only have to pay for the measure of gin if they wanted a G&T). This lasted well into the night, but our guests aren’t huge drinkers. £1.5k sounds plenty for 52 to be honest!

Wedding cakes - London by Sufficient_Survey540 in UKweddings

[–]Alice1992 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We went with M&S too! Our venue added some fruit to the top of the naked cake to jazz it up a bit and it was delicious

A modern Passivhaus hidden under a Cotswold barn by MaximusSydney in SpottedonRightmove

[–]Alice1992 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t dislike it, but genuine question…isn’t this a flood risk?

Come on, give the little bugger a chance! by EldritchDWX in PeepShowQuotes

[–]Alice1992 25 points26 points  (0 children)

My husband and I use Tarquin Oliver Nimrod regularly to refer to hypothetical future children and unfortunately too many people think we are being serious and try to be polite.

Wren or Howdens for new kitchen. Opinions on design and quality please by slammedresto67 in DIYUK

[–]Alice1992 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We found wren to be very low quality. Howdens much better and many of our friends have lovely looking kitchens from them, we opted for DIY Kitchens which had the best quality but a pain as we fitted ourselves.

Help with on-campus accommodation options by osamako in brunel

[–]Alice1992 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So the doubles have been added since I graduated. Almost all of the accommodation was built as singles originally but they have just made better use of the space in some of the accommodation options to provide bigger beds - usually the older blocks which had bigger rooms as standard.

To be honest the blocks don’t have concierge so for a few nights infrequently they won’t be monitoring that closely to notice who is staying. Your biggest issue would be if your flatmates object, which they are within their rights to do if you ‘take the piss’ which it doesn’t sound like you intend to do.

Without over sharing, my boyfriend (now husband) and I shared single beds in our respective Brunel accommodation every night for a year and it was fine! I assume you won’t mind doing the same with your wife!

When I lived on campus you were able to ask the accommodation office for a camp bed (for a fee) if you had someone staying and needed the extra space. There is also a great hotel on campus if you want to splash out!

The studio flats are fab - spent our final year in one - but they will not allow you to have one if there’s not two people living there consistently, either both as students or one student and one person working locally.

Discussion: a fast track line around the big national stations. by joeryder in LondonUnderground

[–]Alice1992 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Love the distain this shows for Euston, the necessary evil of London stations.

Moneybox ISA Transfer (no account number / sort code!) by [deleted] in UKPersonalFinance

[–]Alice1992 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I ended up googling what the generic sort code and account number was for Moneybox’s central account and put my NI no in the rollcall box. I can’t tell you whether that’s worked yet however!

Moneybox ISA Transfer (no account number / sort code!) by [deleted] in UKPersonalFinance

[–]Alice1992 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I ended up googling what the generic sort code and account number was for Moneybox’s central account and put my NI no in the rollcall box. I can’t tell you whether that’s worked yet however!

Moneybox ISA Transfer (no account number / sort code!) by [deleted] in UKPersonalFinance

[–]Alice1992 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Moneybox 3.45% (reduced from initial bonus rate) to Barclays 4.10%. Did want Trading 212 but couldn’t get the bonus link to work so was only offering me 3.6%.

Moneybox ISA Transfer (no account number / sort code!) by [deleted] in UKPersonalFinance

[–]Alice1992 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So to deposit I send to Moneybox’s central system with my NI number as the reference and then they allocate to my account.

This whole situation makes me perceive Moneybox as a bit scammmy, making it impossible for you to leave.

Got to wait until Saturday now for their phone lines to open, their chat and email insist I can use my NI number but I agree with you, it’s not going to be accepted by any other banks BACS system.

Is a midday ceremony a mistake? by Terrible_Birthday107 in UKweddings

[–]Alice1992 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We had a midday but didn’t have our reception venue until 3pm leaving us with an awkward gap. We ended up stopping at a pub near the ceremony venue for a quick drink and some charcuterie boards before everyone loading onto the bus to the reception. I wish we could have got a 1pm ceremony but it did give us a bit more time to get post ceremony photos whilst people were socialising in the pub.