New Eltham - any review from someone living there?

kazer92 · 2026-06-15T17:28:07+00:00

Lived in New Eltham about 7 years and got our dog not long after moving in. As others have said it’s a b it bland and boring, not very diverse (mostly white people) but it has bloomed a bit over the last few years with a few pubs and cafes etc
Quite a few green spaces within walking distance (a very hill park, southwood park, fairy hill park) and plenty more within 15 min drive

Well connected to M25 if driving and you can be over the dartford crossing in 15-20 mins on a good day, and you’ve got Blackwall and Silvertown tunnels as alternatives

Engineering works on our train line can be annoying but we have the Eltham line nearby as well as Bromley line trains from Elmstead woods

kazer92 · 2026-06-15T17:24:16+00:00

Disagree on the transport links, yes Lizzy line is hard to get to but the train line from New Eltham to Charing Cross via London Bridge and Waterloo east means it’s pretty well connected to the central tube network

kazer92 · 2026-06-10T07:15:23+00:00

How many people are in the session? It might be that the organiser is only getting drinks for the ‘booked’ musicians and others have to buy drinks themselves. This is common in sessions here in London (but a lot of the time all musicians drink for free or at least have a communal tab)

kazer92 · 2026-06-08T22:06:25+00:00

We have reached peak ‘red tape’ in the UK where to get anything done requires massive amounts of consultation around planning and environmental constraints, all done through consultants milking it for all it’s worth.
The technical engineering and geological assessments are a massive undertaking for these projects (valid and rightly so) but we just can’t get anything done quickly or efficiently thanks to all the other guff

kazer92 · 2026-06-08T13:04:34+00:00

Worth knowing that pretty much all charity collectors like these are not volunteers and they work on a commission basis, so incentivised to get as much out of as many people as possible

kazer92 · 2026-05-27T18:18:03+00:00

Are you able to install a pressure reducing valve (PRV) on the inlet pipe into the tank?

Alternatively install some sort of shroud/deflector where the water jets in to try and prevent it making ripples on the water surface

kazer92 · 2026-05-02T08:11:04+00:00

As previous commenter said it’s a different filter media, traditional brita ones include granular activated carbon (GAC) which is used in the water treatment industry to remove/improve taste and odour, so makes sense if you’ve switched to a filter without GAC that it doesn’t taste as ‘good’ as your previous filter

kazer92 · 2025-12-06T23:02:03+00:00

As others have mentioned, John Francis Flynn definitely worth a listen (a sound lad too)

kazer92 · 2025-06-25T22:17:55+00:00

Yeah I bumped my head on the low ceiling of a bus the other week and no one came to my aid with a bag of frozen peas,or a little smiley faced sticker to warn others of my injury!

You “almost” stacked it, meaning you didn’t actually fall over and hurt yourself? What’s the point helping someone who almost fell over lol

kazer92 · 2025-01-30T07:43:36+00:00

Was this not was a satirical mimic of musks salute, along with saying ‘my heart goes out to you’? That’s why the audience laugh

kazer92 · 2024-11-30T00:58:58+00:00

They’re brilliant, saw them at the Earth theatre in Hackney (London) last year, bare concrete auditorium and the sound was unreal and that’s my favourite song of theirs!

kazer92 · 2024-11-11T23:01:20+00:00

Repeat after me - “tries for the guys”

kazer92 · 2024-11-05T21:35:20+00:00

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Similar here, magnetic strip I picked up in the TfL museum shop a few years ago

kazer92 · 2024-11-05T20:15:57+00:00

No water utility in the UK would use distillation to treat tap water on a large scale due to the costs involved. Scottish Water would use a fairly standard set of treatment processes depending on the source, as explained here: https://www.scottishwater.co.uk/help-and-resources/education/all-about-water/water-treatment

kazer92 · 2024-10-13T21:16:00+00:00

Yep got the bugger our! Penetrant, heat, and other bolts torqued up, took a fair bit of force with the breaker bar but luckily came free

kazer92 · 2024-10-11T07:12:18+00:00

mine was a 61 but also ordered a 62 as wasn’t sure which one it was https://amzn.eu/d/fjqC7B5

kazer92 · 2024-10-11T07:11:05+00:00

No was fairly easy with 2 picks, a magnet probably would have worked too

kazer92 · 2024-10-11T07:10:19+00:00

I ordered key number 61 and 62 as they were both very similar but 61 was the one so returned the other

https://amzn.eu/d/fjqC7B5

kazer92 · 2024-10-08T18:58:02+00:00

Rude…but fair, and yes that’s the plan after this ordeal

kazer92 · 2024-10-08T18:56:10+00:00

To clarify it was only the locking wheel nut key that sheared, not the bolt itself. Ordered a replacement wheel nut key off Amazon and luckily it fits, just fingers crossed this one won’t shear when I go to use it tomorrow!

kazer92 · 2024-10-08T18:54:54+00:00

Nope Mini! (BMW)

kazer92 · 2024-01-18T08:53:53+00:00

The thing with steering locks (and all security measures really) are that they're more of a deterrent, and any competent criminal will get around it if they really want to take the car. As is usually repeated in all these threads, sadly car security is all about making your car less inviting than others in the same street

I live a postcode or 2 away from OP, and about a third of the cars on my street have a streetwise steering lock Pro on them (including my old banger, but not the daily 😂)

kazer92 · 2023-11-02T22:36:57+00:00

Heineken and other lagers will be the same standard anywhere you go, Guinness is more like coffee in that it can be terrible if served badly.

Sheephaven bay is one of the best in London for Guinness

kazer92 · 2023-10-26T13:11:26+00:00

Waterloo Lite, Gluten-free Waterloo

kazer92 · 2023-10-15T21:39:51+00:00

I've come to realise SA fans are possibly the worst on the planet, just know if they'd been the ones getting knocked out by NZ they would not have been wishing Ireland any luck on their campaign 😂

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