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- Helen McFarlane
- Dec 17, 2025
- 3 min read
Updated: Jul 29
Accounts;
Nancy Brooker, Accounts back office 07803 889284
Nance is an ex colleagues and a friend, we stayed in touch and both work along side each other on projects, Nance is across all aspects to do with accounts before passing onto accountant.
Accountancy;
Steve Winnen, SW Accountancy Services 07740 336938
Steve played football for my hubbies team at Worcester park, and we’ve been firm fiends ever since, like family. Helped me with my own business, a different charity client and now my fund raising accounts and several of us are now customers.
Car Crash Repairs
Steve Woolley, SCW Body Repairs 07799 140044
Me and Steve Woolley have lived opposite each other since early 90’s, he’s always looked after my cars and very much become a friend like family.
Steve does Car crash repairs mainly but is really dab hand in cars. His email is scwbodyrepairs@gmail.com
Handmade cards
Carpet Fitting
Mick Stradwick, carpet fitting 07956 870088
Friends for so long, many years, same area, same pub, rented my old garage once upon a time looked after my place, mums and local friends
Electrics
Craig Gleeson, electrician 07957 355664
We found Craig when Sutton Council built an disability extension on my home, we ended up having mutual friends going back to when we were a lot younger, such a small world, he then went on to fix issues in my house and mums and called her mum which she loved, Just all round great guy.
D&C electrical
Niceic registered
Gardening
Antony’s Gardening Services 07874 819001
I needed some help in the garden and went onto Sutton News Group for a recommendation. I like to search for posts in the past, I don’t tend to put a new request out. Antony stood out because he had multiple recommendations going back months/years, he’s been with us for a number of years now and being part of our little crew and I’m delighted how he maintains things here and goes the extra mile.
Richard Halifax, Plumbing & Heating 07956 644733
Richard, has been a mate for 40 years from Wimbledon now both we live over this way, he’s like family to me and I can wholeheartedly recommend, looked after my place and my mums place for all these years.
Local Taxi, Kenny McHaffie - 07758 395846
My darling Kenny, used to come into centrals after a long shift and join in the Kareoke I ran down there, he decided to become a taxi driver and went on to take my elderly mum to hair dresses and doctors appointments, and really went over and above to make her feel comfortable. Holding her arm, chatting away, literally just a lovely guy.
Kenny introduced me to Stacy Owens, More than lofts, 0208 330 0090 probably seen the vans and shop in Worcester Park, again when I spoke to him about mums roof, we just clicked and ended up becoming a customer of Steve’s..
"all round good egg"
Chris Emilianou, all round good egg... 07787 917655
Mum found Chris, when he was a taxi driver, he helped her home from hairdressers when Kenny wasn’t available, he ended up doing all sorts for us in mums care plan, he is and all round lovely man, he look after your garden, help with all sorts. He came to
Mums funeral and just helped us out with all the arrangements 07787 917655
Handyman Dorking
Dave Drew, Drew services handyman 07789 407322
Found Dave who we nicknamed Diamond Dave through his website and he was wonderful with smaller jobs, he has repairs our floorboard, fitted rails for mum, repairs our fire surround, put up solar lights and just generally part of our little family. Then he moved to Dorking!! how inconvenient
Matt RM waste management 07482 246680
Found Matt again via Jenny Sturgess's Sutton news Group with multiple recommendations, I could not have managed moving my mum and downsizing with out him, as furniture went in before banisters were built and literally nothing was too much trouble for him.
A couple of contacts have moved away (Dave!) so currently speaking to following to get a few jobs done, already recommended on local website pages.
Handyman, Harry Towns 07849 994437
Plasterer, Recce Germani plasterer
Booked in this week
Tom Bedford Windows 07943 486 687