The family name of the Earl of Warwick was Greville, but that was a rather mundane name for a road in Redland! So there I was today in a fantastically large house, in reality a house and a two-bedroom flat. The house had recently been renovated and I have to say was very ‘Homes and Garden’ with it’s ultra modern fitments, particularly the sanitary ware and also the kitchen. Lighting had been revived and the original geometrically patterned tiled hall floor had underfloor heating fitted from below. Bathrooms had underfloor heating as well. A couple of fireplaces had been removed from ground level, so opening up the rooms and the whole was in good decorative order. Seemingly no expense had been spared on the interior and the exterior had probably been cleaned but whether by the present owner or not I'm unsure. What I do know is that the bedding to the ridge and hip tiles is starting to deteriorate, which means that in the foreseeable future the whole house will need to be scaffolded so that these tiles can be lifted and reset. The cost of scaffolding is likely to be significantly greater than the cost of repenting these tiles, which is always an anomaly…   more »