Today I was in Bath, in one of the finer crescents in this Georgian city of repute. I was looking at a basement or garden flat, which in Bath is known as a "Courtyard Apartment". That sounds awfully pretentious, but I quite like it! The flat itself was he an end of terraced property though originally it was mid terraced when constructed in 1785. However, a landslide in 1897 took away nine of the other houses so leaving an asymmetrical Crescent with the centre, no longer at the centre if you see what I mean. Because it is Bath and in fairness because Bath builders seem to know what they are doing, up to a point, the chimney stacks and roofs were in good condition. Lead had been used where lead ought to have been used and it was well finished. The front elevation, however, was a bit "squew whiff". The flat itself was light and bright and recently spacious. Parking will be for the Devil though I was able to negotiate half the space with a traffic warden who arrived on a moped, and was about to give me a ticket, despite me leaving a note on my windscreen saying that the roof was leaking and the ceiling had collapsed as well as a flood in the basement. Not really, but you know what I mean…   more »