Bankrupt builders are nothing new. The builders of Royal York Crescent went bust shortly after starting construction, due if I remember correctly the difficulties in obtaining money because of the Napoleonic War. For a long time it was left part constructed and it was then going to be used as a barracks – just to add insult to injury, but common sense prevailed and what was begun in the 1780’s was completed in the 1820’s, give or take a year or two. It was one of the longest crescents built in Europe at the time; maybe it still is. The flat that I saw today is in a listed building, so the UPVc double glazed rear windows would give a Conservation Officer apoplexy if he saw them and when he had recovered from that he would then insist that they be changed. I don’t think that he would have liked the ‘new’ ceiling that followed the line of the rafters, and to boot there is a fire protection ‘issue’. Hey ho, I don’t fancy Santa’s job at the moment, because it was very cold, very cold up on the roofs today…   more »

Well, the vendor of the maisonette that I looked at last Friday HAD a key to the top floor flat all the time. So he wasted everybody’s time and my patience. Still, I did get to look at the roof as well as inside the roof, so now my Client can be satisfied…   more »