Fortunately it did not rain today, instead it was a pleasant spring Wednesday for me to inspect a fairly standard mid terraced late Victorian villa in the Parish of Brislington – ‘Bris’, as it is locally called. It was owned by a real Bristolian couple who made me very welcome. They had had enough of this country and were moving to Spain, to rent a flat and only pay a few euro’s a week to have their bin emptied (didn’t know the Spanish empted bins) as opposed to the £1500 they pay here! They had lived in the house for the past eighteen or so years, but had not kept it as well as many other houses that I see. It was not falling down, unlike the garage, where one risks one’s life to enter and the roof of the house was weather tight – just. The front stack needs some attention as does the front gutter and the windows need replacing or renovating. The rear elevation also need attention – why are the French doors permanently sealed? - The house, realistically speaking, needs total renovation. Still it is in a reasonably quiet road and I hope that my Clients, who are moving from London, will be happy. Let’s hope the Vendors take the rain to Spain…   more »