I have been to Clevedon today to see a pleasant three bedroomed semi in a quiet location, not far from good local amenities, and the sea is not far away either! It was built in the 70’s and has seemingly been well maintained, but it was never very well planned. The bathroom is internal and had the stairs and the bathroom been transposed, the bathroom could then have had natural light and ventilation. The builder’s didn’t even consider a window in the side elevation that would have helped to lighten the spiral stairs, but that’s builders for you. Then I went on to Nailsea, but the bungalow I looked at was not so well maintained as the house and here there was some fairly significant cracking of the brick main walls (a calcium silicate brick, if I’m not mistaken), but this cracking was probably due to roots from a growing beech tree about three metres from the walls. It was all a bit shabby really, shabby walls, shabby windows (that will need replacing), shabby decorations, but it may look better when empty! and a shabby garden and garage to boot. So it all needs a very good re-modelling program to be put in hand. And then it will be a very pleasant home, a bit like that in Clevedon, so don’t worry about the coal mining, it was deep and many years ago…   more »