This house that I looked at today was ostensibly built in the 1930's, but actually, I suspect that it and its neighbours may have been built a decade earlier. It was another house occupied by an elderly person and another that needs some updating. It has the original roof and the rafters are 'felted'.. The felt is torn, but as the tiles, for the time being are in 'whole' condition, and the slopes each in good alignment, I see no point in considering recovering the roof, unless my Client wants a 'shiny new' roof, that is. The guttering is a bit 'messy', but it does it's job. Walls are generally plumb, but the render to the rear will probably need hacking off and renewing. The windows have been replaced. Insulation must be improved and the house will then need modernising and redecorating. My Client can then take a well earned breather, happily watching the world go by looking down the Cran Valley and ponder that in the next few years the roof will have to be considered...   more »