I spent the extended week-end endeavouring to renovate my fish pond which involved taking up large areas of concrete and re-housing about 120 gold fish, so I was pleased to be back at work today and to look at a pleasant late Georgian property in which my Client hopes to buy the hall floor flat. The building as a whole was reasonably well maintained, particularly as there are at least two absentee landlords. He has found a one bedroomed flat, larger on the bedroom size than the kitchen/living room/dining area size, but that is how this flat has been laid out to it's most advantageous arrangement. It has quite unusual vertically hung shutters, that I don't see every day and there are some who have them and don't even know they exist!

Then I went to Sneyd Park to look at a purpose built flat for valuation purposes. Fortunately I had seen another flat in the same development a few months back, so that was not too much trouble! Next I saw a top floor flat where water had penetrated to the extent that part of the ceiling had fallen down. I was asked to advise on the insurance implications, which in my view were not good. Why had it taken so long even to make the claim, when the damage occurred in February? Further, had the flat roof been maintained, then the leak would not have occurred – all in all, not a good omen...   more »