I always like the surnames of people that fit their occupation, like Mr Taylor who makes suits; I just made that up. However there was one, Henry Monk who happened to be, at one time the Bishop of Gloucester and you can check that out. And that's where I was today, in a road named after him. I was looking at this, a very traditional 1930’s semi-detached house that had been occupied for the past 26 or so years by the vendor. Over that time he had forgotten to throw anything away and as a consequence the house was full to the gunnels. The roof void had been inappropriately converted and was full of stored items; I couldn't even see the chimney stack or the water storage tanks. The bedrooms were full of stored items to the extent that I couldn't even get into one of the cupboards that was, no doubt itself full of stored items. The understair cupboard was full; the external understair cupboard was full; the meter cupboards were full; even the garage was full. Never mind, of what I was able to see the house was largely sound and it does have a pleasant garden. It does need modernising and some renovation, but before that it needs emptying, perhaps by Mr Slingit…   more »