Today I looked at a very substantial late Victorian or perhaps here more an early Edwardian semi-detached house. It had been converted a number of years ago into four self-contained flats and my Client wished to know all about the property although was only purchasing one of the flats. There was a little bit of a tussle for me to get all over the property, but with a little bit of cajoling, well more than a bit, I managed to get into every flat, and in the end all with little difficulty. Initially I looked up at the roof and saw a Velux skylight but it was in a very steeply pitched roof so I was very happy to see an access hatch in the roof that allowed me to clamber up and over and look down the external roof slopes with impunity, which I did. My Client is purchasing a good size flat that does require a certain amount of updating and modernisation but I'm sure they’re quite capable of that. The trick in modernising all houses and flats is to try not to go over the top…   more »