I don't know who said this, but my instructions read that I was to look at a terraced house built in 1987, which I thought was a bit odd for the area. Of course it transpired that there was no house built in 1987 in this road where the houses were probably built at the turn of the last century circa 1900 or just before. This was a large house in a pleasant tree-lined avenue. It was built on four floors and benefited from a large detached garage. The address was familiar to me, because I had had a previous enquiry to inspect a property in the same road where significant cracking of a bay window was found. I was able to tell the person who enquired that bombs dropped in the area during enemy action last war, because the docks at Avonmouth. Some of the cracking there may have been due to the Luftwaffe and some may have been due to large trees growing in the road. Here, I'm pleased to say the incidence of cracking was fairly negligible and the house, by and large was in good condition. What is more, my Client may be able to see his old stamping ground from the top floor window which looks over towards Portishead and Abbots Leigh...   more »