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Monday, March 14
by
Andrew Beard
on Mon 14 Mar 2011 05:10 PM GMT
Well that's what I thought initially but I found the frost had killed off some my tomatoes that I had diligently pricked out over the weekend. Today I have been to see an interesting semi-detached house, a six sided house though of course only five sides were visible, the sixth side was the party wall, all making this a slightly ‘L’ - shaped house built on a corner plot probably for the local authority in the 1930s. It has been occupied for the past 42 or so years by the present owner so it does require certain amount of tender loving care, for which you can read general modernisation and improvement. The house retains its original roof, the tiles and the slater's felt is and although the tiles are starting to give up the ghost, the slater's felt below is in reasonably good condition. Nevertheless my Client must realise that at some stage someone or other is going to have to bite the bullet and recover the roof. It can probably wait until the house is modernised and possibly rewired because at present it is dry. The garage has been converted into a more secure bike store but it and its outhouse each have asbestos cement roofs so those may need recovering in due course. It was a sunny day when I arrived and even sunnier day when I left; shame about my tomatoes though… more »
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