I was over in the largest cul-de-sac in Europe today looking at a relatively modern detached house that had been vacant during the cold spell earlier in the year. No one had bothered to turn off the water or to drain the system. The result was that the cold water storage tank in the roof froze and when it thawed, hundreds of gallons of water, well about a hundred gallons spilled out into the house taking down some of the first floor ceilings and cascading out of the house. The water is now turned off, a bit like shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted (talking of Cheltenham, which we’re not!) When I arrived there was a deafening hum of fans and dehumidifiers. They had dried out the house almost entirely but many of the rooms are decimated with condensation, hundreds of little black blobs giving the accommodation dose of measles. My Client has got his work cut out sorting everything out, but at the end of the day, when quarantine is over he should have a pleasant enough home…   more »