Scaffolders

Three weeks of scaffolding erection to look forward to!

A developer is building flats on the roof [after putting a new roof on] above the two front wings and on the back of our building, and after months of not being sure what was happening and when, we think that they are going to start work on the roof later this month.

On the upside, the front wings will be redecorated whilst the scaffolding is in place.

Poor people at the rear sound as if they are getting the scaffold without the benefit of their pointing being re-done. The directors do not want to run down the reserves too low. [And after (I think) ~£200,000 going on a new boiler when the hot water system failed, I can agree with them!]. I know there have been endless problems with water ingress at the front [we've had the builders in making good several time], so I'm glad that our bit is being done.

Hopefully the new roof will be properly sound barriered and we'll never know we have new neighbours!