Hulloooo out there
Apr. 12th, 2006 02:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
soulstarOnce again, there are people standing and staring at the front of the house. This time, however, I think they must be from the council or something. There are four of them, one has a clipboard, and another had some other paperwork of some sort, and they're gazing up and pointing things out, having just done the same for the two houses up the road. So presumably it's something to do with the regeneration project thing.
Think I'll go out and be nosy, though.
[a short while later]
Aha! One of the four was in fact my landlord (who I never recognise, since I mostly deal with the letting agent). So now I actually know what's going to be going on with the building works. Blimey. Looks like they're going to do the upstairs two flats first, then in about three months they'll start on mine and Ian's. At which point, they'd quite like us to move upstairs (er, to a flat each, not together!) for the duration of having the work done here. Which isn't a bad idea, I guess - I can take all my valuable stuff with me, and the builders will move the furniture I need. The main sticking point will be that my broadband kinda sorta comes in here, and is a bit necessary if I'm going to be working - which hopefully, in three months time, might even be full time! However, Theo (the landlord) reckons that they can run an extension cable for me. So fingers crossed. It would be less disruptive, I think, than having to live here for the three weeks while the work is going on. One other problem, though: I don't think Ian downstairs wants me to agree to do it. I'm not sure why: even if I do, it doesn't mean he has to! *sigh*
Anyway, they're all going to be invading in a minute to check out the stuff that needs sorting in here. Apparently they might even be fixing the floor (which slopes in the same direction as the hill the house stands upon). I'll have to get used to sleeping on the flat again!
Kind of wish I'd got a bit further on with my spring cleaning effort now. Oh well!
Think I'll go out and be nosy, though.
[a short while later]
Aha! One of the four was in fact my landlord (who I never recognise, since I mostly deal with the letting agent). So now I actually know what's going to be going on with the building works. Blimey. Looks like they're going to do the upstairs two flats first, then in about three months they'll start on mine and Ian's. At which point, they'd quite like us to move upstairs (er, to a flat each, not together!) for the duration of having the work done here. Which isn't a bad idea, I guess - I can take all my valuable stuff with me, and the builders will move the furniture I need. The main sticking point will be that my broadband kinda sorta comes in here, and is a bit necessary if I'm going to be working - which hopefully, in three months time, might even be full time! However, Theo (the landlord) reckons that they can run an extension cable for me. So fingers crossed. It would be less disruptive, I think, than having to live here for the three weeks while the work is going on. One other problem, though: I don't think Ian downstairs wants me to agree to do it. I'm not sure why: even if I do, it doesn't mean he has to! *sigh*
Anyway, they're all going to be invading in a minute to check out the stuff that needs sorting in here. Apparently they might even be fixing the floor (which slopes in the same direction as the hill the house stands upon). I'll have to get used to sleeping on the flat again!
Kind of wish I'd got a bit further on with my spring cleaning effort now. Oh well!
