Demolition begins

Having just been to the bungalow to collect post we were rather surprised to see that the demolition has begun. The potting shed has gone, reduced to a pile of kindling and a few panels of the garage roof have been removed.

More horrifying to see was the water fountain coming out of the missing radiator pipes straight into the front room. With no tools to hand it took some time to find a scrap of metal to turn the water off to the header tank. We would have just secured the ball cock but this was just floating around, they had obviously tried and just left it. Even when we stopped the water filling the header tank the water stilled poured out of the taps, looks like the stop cock is not closing off properly. You would have thought that the demolition people would have checked that the water had stopped before leaving the property unlocked and in a state of flood. We did manage to make the place secure with great difficulty as they had damaged the patio door lock, goodness knows how. Have been told that the site will be fenced off on Monday, should have been fenced off yesterday in my opinion.

Gas Board get their act together

We have been told that the Gas Board will be disconnecting the gas in the road next Wednesday the 3rd March, awaiting date from demolition crew as to when they can start the demolition. Hopefully soon.

Asbestos removal

We have now had the prices in for the removal of the asbestos and although there is very little in the chalet bungalow it is going to cost us more to get rid of it than it actually costs to get the place demolished.

Oh well that's life.

The asbestos should be removed very shortly and we are then just left waiting for the gas board to physically disconnect the gas.

Any time within the next month, then the place can be demolished and building can commence.

More photos

More Photos I was told, so here you are a selection from last Summer, the chalet bungalow looks rather good, I can assure you it's not.

The view is rather splendid though.

Building Regs

Having submitted our materials the the planning officer a couple of weeks ago, (a sample brick, roof tile, K-rend for rendering and boundary treatment, in other words what type of fence panel and type of brick for the boundaries), it was good to hear this week that what we had chosen has been passed.

Do you know how many types of bricks there are, hundreds and hundreds, just go along to Jewsons brick library and have a look. The choice is mind boggling, I think we have chosen well, but then I would wouldn't I.

Building regs also required us to carry out a bat survey, even though the Planning Officer said there weren't any. The Enviromental Agency said there may be some so a survey was carried out just to cover everyones backs.

Services

2nd week of Ferbuary 2010 and the electricity and gas metres have been removed in preperation for demolition.

Waiting for the Gas Board to disconnect gas in road, could be up to 35 days. Again we wait.

Garden views February 2010