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jamesmcash Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi all > > Abe_froeman - re the building on CPR, I am fairly > sure that this is private property and therefore > the works will be privately funded. > Good luck with that.

That's a relief - and better late than never. The council's only had five or so years to do something about it, after all. Many thanks to UVArchitects.

Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So. If somebody is injured, or worse, by something > falling from this building, who is responsible? > > The owner? Or the council, who cannot claim that > they were not aware? Or somebody else? Both, I would imagine. I'm rather glad I kept copies of various emails to and from the council. If any of the direct neighbours are reading this thread and have any issues in the future re house insurance or the like, do feel free to DM me.

It was in poor/middling condition in 2013. Things went rapidly downhill when the (unfinished) loft conversion was carried out in 2014. The "project manager" had no building industry experience whatsoever, he was simply an associate of the owner. The guys who carried out the work lived in the property for the duration, without electricity or heating to the best of my knowledge. I was also led to believe that, bizarre as it now sounds, Southwark Council funded the works in the form of a grant. The property was to be handed over to them for rented housing. The owner goes by the pseudonym of James Richards. His real name is Jacob Reichman and he is an utter tool.

I had the misfortune of dealing with the owner of this property back in 2013. He lives in Stamford Hill and in my opinion is a highly unusual character. As other posters have pointed out the house has been empty for at least six years, probably a lot longer. When I last ventured inside in 2014 the interior was caked in pigeon excrement. It was crusted all down the staircase and banister, like a sort of bird-poo stalactite. The smell was indescribable. After months of trying to get the owner to sort out his chamber of horrors, I contacted James Barber and Tessa Jowell, both of whom were extremely helpful. I was put in touch with Michelle Williams at Southwark Council who was... well, less helpful. The upshot of all this was that the council assured me that they would enforce a compulsory purchase order on the property. This was in 2014. Clearly little has been done since. No surprise there.

We had a full bathroom refit completed four years ago. We've now sold up and moved, but the last time I saw and used 'our' bathroom two weeks ago, it looked as good as it did the day Atanas and his team finished. They did a brilliant job at a brilliant price.

You could also try Ecclesiastical who have been insuring us for the past four years. http://www.ecclesiastical.com

East Dulwich Tavern does a nice coffee and has a couple of large sofas in the rear room...

Sounds insane, how are you supposed to turn left into Sainsbury's if there is a bus (or buses) in the bus lane, without using the bus lane yourself? Have also been using that lane to turn left for years. Thanks for the warning.

And this classic from New Order - (superior) B-side to True Faith:

The 37 is a temperamental beast and I've more or less given up on it, unless it's teeming with rain. Not sure if time is an issue to you, but I walk to Brixton tube from Pellatt Road every day as part of my commute to Camden Town. I follow the same route that the 37 takes from Townley Road, but go straight on down Dalberg Road in Brixton. From Townley Road it takes about 35 mins. Not the most scenic of routes, admittedly, but music/spoken word/language learning on the iPod makes it bearable, plus it keep the middle-aged spread at bay. Could be worth a try.

Posh just went out on pens... should've stepped up, Erhun!

Much of what noise disturbance there is comes from some of the British Gas engineers who pick up bits and pieces from the sorting office in the morning. Many enjoy sitting in their vans with their diesel engines rattling away, seemingly blissfully ignorant of the "Generation Green" initiative currently being run by the company... Compared to them the posties are like Trappist monks.