The neighbourhood is under repair. Everywhere you look something's getting a make-over. This week the council began ripping up paving stones along both sides of our street. By the end of the month every footpath will have been completely resurfaced. That should see the end of dodging large puddles after every rain shower.
Our landlord has hired a new managing agent. Within weeks our entire front yard was transformed after years of neglect (despite Garry's regular attempts to contain the wilderness). Gardeners appeared suddenly without warning; mowing the lawn for the first time in almost three years, tidying the gardens and shrubs and removing rubbish. Even more astonishing, they returned this week to mow the lawn again. This is now the fourth time in three years the lawn's been mown. We barely recognize the place.
Regular readers will also recall me talking about the £30 million renovation of the five residential tower blocks in our neighbourhood. Work on the fourth block recently finished. The last of the scaffolding has gone, leaving a refreshed, shiny new building in its place. The neighhourhood is looking much smarter. Construction on the new luxury apartments at the end of the block is also continuing apace. The shell of six floors has already risen above street-level.
Earlier this year I blogged about the delay to escalators repairs in our tube station. The first escalator was scheduled to be back in service last December. We were then told it would be May before the overhaul was completed. May has since come and gone and the escalator remains behind hoardings. It's hard to believe that one escalator takes eleven months to refurbish.
Our landlord has hired a new managing agent. Within weeks our entire front yard was transformed after years of neglect (despite Garry's regular attempts to contain the wilderness). Gardeners appeared suddenly without warning; mowing the lawn for the first time in almost three years, tidying the gardens and shrubs and removing rubbish. Even more astonishing, they returned this week to mow the lawn again. This is now the fourth time in three years the lawn's been mown. We barely recognize the place.
Regular readers will also recall me talking about the £30 million renovation of the five residential tower blocks in our neighbourhood. Work on the fourth block recently finished. The last of the scaffolding has gone, leaving a refreshed, shiny new building in its place. The neighhourhood is looking much smarter. Construction on the new luxury apartments at the end of the block is also continuing apace. The shell of six floors has already risen above street-level.
Earlier this year I blogged about the delay to escalators repairs in our tube station. The first escalator was scheduled to be back in service last December. We were then told it would be May before the overhaul was completed. May has since come and gone and the escalator remains behind hoardings. It's hard to believe that one escalator takes eleven months to refurbish.
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