The man from the Clapham Omnibus

I'm 99% finished work wise for trip and popped into town from work . Visited court to find out procedure to evict tenant . Forgot about metal detector . Was carrying two leatherman multitools and duly put them into tray . Got cautioned and told I can not carry any " offensive weapon " On leaving doorman told me I was lucky as his instructions are to call the police at once to have offenders arrested . Cant wait to get out of this place !

Always have backups !

Less than two weeks to go till our exploration trip to the Pacific Northwest and I am struggling to finish the soundproofing between the upstairs and downstairs of 23 Barton Road . I have been advised by building control that , in their view , as I had let out the upstairs and downstairs separately and locked the connecting door the property must comply with the building regs. for two flats. I have applied for planning to block off this door permanently and create two self contained flats even though the local planning officer tells me that having two flats ( a maisonette ) is unacceptable with my current layout as " the upstairs can overlook the downstairs garden " My professional planning advisor disagrees so we will see who is right - at my expense ! Anyway on to the Job . Here is the relevant British standard for flat separation First make sure existing ceiling is up to spec-I added a further layer of 15mm sound check plasterboard . Then fit a frame below and fi...

Hi , I am a property developer and freelance contractor living on the Isle of Wight . I am married to Julie and have two children Adam ( dob 9/ July 86 ) and Emma ( dob Halloween 89 ) I am about to emigrate to the Pacific Northwest of the USA , where I have the constitutional right to pursue happiness among other things . I believe in small goverment !

Hi - Intended to do this ages ago but never had the time since my Sun website http://www.hinchliffe.currantbun.com / was condemned by a teacher under the cosh of the first stages of political corectness and the big brother state . He was worried a year after I put up the site - with the knowledge of the school trip teacher , that " pictures of school kids on a school trip in school uniform are " VERBOTEN !