We went back to the place that seemed to hold such promise when we looked up at it from the pavement over the road.
In terms of square feet, the fact there were two separate rooms, the position… all great.
However….
…another very narrow staircase, and the rooms were full of mysterious engineering equipment. We were told it was going to be removed, in fact someone was coming to remove the window to enable that to happen! But I don’t think we would easily remove that oily metallic smell, or the fact that the walls and the floors seemed to be coated and soaked in it. I have no idea what it is… but I don’t think it would do very well with fabric and paper. Another no.
On the way out, we had an incidental viewing of another unit. This one ground floor (tick!), good access (tick!), good light (tick!), good space (tick!), outdoor courtyard space for working in the fresh air (BIG tick!) …but… why has every single unit we have viewed on the ground floor been damp? This one could have been a real goer…
Onwards… we creep ever closer… I hope…
