Front land development

There is plenty of agitation about back-land development in Epsom, this being where people want to sell off the backs of their large gardens for rather cramped developments. So for a change, today we bring a bit of front-land development, on a bit of land last noticed just about a year ago at reference 1. The back-land having morphed into Windsor Gardens (down the passage right) some time ago.

It looks as if what was once intended as four garages is now being turned into a substantial, if rather thin house, complete with a good whack of parking at the front.

There is a rather DIY look about the work, and with the timber scaffolding, I wondered about an older man, using the techniques of his home country which he remembered from his childhood, perhaps many years ago now? And how did he come to own the land? Did the heritage people make use of heritage scaffolding their price for not objecting?

The thin being more visible from this angle.

And while we are on developments, I noticed on the way into town that the ground on which the new frame house, noticed at reference 2, is built is still oozing water. Water which was quite a hazard when it was running down the hill and freezing during the cold snap. Must be something to do with clay subsoil and the lie of the land at the top of this small hill.

Work is well advanced now, with the windows in, some kind of rendering on the exterior walls and the scaffolding down. So let's hope that they are going to do something about the drains before they leave. The sort of thing I might even be moved to complain about.

While when I got to town, we had the trolley which got away. A trolley which is now doing service as a pop-up litter bin, with some being added while I watched. The handle livery suggests Sainsbury's, so I have no idea how long it will take to get it back to their Kiln Lane store, perhaps a kilometre to the east.

Not a job for the concerned citizen as one needs equipment and transport. Don't mind pushing the thing up the road empty, but far too much litter for it to be appropriate to transfer it to one of the regular bins scattered around the market place.

Of course, I suppose it might be a piece of performance art from the creationists on the Dorking Road. Set it all up, install a battery of video cameras, let it run for a while and then edit the film into something conceptual. One might even log the arrival of litter on an Excel worksheet and produce all kinds of interesting analyses.

PS: the creationists are to be found at reference 3. I am reminded that there was a bit of a fuss about their logo, which seems to have been updated since, in that they were not able to create their own logo and had to hire some commercial folk to do it for them. Branding specialists maybe.

References

Reference 1: https://psmv5.blogspot.com/2022/01/windsor-gardens.html.

Reference 2: https://psmv5.blogspot.com/2022/11/a-proper-programme.html.

Reference 3: https://www.uca.ac.uk/campuses/epsom/.