Well as pleased as I am with the inside of my Bungalow there is no getting away from the fact that the build has been let down by the outside. As my Dad says 'for a ha'porth of Tar' It has been finished for cost effective quickness that doesn't last. Two of the five Bungalows have been built too low down, in efforts to keep them at level access someone forgot about drainage, which is typically poor in Martham. Water runs down as sure as the sun sets so when we get a heavy downpour it runs back from the car park towards the two bungalows. Obviously over time it will wear down.
A cheap bendy metal has been used as a grate in front of the bungalows to try and stop it running towards us. It doesn't work and is certainly not disabled friendly. It catches wheelchair tyres and feet of my carers alike, I have insurance for my carers. The car park is a sore point with everyone, the residents who were in prior to us being built and used to park on it, the community centre vehicles, as its not finished they have no room for turning, residents for parking, the list goes on. The assumption is that I will be able to reverse out of my drive and turn my van around, it is a big van, has to be to accommodate Alice and all my bits needed for daily living. There is a parking space outside my fence which I am using now to reverse into, well shunt in and out and this seems to work, when a car is parked there chances are I will snag it, yes I already have the sign to say parking is at your own risk etc etc. but we shall see.
The Tar that has been used on the car park goes up to my door where the neighbours have nice paved stone, we have none just the tar that gets cold in winter and separates forming holes much like those in the roads, in summer and the sun, the tar melts and unlike taking shoes off to walk around the house in I find bits of tar stuck around the house after sticking to Alices wheels, most frustrating.
The interesting bit is about to start as we are going into a colder snap!
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