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All of this is a bit nebulous and I record it as much for my own reference as anything else.
I called the freeholder this morning and he's met with Mr Smelly-Opposite and discussed plans with him. He thinks that Mr S-O is 'away with the fairies' so isn't sure how far these plans will translate into activities.
As far as I can work it out, Mr S-O is a bit leery of the freeholder's plan, which would be to hire a skip, throw everything in the flat into the skip and start again. I can understand that, but I don't think Mr S-O fully realises the condition the flat's in. (You can probably guess that I fully endorse the freeholder's plan.)
Mr S-O does not seem to have an alternative plan. But he'll have to do something – at the moment the door doesn't even lock. And locksmiths (as I found to my cost) are around £200 for the two locks he'll need.
Cash?
The freeholder's insurers haven't seen the state of the place, either. At that stage we may get an idea of what they will pay for and what they won't and it'll be time for Mr S-O to get to grips with what he'll be expected to pay for. That's likely to include decorating the whole flat and possibly some rewiring. Curiously, the freeholder told me that shortage of cash isn't likely to be an object for Mr S-O – I'd imagined that Mr S-O lived on benefit, but it appears not. Or not that he's admitting to the freeholder.
Another fact emerged – Mr S-O's mother recently died. He told my neighbour upstairs that been spending time with her in South Wales over the last few years, but it seems she's now passed on. I don't know what to think about this – I had suspected for some time that Mr S-O's "trips to Wales" were in fact him camping out in the flat and doing his shopping late at night, but perhaps I'm just too suspicious and untrusting.
Timetable?
Best estimate of anything happening with the burned out flat is two to six months. It'll be weeks before the insurers get their act together and with Mr S-O being an alcoholic (the freeholder's view chimes with mine) it may be as long at least before he manages to take action.
And now?
Meanwhile, Mr S-O has told the freeholder he'll be staying in a nearby hostel. And I'll be keeping an eye open in case he's camping out in the flat – which wouldn't be acceptable at all. My dread is that he locks himself in with the mess and the smell and refuses to acknowledge what's happened. I wish I could be sure that he won't do that, but all my experience of him gives me to believe he's quite capable of it.
I called the freeholder this morning and he's met with Mr Smelly-Opposite and discussed plans with him. He thinks that Mr S-O is 'away with the fairies' so isn't sure how far these plans will translate into activities.
As far as I can work it out, Mr S-O is a bit leery of the freeholder's plan, which would be to hire a skip, throw everything in the flat into the skip and start again. I can understand that, but I don't think Mr S-O fully realises the condition the flat's in. (You can probably guess that I fully endorse the freeholder's plan.)
Mr S-O does not seem to have an alternative plan. But he'll have to do something – at the moment the door doesn't even lock. And locksmiths (as I found to my cost) are around £200 for the two locks he'll need.
Cash?
The freeholder's insurers haven't seen the state of the place, either. At that stage we may get an idea of what they will pay for and what they won't and it'll be time for Mr S-O to get to grips with what he'll be expected to pay for. That's likely to include decorating the whole flat and possibly some rewiring. Curiously, the freeholder told me that shortage of cash isn't likely to be an object for Mr S-O – I'd imagined that Mr S-O lived on benefit, but it appears not. Or not that he's admitting to the freeholder.
Another fact emerged – Mr S-O's mother recently died. He told my neighbour upstairs that been spending time with her in South Wales over the last few years, but it seems she's now passed on. I don't know what to think about this – I had suspected for some time that Mr S-O's "trips to Wales" were in fact him camping out in the flat and doing his shopping late at night, but perhaps I'm just too suspicious and untrusting.
Timetable?
Best estimate of anything happening with the burned out flat is two to six months. It'll be weeks before the insurers get their act together and with Mr S-O being an alcoholic (the freeholder's view chimes with mine) it may be as long at least before he manages to take action.
And now?
Meanwhile, Mr S-O has told the freeholder he'll be staying in a nearby hostel. And I'll be keeping an eye open in case he's camping out in the flat – which wouldn't be acceptable at all. My dread is that he locks himself in with the mess and the smell and refuses to acknowledge what's happened. I wish I could be sure that he won't do that, but all my experience of him gives me to believe he's quite capable of it.
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