On 2008-07-29 10:24:42 +0100, stuart noble said:

The building in question has changed hands at least twice since it was
done, and is currently occupied by a firm of civil engineers with
swanky, sweet-smelling offices, so I think we can assume nothing major
has occurred aloft.

Our house was originally part of the same property, and we decided at
about the same time that re-slating was the way to go. I don't regret
that but it does show that it's maybe not quite so cut and dried an
issue.

Case of risk/return