On 7/23/2016 3:46 PM, jim wrote:

Indeed. On a very temporary basis from week to week as
time/weather/finances allows.

To give the other side for a second, there's a *lot* of building
activity at the moment in our road. It is bloody annoying.

The current state of play is:

2 doors down, tenants are just leaving, so the house can be demolished
and new one built with basement excavation.

2 doors down from that, they've done the demolition and the excavation,
and started on the rebuild.

Next door to that, partial demolition and major excavation work.

Opposite that, partial demolition, but no excavation.

Next door to us, the house is for sale, with planning permission for a
demolition, massive excavation and rebuild job. So, I'm really looking
forward to that.

All these involve heavy lorries driven across the pavement, making ruts
1 foot deep. They'll frequently block the pavement all day, and the
pedestrians like me can just **** off into the road.

As I said, it's bloody annoying. There's no attempt at decency, just
whatever's cheapest and easiest for the builders. As things currently
are, I can't take the dog for a walk round the block. And that's been
going on for a year so far. One of them left their site with a 15 foot
excavation completely open over one weekend.

In your case, instead of just fixing your wall in one go, you're just
doing it as it suits you. Making it take ages, presumably. I can see why
your neighbour's getting fed up. For all you know, half a dozen of them
may have complained.

Oh, I feel better now I've had a good rant!