Big jobs!

Whatever is happening at 54 Sandy Lane requires some big machinery to make it happen.

New shed and garden room

When I last visited Back Road there was no sheeting on the fence so I could see that the garden had been cleared. On this visit the garden was hidden but the roofs of two new buildings were visible. 

Fade to grey

Most of this major refurbishment project in Lock Road (opposite Craig Road) is still hidden by plastic sheeting but a gap in it reveals a worrying sight - the front wall has been painted grey, Painting bricks is almost a criminal act in itself and it made even worse when the house is half of a semi.

I can only hope that when the work is finished and the final results can be seen that it is not as bad as this preview suggests, but I am not sure how that could happen. The fear is that this will be a serious blot on the historical Ham Common end of the road.

A building rises

The new homes in Craig Road have started to rise. As before this is the view from the little pathway that runs alongside the site so we are looking side-on at house in Craig Road.

It is a long thin and oddly shaped plot so it will not be possible to judge it until it is finished. Until then it is just a matter of monitoring progress and looking for things like the types of bricks used.

Ham Dental Practice

Ham Dental Practice has been a quiet presence on Dukes Avenue for many years and while I obviously knew that it was there it never caught enough enough of my attention for me to take a photograph of it. That changed when they put some new signs up.

The most visible sign is on the boundary fence facing west towards the traffic lights.  It is a very contemporary sign with lots of white space, a clear font, little text and a simple graphic. I like it.

However, it does annoy me that their phone number on the big sign on the front is shown as 0208 ... when it should be 020 ...

More flowers

Ham is taking the various In Bloom competitions very seriously this year with planters popping up everywhere. This small and pleasing example is at St Thomas Aquinas on Ham Common.

South Lodge

South Lodge on Ham Common is an attractive building and because of that I have photographed it many times. The sign on the entrance is attractive too so I do not know why I have not photographed it before. It is as stately as the lodge, just as it should be,

Copper trim

The substantial rebuilding of this house in Ham Farm Road is producing a very interesting building. The grey brick wall at the front are original and they have now been topped with an extension clad in wood and trimmed with copper.

It already looks striking and I expect it to look more so as the work completes. I only hope that it will be visible from the road so that passers-by can enjoy it.

6 Ham Farm Road

As I think the colour of the gate tells you, this is the entrance to the Huf Haus at the end of Ham Farm Road. The house sign is as fresh and modern as the house behind it. It is a lovely attention to detail.