Following weeks of uncertainty over site ownership, along with almost constant phone calls and emails between myself, the council's grounds maintenance section and the estates section at county hall the grass around the former Glendale care home has at last been cut. I have an assurance too that the complex has been placed on the grass-cutting rota for the near future to ensure that the area is kept up to an acceptable standard.
My remaining concern now is to ensure that the building itself is maintained to a decent standard and is kept safe and secure. Readers will note from previous blogs on this site that intruders in the recent past have caused damage to the window boards and panels whilst gaining access and this has had a detrimental impact on the appearance of the site.
For the longer term the future of Glendale House is a little less certain. I reported recently that the estates section at DCC had said that a deal to sell the site was imminent. That potential sale has dragged on for some considerable time and I have now managed to obtain an assurance from the estates section that the matter will be settled, one way or the other, within the next week. Ownership of the site (along with responsibility for its maintenance of course) should be clearer by then.
For further background to this story please see blogs dated 29 June & 8 August 2012.
