Contract Administration in Temple Fortune

Documented building context

The Area 3 appraisal published by Barnet describes western-side Willifield Way houses of 1908-09 with pitched roofs, some pargetting, two-storey bays and gables. Its page 11 identifies chimneys and attic windows as important accents and notes brick arches providing rear access. Nos. 29-45 in Lucas Crescent are described as set behind a green preserving an older tree and hedge line.

Existing-building records for the tender

For a repair near a chimney, attic window or bay roof, locate the work on an elevation photograph and retain its specification. Keep that repair distinct from a room conversion or a wider covering replacement. The appraisal explains why such features matter to the architectural composition; the house's own records and accessible fabric are needed to frame questions about an altered junction or an unseen part of its roof.

Temple Fortune tender and contract decisions

For a Willifield Way instruction, schedule the actual pitched roof, gable, bay and chimney components included in the Temple Fortune tender. The appraisal's recorded pargetting is a reason to identify the surviving treatment at the property, not to assume that every facade has the same finish or repair need. Obtain the appropriate design and specify any sample or trial stage before asking for a permanent-work price.

The brick-arch rear access described locally should be investigated at the instructed address. Measure the route and confirm who can authorise its use, then ask contractors to price handling and protection against the arrangement obtained. A photographed opening does not establish that plant or materials can pass through it or that the employer controls the adjoining land. Include removal of temporary protection and reinstatement of affected surfaces in the work schedule.

For a Lucas Crescent property, distinguish the house's actual plot from the green, tree and hedge setting recorded in the appraisal. Mark the permitted construction footprint and obtain appropriate advice for retained planting or boundaries where the operation could affect them. A contractor's storage proposal should not silently extend into a neighbouring or communal area. Compare bids against the same working limits and occupation assumptions.

HCS cannot act as independent contract administrator where HCS is the contractor.

Contract scope

• Barnet Council: Hampstead Garden Suburb Character Appraisal, Temple Fortune Lane and Willifield Way, Area 3 — PDF / printed 11, section 3.1 Willifield Way: western-side 1908-09 houses, pitched roofs, pargetting, two-storey bays, attic windows and linked rear-access arches.

• Major works
• Tendering
• Clerk of Works
• Employer's Agent
• Insurance reinstatement

• Barnet area guide
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• Hampstead Garden Suburb
• Hampstead
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• Finchley

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