High Winds

I have been working from home today from my study which is the mezzanine level of my flat which is one of the penthouses facing the development site of City Island II. Apart from it being a terrifying experience in the high winds anyway, it became more and more frightening as debris started to fly off the building site and peppering City Island, myself included. This culminated in a large 6 feet by 4 feet thick piece of wood flying off the top floor of the development and whacking into my apartment. It took a chunk of the rendering off the wall, bent one of the metal stanchions almost completely in half and also hit the window in the process and I was amazed that it didn’t break it.

I have contacted the project manager of City Island II, and also had the fire brigade visit them too. As although they were running around trying to secure everything today, in my view this should be a proactive activity and not something that happens once gale force winds are upon us, as due to health and safety they were not allowed to go up to most floors, which meant more flying debris for us that they could not secure. It was just a good job the large piece of wood hit our apartment and not a pedestrian.

The project manager has assured us that any damage will be rectified without question, so If you have any damage to your apartment caused from flying debris from City Island II, let us know your contact details and I will make sure the project manager contacts you to put matters right.

Also, it seems that it you do not lock your patio doors, high winds will simply blow them wide open – there were several apartments today where this had happened, with blinds streaming outward – and no doubt more damage for the occupiers to return home to inside. So, you have been warned, lock your patio doors!!