Back from Huddersfield. Fascinating 3 hour conversation with a colleague. Not been to his house before.
It is a former pub which for the last 20 years he has been working to convert into a habitable house. Parts of it are lovely. Other parts require "attention".
He has a sideline as a jazz musician. Look. Here is his recording kit:

And some of his drum kit:

And his, um, cement mixer:

He is a bit stymied by this, though, since it weighs about half a ton, so we just edged past it:
