Apartment security August 3, 2008
Posted by CamdenKiwi in : Miscellany , trackbackWalk up York Way past Kings Cross, the new Guardian offices and Arts Centre of Kings Place, until you’re in the heart of the developments yet to appear. Turn right, through a small park which might be a bit dodgy at night, past new flats too expensive to have attracted many inhabitants, to the sixties-style council estate behind. So far, so inner London. It scrapes through the high heels after an evening in the pub test*.
Go through three massive, intercom controlled steel doors to get to the flat. CCTV everywhere. There must be a reason. This doesn’t feel good.
It’s a nice enough flat, needing some work but a good size. The vendor refuses to leave the fluffy wee kitten, but will sell the appliances. The garden is through a glass door in the kitchen, with a flimsy wooden fence and a gate even I could get over, though perhaps not in high heels after a night in the pub. A fit burglar would take minutes to break in.
If I had come in the back way, I’d have liked the place. Now I’m just wondering who would design a security system with such an obvious flaw.
*I refuse to live anywhere I don’t feel safe walking home in high heeled shoes, carrying my laptop bag and a few drinks to the wind. Fortunately, I’m not easily scared.
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