Loads of scaffolding going up

[Eve]

I noticed that some scaffolding have gone up all round a couple of houses near me the other week. Since then, scaffolding has been going up on more and more houses and must be at least 8-10 now, mostly all the ones in a particular joined rows of 2/3 houses.

What is likely to be the reason for this? Could they be unstable or something like that?

My house is a different build, newer but am guessing a lot cheaper (well materials wise in context) as it's more new build estate whereas the ones with the scaffolding are older proper brick built...if that makes sense? I know mine are made of bricks too but not as substantial?

More and more seems to be going up and all over and round the houses, the main walk way seems to be up by the rooves and extra round the chimneys.

Anyone any ideas?

[redcrx]

are they council properties?
one estate near here has recently had every council owned house reroofed. Scaffolding on all of the houses for a few weeks

[Vagrant]

If the scaffolding is at roof height, it's unlikely to be that the houses are unstable.
More likely, one of them is having a new roof/guttering, and the builders have offered a good price to the others for the same job.
Why not go and ask them?

[Eve]

I thought maybe council although they look a bit too nice than for council if that makes sense (though I do live next to Moss Side in Manchester so that's compared to some pretty poor housing stock)? I've seen For Sale and To Let signs up there too before now so at least some of them are privately owned.

I will ask if I see someone outside or at the bus stop or similar, would feel too rude and nosy knocking on a door :) Trouble is I get the bus to work before 7am so not usually people about then when I'm at the bus stop.

I wondered about removing the chimneys as there is scaffolding around the chimneys themselves as well the whole rest of the house. Could be rooves, they don't look in bad condition but me saying that isn't saying much as I know sod all about that kind of thing :)

It's going up a bit sporadically and gradually at the moment so maybe a contractor thing. Might be more obvious when actual work starts, no sign yet but I'm out from about 6.45am to about 7.30pm with work on a normal day so wouldn't necessarily see.

Will see if I can find out!

[Eve]

Ah-ha, managed to see someone at the bus stop this morning, they are re-tiling/slating all the rooves apparantly. Lots of bricks about too.

[boxtops]

Good idea to do it as a job lot or share scaffold hire if you can - I was quoted £250-£300 for a single scaffiold tower (admittedly four storeys high) when I needed work done to my guttering.

[beejay1124]

hi Jenna-prob council houses
re-roofing
bricks for rebuilding the chimneys?
odd they are scaffolding so many at one go rather than a couple of blocks at a time

[landscaper2]

Probably a lot of unused scaffold around at the moment, so probably made sense to put up in one go - and would get a bit of their stock 'out of the yard' maybe.