The footings and flooring substructure (I'm making that word up) are now done. As part of that exercise, they built the new front steps, which look a bit strange now as neither the new entrance nor the new landing are yet in evidence. Julius was quick to dub them "the stairs to nowhere". It's a phrase which seems to have stuck. It makes a good title for an Aldous Huxley-type novel; or maybe a Stereolab song.
