Back on the ground floor, Doug puts the ladder away and I wonder how long it will be before anyone else makes it inside.
So what of the building’s future? “I can see why it is on the ‘at risk’ register but I don’t think it is a building at immediate risk of loss,” says Morgan.
“There’s a general feeling that this is an easy fix.
“It just needs one, maybe two, people who want to take it on, and it’s whether or not the current occupiers want to work with others to make it into that venture.”
The building’s owner, Ridgeview Investments, tells me it is open to inquiries from other businesses.
Kwik Fit says it has received a number of initial inquiries from potential tenants of the building’s unoccupied areas, but that these have never developed into firm commitments.
“The company would be happy to hear from anyone who believes they have a viable proposal to use the space which would be permitted under the terms of the building’s lease,” it adds.