There are some very bizarre figures being bandied about at the moment. I do not know hwere the figure of ?2.5 million comes from. I also do not know where another figure of ?250,000 per year to maintain the building has come from.

Friends of Louise House have been given NO figures at any time by any Council officer about how much it might cost to renovate the building. Lewisham say that there has been no survey of the condition of the building which would give such a figure. I assume that this is true: they were planning to knock it down, why would they survey it?

In fact a building survey would be a useful thing for all parties to have access to.