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Originally Posted by cromag
My son works at an essential business and I'm his driver, so I'm on the road every day. We drive past a home that's being rebuilt after it was destroyed in a fire. While they are still working on it, the work has been very noticeably scaled back -- at any given time there are only one or two vehicles on the premises. They do have a Porta Pottie on the grounds, but it shouldn't be too difficult to disinfect what is essentially a toilet inside a big plastic box.
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I would consider appliance repair businesses, plumbers, electricians, etc., to be essential services in most cases.
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That's not the case in the UK now. We're under lockdown. As I mentioned in a previous post, even vets are closed, and I would consider them far more essential.
Also, having electricians, and appliance repair people visiting your home presents a real threat of virus spread. They shouldn't be moving around the community, let alone actually entering people's homes.
As for groups of builders working on empty houses, they are a threat to each other - possibly spreading the virus between them, and a threat to others by travelling to work. They are not wearing protective masks or googles, unlike delivery men. (I've had prescription deliveries, where they were not only well protected, but put the meds outside my front door while I stood in my enclosed porch - he indicated that he wanted me to stay in the porch until he'd left.)
Things have become very tough in the UK in regard to the lockdown. No way would a repair person be prepared to enter our houses; nor would we want them to. And it is not included as one of the exceptions to the "not leaving your house or having contact (physical) with people not in your household" stance taken by the government and being enforced by the police.
For the moment, at least, the builders and decorators are not working on the house next door. I have a feeling that the old man who lived there won't be returning, but will remain with his son. The house will probably be sold.
No house sales are taking place either, and completion dates are having to be postponed for those who were in the process.