A restful night? All bets are off as builders revamp shop
Residents suffered sleepless nights when noisy builders started work on a betting shop in the early hours of the morning.
Builders from Midland Contracts carried out a revamp of Ladbrokes betting shop in South Street, St Neots, from midnight last week, neighbours have claimed.
Buckets being dropped on the ground, truck deliveries and loud talking prompted residents to write in to the News to complain about the work.
One South Street resident, who did not want to be named, said: “It is 1.20am here in St Neots and I’m writing to you to express my disgust at the decision to refurbish the Ladbrokes betting shop after the hour of midnight.
“In fact, as far as I can tell, the builders don’t start until after midnight.
“I’m flabbergasted at this insane decision to conduct building work in the middle of the night when there are flats all around it with people inside them trying to sleep.”
The revamp included the installation of fruit machines on an uncarpeted floor.
The resident added: “Midland Contracts were banging around out there until about 2am on Tuesday morning and they kept me awake. Are we going to have to endure the same thing tonight? Tomorrow? All week?
“I’ve seen them do work like this in Las Vegas casinos but I hardly think the two compare.”
A spokesman for Ladbrokes said that the company had asked the contractors to pay “extra consideration” as the work was finished off.
He said: “This was a mostly internal series of minor works which has taken place over three days.
“It is of course entirely legal, but we do aim to minimise disruption and disturbance to local residents and we apologise if any inconvenience has been caused.
“We have spoken with the contractors who will pay extra consideration on the final day.”