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Would you be happy if your childminder suddenly had.....

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notsossure · 17/02/2008 21:54

builders around her house for weeks, major works going on in the house and garden, cranes and tools around, doors open from the garden onto the street, broken fence that went straight into the next door neighbour...and the children would let happily out to play in the middle of this chaos?
Would this be enough to make you take your child away from said childminder?

I forgot to add that builders have big dog with them every day....

Just wondering if I am an overprotective mum...

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notsossure · 18/02/2008 00:34

she did mention it - but I never imagined the scale of the works carried out.

Also she said that children would have been in enclosed safe area while works were going on, but this is not the case as she is leaving them in the garden while big holes are being digged and dog is left free to wander around house/garden.

Doors are left wide open to let the builders take out to the skip outside all the rubbish and earth that is being digged from the garden.

She thinks this is quite educational for the children and that it's good they get used to pets and people working around house.
Now my concerns are:
I don't know this dog.....
I dont's know these builders and wonder if they are checked at all..... to work with children running around them all day?
I am not comfortable with the idea of dd running outside on the street or anybody walking in

If taking dd away, do you think I need to pay her the month notice we have in the contract?

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Sidge · 17/02/2008 22:28

Nope, no good for me, I would be taking my child away.

Were you told about this building work?

vInTaGeVioLeT · 17/02/2008 22:27

no i would definately not be happy

looneytune · 17/02/2008 21:58

Not overprotective at all, I'm pretty sure it wouldn't even be allowed without informing OFSTED first. You just can't have garden opening up into neighbours garden and let the children out there. It's not right and it's not allowed I'm sure.

If I was having ANY work done, I'd check parents were happy first!

As for the dog, where is it kept?

saadia · 17/02/2008 21:58

blimey, doesn't sound good, I wouldn't be happy with all that.

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