Schedule B · The office
Visiting us
We work out of two rooms above a main street in Bellwood, with a kettle that is usually on. Here is where to find us, when we are in, and what to bring the first time you come.
B.1 The Aldous Block
214 Dominion Avenue, The Aldous Block, Second Floor, in Bellwood, British Columbia. The Aldous Block is a 1911 brick building on Bellwood’s two-block main street, the kind of address a firm keeps for forty years because moving would feel like changing its name. We are on the second floor.
B.2 Two ways up
The street door opens onto stairs, and an old building cannot pretend otherwise. There is an elevator at the rear entrance off the alley, and it is not an afterthought: if the stairs are a barrier for you, tell us when you book and we will meet you at the elevator or, if that is easier, come to you. A meeting held at your kitchen table is still a meeting.
B.3 Finding us
We give directions the way we give everything else, in writing. No map to zoom, just the turns.
- B.3.1
Dominion Avenue is Bellwood's main street, two blocks long. Aim for the middle of it.
- B.3.2
The Aldous Block is the three-storey red brick building on the north side, built in 1911, with the year set in stone above the cornice.
- B.3.3
Our name is on the second-floor windows and on the brass plate beside the street door at number 214.
- B.3.4
The street door opens onto a flight of stairs. We are at the top, first door on the left.
- B.3.5
If stairs are not for you, the rear entrance off the alley has an elevator. Ring the buzzer marked Marlowe & Fenn and we will meet you at it.
B.4 Parking
Angle parking runs the length of Dominion Avenue, directly in front of the block. It is free, it is rarely full, and there is no meter to feed. Pull in nose first and you will be a few steps from the door.
B.5 What to bring to a first meeting
Photo identification
A driver's licence or passport. We are required to confirm who you are before we act for you.
The papers
Whatever the matter turns on: the contract, the letter, the will, the tax notice. Originals if you have them, copies if you do not.
Your questions, written down
The ones that have been keeping you up. It is easy to forget them in the chair, so bring the list.
If you are missing something on this list, come anyway. We would rather see you than have you wait until the file is tidy.
Begin with a conversation
Ten minutes on the phone, no charge, and an honest answer about whether you need a lawyer at all.