moving in in a few days, so much to do but can’t wait!  the hauding came down today and house looks fab.

Money, money, money – what a nightmare.  We should have bought our 2nd fix items right at the beginning.

This week, heating, bathrooms and 2nd fix – bring it on

Plasterboard going up, we’ve even started to paint! We’re getting ready for the scaffolding to come down on Wednesday and the kitchen to go in on Saturday – now it’s really exciting.

and I finally got a new lens for my camera, so I can start taking pictures again

Good – This week, cracking on with plumbing & electrics final first fix ready for plasterboarding, took ownership of our gorgeous new bath and showers – it took 7 men to get our bath into the bathroom, not because of the weight, but because there was nothing to hold onto.  Gas boiler and cylinder in, utility room looks like a machine room, plus kitchen is being made and we picked up this cooker hood for £350, instead of £1995 due to a slight dent in the corner!

Bad – another leak in the basement, not funny anymore.

Ugly – we had a visit from the planning investigation officer concerning our ‘un-opaque’ window after a complaint from our neighbours, even though we assured them that it would be made opaque in situ, following an error in manufacture.  hmm…

The vision; stepping from the living room on a flush finished floor out onto the deck, the reality is that because our front door is lower than it should be, the screed had to go in 20mm lower than we would have liked and we now either have to a) step (trip) over the sliding doors for the rest of our lives or b) pay for a second layer of flooring compatible with the screed that it is already down, grr…

I could kick myself

Last week, we also managed to lift the large panes into the entrance hall; six guys lifting 160kg of toughened glass onto the 1st lift of the scaffold was a sight.

Front door today…