Posted By Judith on 24th May 2014
As I write this there are only 5 ‘sleeps’ left before we move into ‘Grassy Bottom’ next Thursday, and despite this being the end of week 10 every single room is still in disarray.
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Posted By Judith on 17th May 2014
It’s hard to describe week 9 in just a word or sentence, because lots of ‘stuff’ happened, yet we still haven’t got one room finished sufficiently for proper decorating to begin!
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Posted By Judith on 10th May 2014
Week 8 only had 4 days due to the Bank Holiday, and started well enough on Tuesday with the laying of the floorboards where the pantry used to be.
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Posted By Judith on 3rd May 2014
Week 7 can best be summed up in one word, ‘plastering’.
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Posted By Judith on 26th April 2014
Week 6 of the building work can best be described as ‘frustrating’. Don’t get me wrong, lots of work got done, particularly upstairs, all in preparation for the plumber and plasterers who are imminent.
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Posted By Judith on 18th April 2014
Week 5 started well when on Monday morning I saw my first swallow of the year. Whilst I realise this ‘doesn’t make a summer’, it does at least make me feel like the weather is heading in the right direction. Unlike the building work which feels to have slowed down somewhat, and with loosing 2 working days over Easter, panic is setting in as to whether we will be able to move in by the end of May, as planned. (This will become an issue in the next 10 days, as we have to give a months notice.)
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Posted By Judith on 12th April 2014
Week 4 proceeded much as expected, with less ‘knocking down’ and more ‘putting back’ than previous weeks, which has to be a good thing, the plasterer is due next week and hopefully the staircase should arrive too.
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Posted By Judith on 5th April 2014
Due to the start of British Summertime week 3 of the project started with 2 days of getting up in the dark. I thought I’d put that behind me when I retired, but at least I got to hear the dawn chorus again. Every cloud eh?.
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Posted By Judith on 29th March 2014
Week 2 of the renovations has been mainly uneventful, though we have had one or two ups and downs.
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Posted By Judith on 22nd March 2014
Days 3 and 4 of the building work have passed without much incident, save to say the electrician called, disconnected the electrics, removed the consumer unit thing and then left, not to return until next Wednesday, so no more hot drinks then.
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