Whilst the builders were knocking “hells bells” our of the lounge and dining room, we started to paint the first room in the house.
Before
After, 5 hours, one tub of white masonary paint, and one swollen ankle! Thanks to my partner for doing most of the expert painting.
Okay, so it’s not a room, but this is where the new fish house will co-locate to over the next few weeks.
The damp proof course has failed, and the 10 year guarantee has expired long ago. So we are currently having this rectified on the house. We’ve contracted the entire job to Hambleton Preservation Services.
They arrived promptly at 8.30am today to start the work.
A picture of Hambleton Preservation Services on a tea break.
We didn’t like the carpet, we’ve not even had the house 24 hours, and we’ve started knocking it about.
The carpet had to go, because tomorrow I hand the house over to the builders to install a damp proof course on the ground floor, so some of the plaster will be removed, damp proof course installed, tanked, and re-skimmed, and then we’ve got to find a new carpet!
We don’t like the carpet, it’s got to go!
We don’t like the wood chip wallpaper, it’s also got to go!
Umm, damp that’ll be fixed…
we don’t like the yellow walls either…
We finally completed on our new house today and I collected the keys at 1.30pm, and at 2.00pm met the Damp Surveyor.
This is it!
I think I might need a sit on lawn mower! I’ve also found a plum, pear, apple tree and a christmas tree in the garden!
and a petrol hedge trimmer!
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