Nearly every day over the christmas/new year holidays we've done some work on the house. We had xmas day off. Then we had to move from our temporary rented accommodation after only 3 months, so that took out 2 more days.
New photos are up on Flicker showing the baseboards completed, the front steps built, the soffits done. Lots of small fiddly bits have progressed. We decided to replace the rotten floor under the bath because it didn't feel right to leave a gaping hole under there for the rats to get in.
The laundry is progressing. The water is finally on. Watercare however, hit us with a huge bill, some of which was development costs!
The exterior just needs holes bogged up and it's on to sanding in preparation for painting.
Council need to come do a pre-line inspection of the laundry before that can be insulated and finished off.
Back to our fulltime jobs tomorrow, so progress will slow down. We've decided we're just going to have to pay others to come in and do the plastering, quite possibly all the painting, lay the lino and polish the floors. It's a shame to run out of steam at the end, but we just want to get it finished so we can rent it out and move on with our lives.
We've been looking at buying a boat - dreaming of a life of leisure. It's probably something to force us to take the weekend off.
