Just a quick (and unusually chipper) update: the builders are making
great progress and we’re thrilled with the work so far. They did half days for
the first few days (finishing up another project I think) but have been here
9–5 every day since then. Three of the walls have already been covered with polystyrene
and rendered. Now that the polystyrene has been covered up, I can look
at the house again without wanting to have a little cry. And we’ve chosen a
paint colour – we’re sticking with pink, although I lobbied hard for yellow – so
I guess they’ll start painting any day now. And,
quality of the work aside, my favourite thing is how they tidy up after
themselves at 4.45pm every day.
There’s still a bloke at every window I look at but we’re all just
getting on with it and pretending not to see each other. All in all, it’s not a
total disaster. It’s a Christmas miracle.
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