Saturday, August 06, 2005

Latest Progress

Well - it's geting close to our target date for moving in - the 18th August.
The plumbers have been back and fitted the bathroom stuff - showers and shower doors. There was one cracked cistern which I had to take back but it was replaced free of charge.
The electrician came back yesterday and finished off the downstairs lights and put in one fan in an en suite. He still has some work to do - mainly power for the waste treatment plant and a couple more fans in bathrooms - which he has promised to do today .
The kitchen fitting is due next Tuesday . The only job that could delay things now is the stairs. They have been on holiday for 2 weeks - and are open again on Monday. They have all the measurements etc. - so I hope our stairs will be one of the first jobs they start when they come back!
The furniture is due for delivery anytime after Aug 15th.
The blinds and curtains are all ordered or bought - just need to be hung.
All the floors and doors and skirting is fitted - but I have a fair bit of varnishing to be doing in the next few evenings.
The fitted wardrobes (only getting 2 ) won't be ready till September - we left it a bit late to order them - so we might be living out of suitcases for a few weeks.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for this fascinating record of building a house. Like you, I plan to return from England to the West of Ireland and self-build.

I hope you open a bottle of champagne when you finally move in on the 18th. You deserve it!