Another week has gone by, but what a week!
Monday 1 February - took contract in to B&W Builders - discovered that they are going to be decorating Kumari's room as well - they say it will have to be completely cleared. Louis phoned ChemDry to arrange for them to collect her furniture. Frantically packed all her stuff.
Wednesday 3 February- an assessor came to view the damaged carpets - they will issue a voucher for replacements.
Thursday - a skip (organised by ChemDry) was delivered.
Friday 5 February - met kitchen designer and talked over ideas for the new kitchen. Went off to work and left the builders ripping out the kichen. Came back from work to find a completely empty room where my kitchen used to be! The house is also freezing cold as the radiators have been removed from the kitchen, dining room and hall so the central heating system is off. Just what we need in this cold weather!
Saturday - spent the day at the house trying to sort out a few things - wearing plenty of layers but still freezing.
Busy week - rushing between the holiday cottage, home and work. The poor dogs don't know what's going on but I try and take them for a walk at least once a day.
Thursday 11 February - the decorators arrived to start stripping paper - not an easy job as we found out when we originally stripped Kumari's room.
Friday - bit of a shock when I got to the house - no kitchen ceiling! The decorators tell me it's one of the worst jobs they've had - the paper won't come off easily and the plaster is crumbling underneath. One of them is coming back tomorrow (Saturday) to try and finish off.
Saturday - came to the house early as our time at the cottage is over - the decorator was already at work. Sat in lounge watching TV with Kumari - heard what sounded like rubble falling from the hall - whan I have the nerve to look I find it was indeed what it sounded like! A whole section of plaster has come off the wall - the decorator said 'that doesn't usually happen when I put the steamer on'. That's reassuring.
When he removed the paper from the wall between the drawing room and lounge a huge crack was revealed - much worse than we feared. He advised me to speak to the builders on Monday as he thinks we need to get a surveyor in to assess it - what more can go wrong?
Monday 1 February - took contract in to B&W Builders - discovered that they are going to be decorating Kumari's room as well - they say it will have to be completely cleared. Louis phoned ChemDry to arrange for them to collect her furniture. Frantically packed all her stuff.
Wednesday 3 February- an assessor came to view the damaged carpets - they will issue a voucher for replacements.
Thursday - a skip (organised by ChemDry) was delivered.
Friday 5 February - met kitchen designer and talked over ideas for the new kitchen. Went off to work and left the builders ripping out the kichen. Came back from work to find a completely empty room where my kitchen used to be! The house is also freezing cold as the radiators have been removed from the kitchen, dining room and hall so the central heating system is off. Just what we need in this cold weather!
Saturday - spent the day at the house trying to sort out a few things - wearing plenty of layers but still freezing.
Busy week - rushing between the holiday cottage, home and work. The poor dogs don't know what's going on but I try and take them for a walk at least once a day.
Thursday 11 February - the decorators arrived to start stripping paper - not an easy job as we found out when we originally stripped Kumari's room.
Friday - bit of a shock when I got to the house - no kitchen ceiling! The decorators tell me it's one of the worst jobs they've had - the paper won't come off easily and the plaster is crumbling underneath. One of them is coming back tomorrow (Saturday) to try and finish off.
Saturday - came to the house early as our time at the cottage is over - the decorator was already at work. Sat in lounge watching TV with Kumari - heard what sounded like rubble falling from the hall - whan I have the nerve to look I find it was indeed what it sounded like! A whole section of plaster has come off the wall - the decorator said 'that doesn't usually happen when I put the steamer on'. That's reassuring.
When he removed the paper from the wall between the drawing room and lounge a huge crack was revealed - much worse than we feared. He advised me to speak to the builders on Monday as he thinks we need to get a surveyor in to assess it - what more can go wrong?
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