We've been picking up some pretty good references and tips along the way... the company that installed our lights for us also recommended the guy to install our floor. So we decided to follow up their lead on the painter. After agreeing on a price, they started work early Monday morning. Even with two professional painters working full time, they anticipated that the work would take at least a week and a half. As you can see from the pictures, one week has gone already and they've not yet completed the front of the house and this is with three guys working! So we're anicipating them to finish at the end of next week.
But the timing is fine... with everything else that's going on in our lives at the moment, we've certainly become a lot less stressed about the house, simply because we haven't got the energy to! However, as a result, things seem to be ticking along quite smoothly and at a pleasant pace. As you can see from the pictures, the builders continue to be in and out as they've now installed nearly all of the doors. They were going to have the floor in the front finished this week, but decided to hold back and let the painters finish in the front before they come and lay the floor... which we're fine with.
The builders are also going to fit the kitchen for us. They've already lined it all up, but they need to make some modifications to the unit that is going to house the sink, since behind this unit is the manifold for the underfloor heating, which needs to be accommodated in the kitchen unit. But the builders seem to think it's no big deal, so we're leaving them to it!
It's been a couple of weeks since we made a post on the house... shows that our minds have been mostly elsewhere! However, this doesn't mean that we've not been busy on the house! The wooden floor panels have now arrived, as have the plinths, both of which I've committed to install, but I'll wait until the builders have finished before I start work. As you can see, colour decisions have been made for the painting, the doors have been installed and a decision has been made on door handle designs.
A quote has been received for manufacturing a stainless steel counter top for the sink... we're just waiting for another quote before we decide on preffered supplier! We've already fitted a washing machine in the cupboard in the kitchen (thank you Martin, Grada and Wouter, it fits perfectly!) and the rest of the white goods are waiting to be delivered.
So we're pretty confident that the house will be in an hospitable state by the time we need to move out of our current home, or at least I was until I discovered that my presence has been requested for a two week trip to the other side of the world... starting two weeks before we're due to move house! So, as is typical with life, just as things are ticking along nicely, there's a little twist thrown in to spice things up a little. I'm confident that Flo and I can keep on top of things though... I'm pretty overwhelmed with how smooth things have been maintained to date, which gives me confidence that we can handle whatever is thrown at us...
I've added some more pictures of the house to our growing photo album. I'll update this with some of the pictures of the house when we'd just bought it so that you can get a real feel for just how big a transformation has occurred!
Enjoy your weekend!
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