So the trash container arrived at about 11:30. I was expecting it to be a bit earlier since they said “morning”but it still technically was so ok, whatever…at least it’s here. It actually turned out to be very beneficial for our workers because they were able to put this new one very far back on […]

The stair guys just left which I guess is why they were cleaning up. Very nice that they did so, though, I cannot complain there. Since they are gone, I was able to inspect what they’ve done and also what the lackey was doing upstairs when I heard him knocking around. The tops of some […]

I arrived at the house at about 8 this morning. I knew I needed to get here early because we had a new container scheduled for delivery and they were also picking up the old one which meant I needed to get here early to get the remaining complete bricks out of the container and […]

My oh so wise friend Katie wrote to me and said: As for what they did with the floors that left the orange smell.. they probably oiled them. They seem like they would be rather old floors, and sometimes wood – needs a drink.. lets just say that the orange stuff is like Body Butter […]

Things are progressing nicely in the new kitchen. The stairs are fully formed, about half of the pile of estrich is now on the floor which essentially means that about half of the floor is finished. I don’t envy these guys with this job. It is very hard work which they have to do by […]