This last week has been utter chaos. For a start I’ve been ill. Nasty ill. I started off by throwing up in the early hours of Sunday morning and the rest of the week so far has been constrained to feeling like death warmed up and having my body trying to turn itself inside-out, in a southwards direction if you know what I’m talking about…. Not really the ideal time to be without a bathroom or running water, which is exactly the situation we’ve been in thanks to the building work beginning in earnest. Thankfully I’m feeling a little better now, and a trip to the doctor has helped re-assure me that it’s nothing too serious, so I should be back to work tomorrow. Oh goody.
Over the last couple of days of last week the builders got to work stripping out the old extension, and removing the wall which ran down the middle of it, which meant that this…
Existing dining room
Existing kitchen
… got turned into this ….
Where the kitchen was
Not a very private bathroom any more
The first thing that struck me was just how much bigger it was in there with that wall gone. The new extension is going to be a metre or two deeper again, I can’t wait to have a proper kitchen! The builders didn’t hang around too long though, and over the last few days this…
The old extension
… has be turned into this …
All gone!
Dumper Vs Digger races anyone?
Before all the work began I was very apprehensive. Twelve weeks seemed like a LONG time to be without a proper house, and I didn’t think I could bear to be around it all, but now that it’s all happening and all real, I’m kind of excited. It’s moving along at a fair old pace now, and while I’ve probably just jinxed it by saying that, I can’t wait to see it all finished. Yes it’s made me very poor for a very long time to come, but it’s going to be worth it.
re – First picture.
A telescope, digestives, a torch and a frisbee . . . Very random . . . Reminds me of south-park the movie; ‘Here we have successfully spliced chedder cheese, chalk and a beard.
(why ?)