We returned as planned in early April bringing two cars, loads of stuff to keep us going for the next six months and our dog. We had dreaded the journey for ages as Morag, the dog, had proved herself to be a very bad traveller. But in Joanne’s car she proved to be perfectly O.K. and indeed a good companion on the very long journey – we did the drive in one day, a foolish thing to do but it got the journey out of the way swiftly.
From the progress report we had had from our builder we had hoped that there would have been a completed floor in the centre of the house with the construction of a wall allowing for the installation of a bathroom. However, when we met him it emerged that he had injured himself falling out of a tree that he was lopping and had been unable to work for three and a half weeks. So no real progress had been made from the installation of the septic tank and the six windows.
But our presence here has re-energised the project and much progress has subsequently been made, albeit as a consequence of the efforts that we have made. The floor in what will be the central hallway area has been fully dug out and hardcore pebbles put in. In the large room we have cleared away all the rubbish and again shifted pebbles into it – this is not yet complete and we have another delivery of 10 tonnes of pebbles to face moving. A telephone connexion has also finally been made – there was a problem with a blockage in the pipe under the road which took a deal of solving. We now have a landline connexion but it cannot support broadband unfortunately, so it’s dial-up only for us.
The water supply has also been brought through into the house with a new connexion to the meter. Again though there was a problem in that there was a leak on the water company’s side of the meter so they had to come out and fix that. After considerable effort by the technician sent out to deal with it, and a new meter, we were re-connected. And on Sunday we shall have electricity inside the house to provide sockets for the fridge, freezer and washing machine we have also acquired. So as Jean Claude keeps saying as we make progress – toute moderne!
Notwithstanding the humour we are beginning to be really hopeful that we can effectively move into the house in summer with a full range of facilities available to us.
From the progress report we had had from our builder we had hoped that there would have been a completed floor in the centre of the house with the construction of a wall allowing for the installation of a bathroom. However, when we met him it emerged that he had injured himself falling out of a tree that he was lopping and had been unable to work for three and a half weeks. So no real progress had been made from the installation of the septic tank and the six windows.
But our presence here has re-energised the project and much progress has subsequently been made, albeit as a consequence of the efforts that we have made. The floor in what will be the central hallway area has been fully dug out and hardcore pebbles put in. In the large room we have cleared away all the rubbish and again shifted pebbles into it – this is not yet complete and we have another delivery of 10 tonnes of pebbles to face moving. A telephone connexion has also finally been made – there was a problem with a blockage in the pipe under the road which took a deal of solving. We now have a landline connexion but it cannot support broadband unfortunately, so it’s dial-up only for us.
The water supply has also been brought through into the house with a new connexion to the meter. Again though there was a problem in that there was a leak on the water company’s side of the meter so they had to come out and fix that. After considerable effort by the technician sent out to deal with it, and a new meter, we were re-connected. And on Sunday we shall have electricity inside the house to provide sockets for the fridge, freezer and washing machine we have also acquired. So as Jean Claude keeps saying as we make progress – toute moderne!
Notwithstanding the humour we are beginning to be really hopeful that we can effectively move into the house in summer with a full range of facilities available to us.
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