You missed a bit

The window frames are in fairly good condition, just looking a bit tatty. A bit of sanding, a lot of sanding, undercoat (grey isn’t the new black) and top coat to blend with the annex (black is the new black).

It was easier removing the ‘opener’ for painting than attempt it in place (the stonework bore the marks of someone’s previous attempts).

The cows across the road had taken a real interest in the final colour and quality of finish.

Finally turning up at the front door to highlight the issues they’d spotted.

Cows are perfectionists? All cows or just the specific ‘make’? Holstein Friesian in this case (looking forward to all the cow buffs commenting – ‘I think you’ll find….’).

On the interior front the following turned up, with it a suggestion that the flooring will follow shortly. One thing worth noting, the adhesive estimates are totally inadequate to cover nearly 60m2 (6 turned into 14). No problems with the two part primer.

Remember the Better Bathrooms saga? The replacement finally turned up, not on a pallet and in a really shoddy state.

The box, in its battered state, sat forlorn in the link while the ‘The Better Bathrooms Complaints Hotline’ phone rang, and rang, and rang, and rang (you get the idea). The thought was to leave it as it arrived and send it straight back (‘straight back’ equates to a couple of weeks). But, as the call remained unanswered the temptation grew to sneak a peak at the contents. Off came the outer packaging – not a great deal of effort required – and, wait a minute, someone had ‘built’ a frame around it to protect the vanity unit during transit. It was way bigger than the original box, explaining some of the distortion, but saved the unit from additional bumps, bangs, dents, dings, scuffs and scratches. Award that person employee of the month!

Once Culvert Colin had given me a lift to get it upstairs, the fitting can begin. It’s a ceramic top and the tap holes will need to be drilled (jump online, order the bit and await its arrival).