Rather than Sunday being a day of rest, today we were back at the house.
The builders returned on Friday, after the snow sent them home Thursday, and they had cracked on bricking up the loo door and and knocking down the wall. . Craig helped on Friday morning putting in the lintel to support the stairs. The scaffolding arrived and was erected all round the house. This will be needed to help replace the guttering, paint the rendering on the front, re point the bricks and replace some flashing on the chimney. Craig came home for lunch but couldn't get back to the house as the snow came down again and the car wouldn't make it up the little hills (blooming rear wheel drive German cars!!). The builders stayed on till 4 then left too.
Yesterday we popped round to measure the terrace so we could price up some decking. The neighbour appeared, and was not too happy about the scaffolding as it was resting on his house, which didn't seem right. They had also put a pole right outside his back gate, so he couldn't open it! Luckily the scaffolder had been and sawn that one off, so he could now open his gate, but understandably was that it was resting on his property. Craig rang the builder and he's going to sort it Monday Morning, and make sure the scaffolding isn't' used until it is not resting against the other house. Hopefully that should be OK. Last thing we want is to upset the neighbours!
Today Sarah came to visit and helped us to strip wallpaper off the hall, stairs and landing, as well as the bedrooms. just one bedroom left to strip now, which is great. Are some very bad patches of plaster, which will need to be sorted, and is the biggest concern in terms of time and money really. The plaster is being very proficient, but we could do with a bit more 'efficiency' I guess!!
The house attached to ours in the terrace went up for sale the weekend we got the keys, and has already had an offer at asking price, which is fantastic. We think they have undersold in terms of price, although we don't know what it is like inside. This is good for us though, as it has sold so quick, we're probably right with our valuation. Clearly having a building site next door hasn't put off any buyers!!
The builders returned on Friday, after the snow sent them home Thursday, and they had cracked on bricking up the loo door and and knocking down the wall. . Craig helped on Friday morning putting in the lintel to support the stairs. The scaffolding arrived and was erected all round the house. This will be needed to help replace the guttering, paint the rendering on the front, re point the bricks and replace some flashing on the chimney. Craig came home for lunch but couldn't get back to the house as the snow came down again and the car wouldn't make it up the little hills (blooming rear wheel drive German cars!!). The builders stayed on till 4 then left too.
Yesterday we popped round to measure the terrace so we could price up some decking. The neighbour appeared, and was not too happy about the scaffolding as it was resting on his house, which didn't seem right. They had also put a pole right outside his back gate, so he couldn't open it! Luckily the scaffolder had been and sawn that one off, so he could now open his gate, but understandably was that it was resting on his property. Craig rang the builder and he's going to sort it Monday Morning, and make sure the scaffolding isn't' used until it is not resting against the other house. Hopefully that should be OK. Last thing we want is to upset the neighbours!
Today Sarah came to visit and helped us to strip wallpaper off the hall, stairs and landing, as well as the bedrooms. just one bedroom left to strip now, which is great. Are some very bad patches of plaster, which will need to be sorted, and is the biggest concern in terms of time and money really. The plaster is being very proficient, but we could do with a bit more 'efficiency' I guess!!
The house attached to ours in the terrace went up for sale the weekend we got the keys, and has already had an offer at asking price, which is fantastic. We think they have undersold in terms of price, although we don't know what it is like inside. This is good for us though, as it has sold so quick, we're probably right with our valuation. Clearly having a building site next door hasn't put off any buyers!!
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