Coming up from the rear
are these shots of number four pre and post extension.
It seems an age since we knocked the old extensions down but in fact it was late July when Tui's team swooped down and raised the lot to the ground. How weird that the wallpaper (so lovingly applied by Jack in about 1970) should have clung so firmly to the wall in a last act of defiance when every thing else fell. Hopefully the next 16 weeks worth of work can be seen in the after shot and no-one will think it a heinous crime to have knocked down what was there for the new extension. Since the after shot was taken, Antonio has finished tiling the terrace and steps and will, tomorrow, begin tiling the inside. Barry will then come to fit the walnut kitchen he has built, at the end of next week.
I am feeling very excited but also very scared as the kitchen will either hit or miss with nothing in between. In fact I was so scared by my choices on Friday that I had no choice but to consume some Trampagne ( Strongbow in a can no less) with a friend while insisting she re-measure everything and prop my fragile ego. So very, very sad.
Anyway, having reassured myself all was well I then received some bad news re applicances. Despite having ordered and paid for everything in good time the shambles who sold it all to me have cocked up and cannot deliver on time or anywhere near. Lovely recorded message trumpeting their customer care etc etc but it is all complete nonsense. So then Fiasco,(note cunning change of name for legal reasons) for the avoidance of doubt you are dumped and welcome back to Buyers and Sellers (www.buyersandsellersonline.co.uk). I should never have defected in the first place.