Well, the saga continues...
Early March I finally lost patience with my builder and threw him off the job. I would have done it earlier but we had paid him too much money and had to wait until he caught up.
As soon as I felt that there was enough money left in the job to finish it myself I told him to sling his hook. He filed for bankruptcy three weeks later! :-({|=
Step in Charlie, one of the kitchen fitters I use. He's worked like crazy for a month and has pulled the project out of the fire.
Here's where we are now;
This is the view from the back garden. The steps are a left-over from our previous decking and are being replaced with brick ones next week.
And my new study at the front
The doorway to the study from the hall
The lounge area
The Audio/Visual wall
And the kitchen area laid out with temporary kitchen facilities. Now I'm happy with the lay-out I will be starting work building the kitchen in stages, fitting it in around paying jobs.
It might look like we're slumming it but when you've been without a kitchen at all since December and have been washing up in the bath this is luxury. Fortunately SWMBO is happy that it may take 6 months to get everything finished. So it will be all over by Christmas, then - just a year late!
Before anyone asks, I'm going to clad the exposed undersides of the hip timbers in oak.
Brad
