Nearly there. Slow progress and a bit of a moan

I'm back!

I haven't actually been anywhere, just not in a position (physically or mentally!) to write!

Those of you who have been following my blog will know that I've had the builders in at Poppy Cottage.

I don't think this blog is the place for moaning and groaning and airing my woes, so I apologise right now, and if you really don't want to know then I will understand if you stop reading right now!

But I've started, so I'll finish!

I began telling you all about Poppy Cottage's facelift and waterworks back in October, expecting to bring you happy pictures of work in progress and a wonderful Tah Dah moment when it was all finished 4 weeks later.

Well, here we are in week 8

And the builders are still here!

I can hear you asking

'Why?'

'What unexpected problems did they find?'

None

No problems at all

The only problem we thought there would be was in fixing the guest bathroom, but that was done in no time at all,

And by the end of week 1 they had ripped out our ensuite.

We finally got our bathroom back at the end of week 6!

Almost 6 weeks to fit a bathroom!

6 weeks of noisy, and often rude, builders inside my home

6 weeks of making endless cups of tea and coffee

6 weeks of tripping and slipping on dust sheets

And it still isn't quite there...

A few niggles and things to sort out with the builders.....

We do now have the Victorian side of the cottage rendered

And the scaffolding has been taken down at last

And the skip has been taken away

But they have completely trampled my lovely flower beds

We do now have our roof repaired and gutters replaced

We do now have all our front windows repaired/replaced - but not all painted yet!

Some of them were completely rotten - but they were over 200 years old!

 This one is now finished, but I rather liked the picture taken halfway!

We do now have a porch with a door - but it isn't tiled or decorated yet!

Things have got a bit tense around here I can tell you!

I came close to packing my bags and moving into a Travel lodge - probably would have done if it didn't mean leaving my poor cats here at the mercy of the builders!

I've spent a lot of time in the pub

The builder boss was certainly right when he said it would get worse before it got better - but even he didn't expect it to take THIS long!

So seeing how stressed I was getting he has given me a few days off.

Isn't that kind of him?

(btw I am NEVER sarcastic!)

They are due back tomorrow and have PROMISED to be all finished by the weekend.

So...

I've cleaned up the cottage

It has taken 3 days

The amount of dust is unbelievable!

Never again

OK moan over

Hopefully one day very soon I will be able to show you the finished cottage.

And hopefully share with you some of the crafty stuff I've managed to get done despite the upheaval!

Which is what my blog is supposed to be about after all!

xxx