The Carpets are In

The carpets have been laid and fitted and they have made a huge difference to the look of the house. It feels warm an cosy now. The warmth is helped by the fact that the gas has been fully connected and we have had all of the radiators on. The house is so well insulated they had to switch them all off again after only 20 mins as the house got too hot!

I hadn't seen this new stair rail before. It looks better than it does in these photographs but it still looks pretty special. In the near future there is a danger this house may look like a home.

Here is an older picture of the outside of the house. There is some more painting to be done as you can see and then that is is another job completed. The agent is keen to get a proper picture. I did suggest we could use this one and then "PhotoShop" it but as we are hopeful of improved weather over the next couple of days it shouldn't be necessary.

A Big Day Tomorrow

I confess to some nerves at the moment. Tomorrow is that day the carpets are being fitted. As of 4PM today there was still plenty of painting to be done. Everyone has assured me it will be fine and the carpets can be installed as planned as "there is no further work required that will have any impact on the carpets".

We shall see.

More Pictures

I published a picture of the stairs early in this blog, here they are completed. There is just a stair rail to put up on the right hand side and we are done (apart from the carpets). I am pleased we did this in the end even though there were some (me included) who were worried about the impact this type of cladding would have on the raisers.

Whilst the new bathroom has been installed it is not working yet. This picture of the outside of the house gives you a clue as to why.

Looking at the current state of the soil pipe you wouldn't want to be standing outside if somebody were to flush the loo!

Carpets and Tiles

Mrs APD is venturing forth this morning to visit the house and then, after getting some inspiration, setting off to buy carpets and tiles.

I fear we will very shortly be going over budget. This is not because Mrs APD has a tendency to purchase Italian marble flooring (although she does) but because even the initial quote we have had from the carpet suppliers indicates that it will be £1500 to supply and fit the carpets and with the tiles probably being another £400.00 on top of that we will have spent too much.

There will (I think) be one or two savings to be made elsewhere so I don't think the damage will be too bad unless she comes back with one of these in which case we are in deep trouble!