Good news: pending final inspection, the renovations were finished yesterday and we get the keys back next Tuesday. It's been a long process, but having it done before Christmas is a present in and of itself at this stage.

Bad news: I've recently started suffering from persistent vertigo. It is annoying, inconvenient and discombobulating. It ( Read more... )

The weather over the last week as well and truly put paid to any notion that the renovations would be finished early. The ground outside the dining room where the terrace is going to be s a swamp and far too wet to pour the slab, they expect two weeks before it will be ready, which is nearly a month after they originally planned to do it.

The house ( Read more... )

The master bedroom is pretty much the only room in the house that hasn't been taken over in some part by the renovations, either because of works in the rooms or stuff being stored until we get the refurbished rooms back.

We had expected them to do the garage first, but due to the weather they have been working inside. We now have rooms without ( Read more... )

In an attempt to pretend like we have some degree of control over our futures, Rick and I went to look at display homes at the new Saltwater Coast development on the weekend ( Read more... )