Tradesmen

Fourth week of builders here (inside and out)

Every single room in the house is being sorted, so far upstairs, all bedrooms, bathrooms and playroom plaster removed, part of the walls meshed, re plastered, decorated. Oh all ceilings removed and replaced throughout.

Phase two-downstairs is now in full swing, with small excursions upstairs.

I am now without a kitchen for at least three weeks, probably four. In 10 days time I will have all the floors taken up downstairs (hopefully the bannisters will have been replaced before then, do not want to fall onto beams)

Added to which the downstairs loo has stopped working, the TV in our bedroom has decided to turn itself on and off at will and the electric garage door has gone caput!!!

I can taste plaster and cement dust 24/7 after showering and washing my hair there is sediment in the shower tray.
Nothing is in the correct place, my asthma is playing up, permanent headache.

If our marriage survives this I guess he is a keeper

Two rooms being decorated- easy peasey 🤷‍♀️

I guess it's needs must and grit teeth

...and promise yourselves a treat of some description when it's over (eg a really luxury level meal out - or delivered as the case may be).

I know exactly what you mean about hating the disruption and you have my full sympathies - as I had to wait until 60 to buy a house that would do for a "forever home" for me (ie detached and garden) and it's a 1970s house in West Wales and I'm from a very different area. The whole house had to be gutted and this is an area with lots of workmen who are defo unreliable and I suspect often put "locals" first (rather than doing the normal "first come first served"). It was a job and a half dealing with all that and absolutely everything inside my house got ripped out apart from the internal doors and most of the skirting boards - and I HATED having to do all that with a passion.

Take a deep breath and check out those luxury meal treats for rewarding yourself afterwards - or maybe even during it.

Admits that I'm wondering whether I'll be able to bring myself to ever have any work done in my house ever again - even decorating - after all that hassle (and with bad neighbours thrown in). I strongly suspect I'll think "I'm 72 and don't want to live on past average age anyway. It's only 10 years - so blow it". Now I've got the house Scandinavian-style and logically organised = I am very sorely tempted not to touch it again unless I must.

keepingquiet that’s what we’ve done in the past, our painter, a friend, is booked in for when we’re away, he and his crew move furniture and return it as required.

Well we have just moved house and taken on a renovation project..........................

You can either leave things or keep up with things. I have chosen the former- I'll just let the house fallt o bits and my children can deal with the rest after I'm gone.

Maybe you could just go away on a nice holiday while the work is taking place?

I dislike things being upside down, I suspect it’s because my energy levels aren’t what they were