14th Dec 2011
Well nothing happened on site last week the
builders had booked machinery on the Monday for last Thursday to start the
footings, when they told me of their plan I checked the Met bureau website and of
course they had forecast rain for Thursday, sure enough it bucketed down so no
action. The annoying thing is, it has basically been dry for yonks and now with
the build up of heat and moisture (humidity) we will continue to get unsettled
weather for some time to come.
Monday past (12th), we had an
appointment with an interior decorator consultant that does all of Casey’s work
(the builder), a really switched on lady and really good, we felt very
comfortable with the whole process although after 5½ hours of it we were a bit
brain dead. At least the bulk of it is done, roof colour, house colour inside
and out, floor tiles, bathroom tiles, benches, kitchen colours and finish, taps
and sinks, vanities and toilets. I’m sure all we have to do now is select
lighting which can be a nightmare and bedroom carpets, carpets shouldn’t be too
taxing as we have samples of the tiles to match up carpets with. Lighting may
be a different story.
While we were at the builders display room
I grabbed the opportunity to quiz them as to when they thought they would get
onsite to start the foundations and once again they had planned on Thursday of
this week, why Thursday I do not know but as soon as I got home I logged into the
websites again to check the predicted weather – rain for Wednesday, showers
Thursday – shit!!!
Monday’s weather was ok, we did have a
shower Monday night, Tuesday was great it threatened and sprinkled for ten
seconds (I timed it) but basically was great. Today I think I was awake as it
got daylight and was totally relieved to eventually see blue sky appearing and
so far so good the day has been hot and sunny with a good breeze although there
are large cumulus clouds building across the Bay to the south east where the
weather is coming from so there is plenty of moisture around and certainly the
risk of rain or a storm later. As long as it is not torrential the builder
should get onsite tomorrow, I don’t know how long it will take them to get to
pouring concrete stage but once it is down and set it can rain as much as it
likes (within reason), then no more from the middle of January when they start
again after Xmas. – Not too much to ask is it?
I’ll keep you posted
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