Day two was all about skimming and plastering the ceiling in the smallest room in the house. This involved the removal of the light fitting as a temporary measure. The smallest room was too dark for photography so you will have to wait for the next instalment to see the progress made.

Day one nearly didn’t happen! Mr C was working from home and by mid morning there were no signs of activity, not even a phone call.

Mr C phoned me up to vent his frustration. He had sent an email to the fittings department because he had no phone number for them. I was quite insistent that he phone the showroom number and talk to someone in person. He took my advice and was advised that the previous job was behind schedule and that the work would commence tomorrow. This would have been OK if we had been notified there was a problem, these things happen and we could have scheduled our days at home accordingly.

Mr C told them this was not acceptable and the reasons why. After the conversation two men turned up to remove the old fittings from the smallest room in the house and the hallway, un-paving the way for the craftsman to start working his magic the day after.

PS: In the hallway photos you will notice the new front door as mentioned in my previous post. The old door although relatively new had become defective, it had warped allowing wind and cold air to blow in through the gaps.

I probably should have warned you that sunglasses were needed for the before shots of the smallest room in the house. This decor is the previous owners handiwork, I quite liked it when we moved in but a change has long been overdue.

Tiling the hallway has been in the planning stage for some time. This project involved the tiles continuing into the downstairs cloakroom leading to the sensible option of changing the downstairs toilet and sink at the same time.

Due to the dark nights I have been unable to take a decent photo of the hallway before the work started to take place. I have found photos from some time ago that also shows the old front door which we have also recently had replaced.

Then we went to look at televisions because hers is showing its age. We looked and she ordered one. When she had finished making her purchase she said would like to look at the cordless vacuum cleaners so we went up stairs to find them. As we were looking the Dyson rep appeared out of nowhere and proceeded to tell us all about them and which one would be best for her needs. I am not quite sure how it happened (I am not an impulse buyer) but I came away with one!! When I got home I found out how much easier and convenient it is to use than the upright one I had previously been using.

Tomorrow my car goes in for some repairs. Last Monday as I was reversing out of a car park space at work I heard a clunk and I felt something shift. Initially I thought it was something in the boot but every time I went over a bump there was a c lunk. When I got home I checked it over but couldn’t see anything untoward. It was still doing it the next day and then I heard a metallic ring as something fell off the bottom of the car. I couldn’t see anything so concluded it was a small object.

At lunch time the following day I was able to take it into the garage for them to check it over to see if it was safe. Unfortunately I couldn’t have the afternoon off as planned because too many other people were already on leave that afternoon. This meant I was under pressure to get back to work within a reasonable time frame. The problem turned out to be a broken suspension spring and they also noticed that my air conditioning isn’t working and that I need two new tyres…