Moving on

Yesterday we went along to the socket shop to discuss our alternatives with the management there. After much deliberation we have decided that the option most likely to leave our house finished soonest is to live with the accursed white inserts on the sockets. A serious compromise, and we've informed the electrician just how not-happy with the whole thing we are.

Meanwhile, decoration continues apace, with what I'm guessing is the final coat on the bedroom wall:

Once the en suite sanitaryware and dressing room radiator are put in by the plumber, this will be habitable at long last.

The plumber, meanwhile, has been busy in the attic installing our new water tank:


Out back, the scratch coating has gone on the last section of wall to be rendered, so pebbledashing is imminent.


They've also been building up the levels for the side passage, and the path under the kitchen window:


The new section of garden wall has finally been rendered:

With the addition of a painted white rectangle and a projector, this'd make for a great outdoor cinema, I reckon.

In the living room they've begun tidying up the fireplace:

However, there are bits of the back boiler still in there. I'd really like someone to get rid of that.

Finally, the kitchen has been cleared once more:

Today, we expect to go home to find it full of the component parts of kitchen units.