Contagious absenteeism

The painter hasn't showed up this last two days, which I think means that the cleaners won't be coming on Tuesday now. The front door furniture has been fitted, but of course it still needs several coats of gloss:

You can just about see at the far right the space where our temporary electricity meter used to be. This has been switched over to a permanent location on the other side of the house, the temporary mains cable has gone, and the holes through which it ran have been patched:


Unlike the painter, the plumber has been here and has finished off the sink under the stairs:


It just needs a bit of paint. He has also installed our blingtastic dressing room mirror-radiator:


However, there has been no word at all from the gas company who were supposed to give us a day's notice before they showed up. On calling them, they had no further information to give us, other than that their subcontractor has been instructed to visit us this week which, by a process of deduction, means that he'll have to be round tomorrow. Smells very fishy to me.

Even if they don't show, the plumber should still have plenty to do tomorrow as the utility room is due to be fitted out, and there are plenty of adjustments to be made to the plumbing here:

Note that the daft overlapping sockets have been moved down to facilitate the washer and drier. We'll have to leave a patch panel where they used to be, however.

Finally, as the clock struck 10 this evening, the tiler finished grouting the bathroom which completes the whole tiling project. So this is our bathroom:

Words cannot describe how much better this is than the old maroon affair.