Plasterboarding & Gas Works

We have finalised our choice of floors and received the quotaion. We have also confirmed the doors and their openings, including the mid-stairs and under-stairs cupboards and we've chosen the handles and locks. The stairs will be delivered 'unfinished' to be stained and lacquered when in place. 

Internally, the ceilings and walls are now fully covered with appropriate plasterboard.

Much of the work now has to be put on hold for a couple of weeks while the Gas supply is brought from the mains to the property. 

On the one hand, this is annoying because it will delay us moving in but, on the other hand, we'll have more time to choose units for the kitchen and bathrooms. We are having trouble buying off-the-shelf units for the small en-suite and are considering some bespoke work. However, we've spent more than we anticipated on a few things so we need to budget carefully. We knew this would happen, of course, we've been there before - twice.

We usually justify the overspend in our minds by relating the additional cost over the next ten years to the enjoyment of living with the results! If you love where you live, going away for holidays is not quite so important, so that cost can be off-set, too.

I don't suppose there will be much progress to report over the next couple of weeks so look out for the next update around the middle of August.