Today's the big day :-)

Yeah - finally! We are moving in today! :-)

New Carpets!

New Carpets!, originally uploaded by Frickley.

Our carpet fitters have put down the underlay. They'll be finished tomorrow :-) It looks so much more homely even with just the underlay.

We also have our temporary kitchen too. We've got a sink unit with a bit of storage and a small work top. They've also delivered our washing machine and fridge freezer - so we won't be sluming it too badly :-)

Yesterday I put in another full day of loft boarding. I've done 3/4 of it. I felt like I'd done 10 rounds with Mike Tyson this morning.

The new garden shed arrived today. Does anybody know a handy man who can erect it? I'm not going to have time in the next week that's for sure!

Better get back to the packing... :-(

Boarding the loft

Boarding the loft, originally uploaded by Frickley.

Too tired to write a blog! Spent the whole day boarding out the loft!

13 days to go!

Fran tidying up the garden, originally uploaded by Frickley.

The electricians starting doing the "Final Fix" on Friday. I'm hoping they will be finished by Monday evening as I want to start getting the loft boarded out.

On Saturday I put up some smoke alarms and Fran cleaned. We then starting tidying up the garden by moving all of the building rubbish we have accumulated over the last few months.

On Sunday we spent a couple of hours clearing the back garden ready for a new garden shed.

Only 13 days to go!

Floor being sanded

Floor being sanded, originally uploaded by Frickley.

The floor in the conservatory, hall and kitchen were sanded today. Can't wait to see what it will look like once the stain is on! :-) The scaffolding came down today too and Adrian our carpenter put the final coat onto the built-in cupboards.

Cleaning

Lounge, originally uploaded by Frickley.

On Sunday we spent the day cleaning up ready for the floor to be sanded on Tuesday. We also made the most of the last few days of having scaffolding up and cleaned up outside too.

Today was a little more relaxed... this morning we went to B&Q to pick up some varnish for the loft ladder and a hose (so that I could clean the top of the conservatory roof). Fran cleaned and varnished the loft ladder whilst I nearly killed myself by slipping on the wet scaffolding in an attempt to clean the roof!

The picture is of the main lounge, showing the built-in cupboards and new fire place. 17 days to go...

Knackered!

Dawn Painting the hall, originally uploaded by Frickley.

We've spent the last 2 days decorating. We are both knackered!

Fran painted the kitchen on Friday, whilst Dawn painted the woodwork. I cleaned the conservatory roof which was filthy and covered in paint.

Today Fran painted the main bedroom and I sanded and painted the cloakroom. I got the short straw! I HATE sanding, but then so does everybody else!

This week the fitted cupboards were installed into the back and middle bedrooms. They look amazing :-)

We've been trying the get the ground floor totally finahed before the flooring company come in to sand and varnish the floors.

Back to it again tomorrow... next Easter I plan to actually enjoy it!