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Mar. 7th, 2025 10:31 amWhat the builder thought he said: We will remove one window at a time, so you will never have multiple holes in the front of your house.
What the client thought she heard: We will remove one window at a time, so we'll put each room back together before moving on to the next.
Well, we live and learn.
We came home from the residents' association last night, ready for a comfy chair and some silly television, and discovered that all the furniture in the sitting room was still huddled together under a dust sheet, and that most of the room was full of the wooden frame of the bay window. I opted for an early night, with a book: if the room hasn't been cleared by tonight, we will rearrange the furniture for the weekend, and let Monday bring what it will...
We spoke this morning to the boss builder, who wanted us to make decisions about cladding. He hopes to be finished by the end of next week, with the exception of that cladding, which can be dealt with from outside. So it looks as if we have another week of this, minimum. I try to take one day at a time.
There's a lunchtime lecture in the History department (about Lindisfarne) which we could attend by Zoom, but are currently planning to go in person, once![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
durham_rambler emerges from this morning's Zoom meeting. Life goes on.
What the client thought she heard: We will remove one window at a time, so we'll put each room back together before moving on to the next.
Well, we live and learn.
We came home from the residents' association last night, ready for a comfy chair and some silly television, and discovered that all the furniture in the sitting room was still huddled together under a dust sheet, and that most of the room was full of the wooden frame of the bay window. I opted for an early night, with a book: if the room hasn't been cleared by tonight, we will rearrange the furniture for the weekend, and let Monday bring what it will...
We spoke this morning to the boss builder, who wanted us to make decisions about cladding. He hopes to be finished by the end of next week, with the exception of that cladding, which can be dealt with from outside. So it looks as if we have another week of this, minimum. I try to take one day at a time.
There's a lunchtime lecture in the History department (about Lindisfarne) which we could attend by Zoom, but are currently planning to go in person, once
durham_rambler emerges from this morning's Zoom meeting. Life goes on.
