I'm in now and just have to check out of my rented property on Monday before my house gets my full attention. Last few days have been hectic and stressful with trying to sort everything including move, utilities, urgent work needed things required to get me comfortable and finding time to clean up the rented property before Monday. Moving out of a 2nd floor flat with no lift wasn't fun. My target to do that was Sunday but have managed to get everything out and the place completely scrubbed by 4pm today so I can now relax for a few days before going back to work middle of next week. I say "relax" but next few months likely to be pretty busy. For 2-3 weeks I have nothing in the wndows until the quotes come in (no blinds or curtains) and only one leather chair until I get more and broadband not fitted for a few more weeks either. Aerial not fittted (new build) so need that and need lots of things doing including quite a bit of bathroom items like cabinets, towel rails, bog roll holders. Need to get boiler serviced and a minor overflow leak sorted that i have spotted and have found the taps in the en-suite sink are wrong (cold = hot) so will look at sorting that although I could live with it if it requires removal of tapes (not just handles).
Most iimportant task is done.My bed might still be in pieces (using mattress on the floor
) but my study is now the focus of my attention. Desk is built and am able to use the laptop with 3G connection until when my PC will also share the 3G connection temporary until the fibre line is up and running in a few weeks.
Congrats to the others who have all completed this week and hope you are all as happy as I am
. I've owned flats before and never had any outdoor space that wasn't communal so the joy of having a detached house with some outdoor space, although not too much as I have no need for it, is great. Need to get a gardener at least temporarily to maintain the couple pieces of grass and deal with the weeds in the block paving.
Don't drink these days but have cracked up a bottle of red that the estate agent gave me when I collected the keys (one red, one white), so any typos down to that