Bloody hell!!! We were hoping to see less scaffolding not more!!!

This was the scene that greated us on Friday morning. We had of course had a glimps of the hellish vision when we arrived home in the dark on Thursday but in the cold morning light, the sight of the cold metal structure, spreading across the whole of our house and impinging now on BOTH our neighbours did turn my stomach.

But I didn't have long to consider it before scaffolders turned up to add more (!) metal to their creation, swiftly followed by renderers crawling all over it and then the plasterers ready for their last day.

Well after a relaxing weekend away, we returned to find that indeed the plasterers have finished all their work, on time and to a fantastic standard. And that the renderers are indeed on track to be finished on Monday. And, that the scaffolding from the neighbours garage had finally been removed - woo-hooo!

This morning was interesting, we have long managed to be rather stoic about the lack of heating and hot water, by saying, but at least we have our nice electric shower. Last night we had left some electric heaters and the dehumidifier on - in order to help the plaster to dry - when Mr C started his shower, the house cried "enough!" and the main fuse blew. Not a case of flicking a switch back - but proper - in the darkness - have to call the electricity board! Mmm, no hot water and heating - I can manage - no electricity - I cannot. Hopefully it should be fixed this evening, but we went to buy some candles at lunch just to be on the safe side!