Tea? (Part 3)

[stephec]

I've crossed the bridge to Wales again today, starting my day with Caerdydd and the mood descending further as I ventured into the misery themed city of Abertawe.

Free to get in, pay to get out?

 

[MikeG]

Well, we finally exchanged contracts about 4 o'clock this afternoon. We now just-about own an uninhabitable wreck of a tiny house, and some stranger just-about owns our energy-efficient hand-crafted beautiful big comfortable house. I couldn't be happier!!

 

[stephec]

Well, we finally exchanged contracts about 4 o'clock this afternoon. We now just-about own an uninhabitable wreck of a tiny house, and some stranger just-about owns our energy-efficient hand-crafted beautiful big comfortable house. I couldn't be happier!!

How long before you have to get out of yours, are you camping in your new garden now you've cleared it?

 

[classic33]

How long before you have to get out of yours, are you camping in your new garden now you've cleared it?

You've not been down to check!!

 

[stephec]

You've not been down to check!!

I was only an hour or so up the road last week, maybe I should've done.

 

[MikeG]

How long before you have to get out of yours, are you camping in your new garden now you've cleared it?

We move out on the 17th, so just over 2 weeks. However, we don't move in until about the 23rd. At the moment there is no bathroom, no heating, and the primitive kitchen is in the outshot which we will be demolishing. so in the intervening week (we're staying with a friend), I have to put in a temporary kitchen, knock a door through into the bathroom, get a temporary boiler sorted out, have the bathroom plumbed, and fit half a dozen radiators. On top of pulling up all the disgusting carpets, repainting, and fitting a temporary wardrobe.

 

[MikeG]

I was only an hour or so up the road last week, maybe I should've done.

Difficult to work out why you didn't. I do own a kettle, you know.......

 

[stephec]

Difficult to work out why you didn't. I do own a kettle, you know.......

Is Swaffham far from you?

 

[MikeG]

About an hour and a quarter. A bit longer by bike.

 

[classic33]

We move out on the 17th, so just over 2 weeks. However, we don't move in until about the 23rd. At the moment there is no bathroom, no heating, and the primitive kitchen is in the outshot which we will be demolishing. so in the intervening week (we're staying with a friend), I have to put in a temporary kitchen, knock a door through into the bathroom, get a temporary boiler sorted out, have the bathroom plumbed, and fit half a dozen radiators. On top of pulling up all the disgusting carpets, repainting, and fitting a temporary wardrobe.

Not much to do then!

 

[MikeG]

Not much to do then!

Then, there's a workshop to build, before I start work on the rear extension......which we will then move into whilst I strip the old place back to its frame and rebuild it. Should keep me busy for a bit. All the drains need replacing, too, and the garden is a start-from-scratch job.

 

[classic33]

Then, there's a workshop to build, before I start work on the rear extension......which we will then move into whilst I strip the old place back to its frame and rebuild it. Should keep me busy for a bit. All the drains need replacing, too, and the garden is a start-from-scratch job.

You've made a start on the garden though!

 

[stephec]

It's alright you're safe, I only get down that way about once a year now.

 

[classic33]

It's alright you're safe, I only get down that way about once a year now.

All the more reason to visit, before the building is finished!
Free labour for a day or so.

 

[MikeG]

You've made a start on the garden though!

True. Five visits got the lawn down from 4 feet deep to , well, lawn deep.