Oh heck

Yorkie1

Good luck for tomorrow, Ames.

Slinky

Hope you'll be happy in your new home, your current place sounds grim, onwards and upwards.

Ames

Thanks everyone.

The house move has been put back till tomorrow, which I'm happy with, I've had a really bad day today.

Thanks for all the curtain advice, I went to Dunelm today and got nets and poles for them. Went for nice mid price ones instead of just getting the cheapest, I'm trying to have a policy of not 'buying cheap, buying twice'.

I also decided on proper curtains, but I'll buy those online for the cashback. I'm going to get one set and have one up in the living room and the other in the small bedroom - each window is only about a metre square, so I think having a pair of curtains across it will just look silly.

Slinky, yes, 'grim' describes my flat pretty well! Although it depends on who's looking. I had some contractors in assessing it the other week and they were going on about the horrendous mould and damp in one place. I had a peek and it's no worse than when someone from the council assessed it as not being bad enough to treat. I guess it depends on whether you're paying or being paid for the work!

Hopefully it wont be long before I can get the new place properly sorted. I can't unpack (or put the bed together) until there's flooring down, which I can't do till it's been decorated, and I can't do either till I get the money through... I'll also be having to make do with camping chairs in the living room until all that's done and I can buy a sofa.

So it's going to be a tough month or two.

Anyway, I'm trying to just focus on the end goal.

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With reference to a Handyman for small jobs, does your council have a 'handyman service' available for elderly and disabled people?

In my area the council part-subsidises a CRB-checked handyperson who then charges just £10 per hour for all jobs from changing lightbulbs to fitting loo seats to re-roofing a shed!

Something like this (over 50's) http://www.ageuk.org.uk/home-and-care/home-safety-and-security/handyperson-services1/

Or this in Leeds http://www.cardigancentre.co.uk/services/handy.php


You could also employ him/her to assist you with your clutter clearing - get chucking it out! (I'm the antihoarder here)