An in-between phase

PennysIntoPounds

My dear sweet innocent @KajiKita, that *is* what should happen but unfortunately your professionalism and competence is not to be found in a single aspect of the building a home industry

Steps first thing getting coffee as we forgot yesterday
Half wussy situps
Usuals

Steps dropping off soft plastics recycling
Entered some competitions
Cleaning before mum comes over

Steps getting free lidl potatoes. Finished the month with steps and portions of five a day caught up with 💪
Prepped pasta bake with chopped green beans
Gave a couple of little ceramic pots to an olioer

Obviously builder didn't come but says he'll come tomorrow early evening. I am maintaining a calm and civilised air.

KajiKita

Can you not arrange the meeting?
(I’m assuming I’m missing something.)

KK

WelshmansDaughter

Really it's a miracle any houses are still standing when you hear about how builders operate

Slowdown

Hang on.
You’re still performing wussy sit-ups?
You are a woman of steel. (Plus many other super-hero like qualities).

PennysIntoPounds

There is zero chance of all relevant parties making themselves available @KajiKita. It's enough of a battle getting anyone to do their basic jobs. Anyway, have chased up again today so hopefully some insight will be gained soon.

I'm a woman of limpy knee and hip pain today @Slowdown so only some small carpet walks done. Will get back to wussy situps tomorrow, promise. What's happening with the subsidence issues?

Survey
Usuals
Build admin
Have spent much of the day trying to sign up for a professional accreditation site which apparently cannot cope with the concept of people having worked on more than one job. Why is nothing ever simple.
Three vinted listings
Builder has not yet turned up to fix shower. Do you not get an official building qualification if you accidentally show manners or consideration for others? Anyway I am being a zen person and focusing on loftier matters. Though not sorting out the actual loft obvs

PennysIntoPounds

October Aims

Much the same as Septembers' but I did do a reasonable job on September's aims

Make effort to cook properly and keep up with steps and situps

Lord please can we get this build stuff adequately completed

Any monies towards mortgage, Christmas pot, current account, Mum's birthday pot

Sun_Addict

Surely this build stuff will be done soon 🙏🤞

PennysIntoPounds

Surely @Sun_Addict, surely! 👀😂

Builders did at least eventually come, don't know why it took two of them but not my concern. Hopefully that at least is sorted, though we did ask main builder to send us an email saying he's inspected it and there's no damp concern so we could show it to any future buyers (really obvious damp patches in our downstairs loo), and he's, as usual, blanking us. I cannot wait for this constant nonsense to be ovvvvvver

Slowdown

Glad to hear the builders sorted out the shower. 🚿

Carpet walks sound grand to me. As long as you don’t follow our dog’s example and drag muddy footprints everywhere whist doing so! 😏

On subsidence news. There is none. No phone call. I rang the previous number and got a recording telling me it’s all in hand and if I want to I could call the other previous number. There isn’t one. Hmm. Feels like I’m falling into a rather large rabbit hole. I have stopped stressing about it though. Mr Slowdown doesn’t appear concerned, thinks it’s the drying clay. Maybe. But still needs checking.

We’ve got builders coming over in the next few weeks to see if we can move our kitchen to the other side of the house. I shall ask them what they think too. After all the PiP Towers shenanigans I’m hyper aware of pitfalls, nonsense gobbledegook, supposed promises and general building bullsh*t. I shall have my list of questions ready. And I won’t be afraid to challenge.

Anyhow. Here’s hoping you have a thoroughly zen weekend. 😊🪷🕉️

PennysIntoPounds

Good idea to ask the builders @Slowdown, do report back. Have a lovely relaxed weekend yourself!

Admin
Tidying
Comping

Half wussy situps
Shower and hairwash using free toiletries
Steps getting free paper

Entered some competitions
Cleaning before friends come round
Vinted listing
Survey

Got survey cashout and cashback cashout, shares to usual pots Aim £500 Got £320

Got pip money Aim £500 Got £350

Happy Friday all 🍻