Watty's Awakening

rtandon27

Well misery loves company, I'll join you in general dental grumpiness. My face and in general the rest of me is in a state! Anti-inflamatory is my friend!

Watty1

Face a little better today - hope yours is too @rtandon27 Although VNM suggested we have a bottle of fizzy wine last night and I do have a headache as a result so that might be taking precedence on the pain receptors front.

In other news the doors and the windows and the gate have now all been painted the same colour and the house is looking fabulous with the new drive. Still quite a bit to finish off but real progress being made. On the MSE front the money came from the saving on the TV licence (refund has arrived) and VNM did the actual painting assisted in part by me and WattyDog.

I thought the old gate would need replacing but painted the same colour as the front door, windows and concrete sills it has a new lease of life and whole front now looks so much more polished and uniform. All the hardware like gate handle, door lock and so on sprayed the same black,

I had an old mail box PPH made from scrap timber that was fixed to the gate. Wanting something that looked better, I did an online window shop and had difficulty finding what I wanted as I sometimes leave parcels "to be collected" in the box as well as using it for bits being delivered. VNM offered to make me one, so that is apparently happening today. We have already purchased some timber, some rather lovely looking hinges and "bits" needed (covered by future TV licence savings) VNM stomping about grumbling the tape measure is missing so best go and help locate ……..

Cherryfudge

I'm glad WattyDog got to help with the decorating!

It all sounds very impressive and I bet it looks good.

rtandon27

How lovely your spruce up sounds - a very MSE redo! It's amazing what a liick of paint can do!

I'm contemplating repainting our front retaining wall as the paint job is a few years old & seems to have not fared well through the heat waves. Also thinking that the summer house needs a good scrap and redo of the paint.

Glad to hear your faceache is retreating. Mine is at about 50% but the rest of me says rest is still in the cards!

KajiKita

When we arrived here, the window frames were a horrible shade of diarrhoea (genuinely, can’t think how else to describe it) and the front door was dark blue. Very odd.

We have now painted both windows and door a soft kind of sage green, soooo much better and it looks lovely with the slight pink in the stone of the house.

KK

beanielou

Such a clever Watty dog. 🐕

daisy_1571

sounds lovely, going to make the approaching feel more like coming home

Watty1

The mail box is taking longer to make than anticipated. It is also a lot bigger than I imagined. Sadly I mentioned the large size which led to a near breakdown in the barn. After a site meeting I agreed it was fine and harmony was restored. It is rather large but once painted it will be the same colour as the gate so perhaps wont stand out.

He cared enough to make it for me, and that is a big thing. I will therefore love it anyway. He has done a lot of work on the front of my house which is very kind. He could have left me to save until I could afford someone or he could have grumbled but he has rolled up his sleeves and got on with it and made a lovely job. He really does have a very good eye for what will work and is very critical of his own efforts but I am just thrilled. The house is looking like the house I always thought it could be - rather than the run down place it has always seemed from the front.

I have meeting with IFA tomorrow to do the financial modelling. I settled on the lady with the fabulous purple hair. I was undecided between two so messaged the 'runner up' with a couple of questions around added value of a long term relationship at xxx per year and he responded with the comment that if I needed to ask about what I would get for my money we probably were not a good fit. He clearly doesn't read these boards 🤣

daisy_1571

Go purple haired lady !! Sounds like a good fit indeed.

Glad harmony was restored re the mail box !! It can be tricky at times saying the right thing but agree 100% with all the good qualities

Dxx

Cherryfudge

I'm glad you went with the purple-haired lady! You seemed to have an affinity with her.

I wouldn't worry about the size of the box. If the VNM has a good eye, it may be he is making it this size for a reason (even if it's to double as a hedgehog hotel or shop front to sell produce). Should it really turn out to be too big, it's probably easier to reduce the size than increase it - and perhaps he can't imagine such a nice person as you not getting tons of post!