Can you lovely lot help me?

tamarto

searching_me wrote: »

tomarto- just seen your post... they are leaving the cooker but they are ripping out the sides on the first day so i'll have nothing to prepare on x

Helpful lot the council aren't they :rotfl:

I would definatly get onto them as they do have things they need to adhere to and if they think they'll get away without they will!

gunsandbanjos

searching_me wrote: »

tomarto- just seen your post... they are leaving the cooker but they are ripping out the sides on the first day so i'll have nothing to prepare on x

Thats not too bad then, i thought you were going to have nothing to cook in at all:eek:

angelavdavis

searching_me wrote: »

tomarto- just seen your post... they are leaving the cooker but they are ripping out the sides on the first day so i'll have nothing to prepare on x

See if anyone on Freecycle has a foldaway camping table or garden table you can use while the work is being carried out?

Errata

angelavdavis wrote: »

See if anyone on Freecycle has a foldaway camping table or garden table you can use while the work is being carried out?

Ironing board with the cover off might also be useful, or a wallpaper pasting table (borrow, don't buy !).

You might find it useful to keep a written record of every single thing they do and if you have a digi camera take plenty of photos whilst the work is in process. This will give you some evidence if anything goes wrong. I've heard quite a few horror stories in my area of shoddy workmanship, not cleaning up properly afterwards and etc etc.

Good luck !

Squiggly_Diddly

Don't know where in the country you are, but my mum is just having this done at the moment. It's been horrendous....

She was told it would be 3 weeks in total originally... 7 weeks later it is still bedlam (although finally grinding to a halt). The first lot of contractors walked off the job, then there was a week's gap until the council found some more, then they have been fixing the appalling (and dangerous) bodge-ups made by the first lot. Her cooker grill now blows the electrics if she tries to use it (having always worked fine) but the council insist that is nothing to do with them. She was left with a gas leak overnight. Pipework is just run everywhere & anywhere with no thought as to what anything looks like, or if you might burn your hand on it (ie when it's next to a light switch).

I am incredulous at the standard of shoddy workmanship that councils are prepared to accept - and indeed condone.

So, sorry to be so "down" about it, but I would suggest that you be very prepared for chaos & don't be afraid to clearly point out problems as you go along & make sure they resolve them.

Good luck - I hope it does go well for you & doesn't end up like the above....

searching_me

thank you everyone.... just got back from the shops... looking at the price of a microwave.... then as you just said try freecycle should of thought of that :rotfl:....
squiggly diddly- im in sheffield and they're trying to do 5 estates one after another so its a bit manic alreadty they starting drilling next door at 8am... nearly punch threw the walls myself just to shut them up.
as i say lucky enough my daughter aint gonna be here....
they already told me 7 weeks so im preparing for 14 :rotfl: council eh? :rolleyes:

Gingham_Ribbon

Slow cooker recipe collection
Meal ideas without an oven
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Some of these threads may be helpful.

searching_me

you know one of these days i'll invest in a slow cooker my auntie swears by them :rotfl: x

miserly_mum

searching_me wrote: »

i have no microwave annoyingly as ive moved in to this place about 9 months ago and the movers happened to "forget" it .... but i think im gonna need to get one now... yer the fridge/freezer is gonna be moved into another room but has to be switched off durin the day for the 1st week or so as they are also re wiring... if think this may cost me a small actually large fortune

Even when they are re wiring the leccy isn't off the whole day as they need it to run their equipment.

My daughter had no kitchen for 2 weeks just before xmas when the council put a new one in for her too. The contractors were given funds from the council to put into the tenants electric meters to run their tools. Make sure you ask them about this as they often "forget" to mention it.

DD had her fridge freezer and microwave in the living room. We cooked a lot of stuff like stews casseroles a few weeks before and she found it not to bad

searching_me

fingers crossed eh? im gonna spend next week (they start on the 4th) stocking up on flap jacks and things like that.... although ive only had a weeks notice to sort this out... my poor dogs gonna spend most the day on the balcanoy as the electrics men will not do it if he is in the room.... im just gonna try and use up what i got first... im hoping it wont be to bad... i just hate the idea of strangers wandering around my house.....
miserly mum- i'll ask the council about that tomorrow thanks x