Half a house

FLOORING
I've ordered the underlay for upstairs and as soon as Mr S gets back from work, we'll order the carpet. Both should arrive mid week. It looks like it'll be about £300 ish for the whole lot, instead of £300 per room! So a massive saving, which is great (especially if we might need a fitter after all!)
Mr S gets paid Monday, so we will have more of an idea of how much funds we've got for downstairs.

PAINTING
I just realised I can't paint tomorrow as we might have to remove the skirting boards, so that's a job for next week. I might still go up to plant some bulbs.

Miscellaneous
Because the upstairs flooring is much cheaper than anticipated, I can start buying accessories and storage. We might have to do an Ikea trip by the end of October, but I'll also have a look at what we can DIY.

wishingthemortgaheaway wrote: »

Woo hoo.
Great news on all accounts. How exciting.

Have a fabulous weekend and make sure oh carries you over the threshold.

Thanks! I'd forgotten about that :rotfl: will have to remind him tomorrow!

Flooring
Today we'll be putting the carpet grippers in place, ready for when the underlay arrives (should be Tuesday).

The Move
Mr S has told me that we might be able to borrow a van from work for free, but only if it's available (obviously). It does mean we might be moving next weekend if that's the available slot. Suddenly packing seems to be a much bigger priority than it was yesterday!

School
We still can't apply for schools as we don't have proof of address. I'm hoping we get the paperwork asap, as the sooner we get it sorted, the sooner oldest child can get settled.

Utilities
Mr S has made a list of who we need to contact, so we'll be working through the list this week, and I'm hoping we'll have the phone line/internet sorted before we actually move in properly. The new house is 1h30 walk away from current place, and I've got to do the school run in the opposite direction, so I'm a bit worried about how I might need to be in 2 places at once!

Flooring
So today we're getting all the deliveries for the flooring upstairs. I had to order it to our old address as I need to do the school runs. I'm not sure how we'll be able to take it up to the new house with our little car, but I'm sure we'll figure something out. Might need to create some kind of wooden contraption for the length of the carpet rolls to keep them rigid (I'm worried they'll fold over in the middle and that the fold will still be visible after fitting.)
We still don't know what flooring we're having downstairs. We'll have to decide by the weekend as time is going to run out if we're not careful.

Packing
We can't borrow the work van after all (or at least not weekends) so we will have to hire one. It'll probably be towards the middle of October at this rate, although if we manage to sort out flooring sooner, it could be before that. We'll start taking bits and bobs over once upstairs is carpeted. I think we can fit more than expected in the car, especially if we're doing multiple trips.

Painting
We've got 2 walls to paint, one upstairs, so we can do that soon, as we're not moving the skirting boards, and the downstairs one will have to wait until we know what flooring we're going for. As you can see, there's a recurring theme at the moment

School
Still no paperwork (we've been told it'll be tomorrow) so I haven't been able to send the application. I doubt eldest child will be in the new school until after half term now, but you never know.