Renovations: Day Three

Today, everything fell into place.

The building surveyor gave us a call and I mentioned that I thought the builders were ready for the stump holes to be inspected. "I'll be there within the hour" he promised.

The builders were astonished. "But we're not quite ready!" they said to me, explaining that a surveyor usually needed to be told a few days in advance. So what did they do? They worked super fast and finished their digging just in time for the surveyor's arrival. Phew.

All inspected and all good.

And that 150mm discrepancy in the measurements? No problem at all, said the surveyor. Double phew.

The challenge today was the weather. It was a cold, rainy day and I wondered if they'd call off proceedings because of it.

Nope.

They mixed concrete and also got to work with things they needed to do under the house. And they tell me that they'll have the 'sub-floor' (whatever that might be) done within a week. I guess I'll find out what that means in around a week's time!

There could be another reason for their fast work today. I had a secret weapon, something I prepared a little earlier (yesterday): Lemon Meringue Cake. A Martha Stewart recipe that my lovely friend Tania shared with me. A cake that was not only delicious but full of sugar energy ingredients.

Oh yes, it's not their work ethic that will keep driving them forward. It's my sugary nutritious baking that will give them such a buzz of energy that they'll move like lightning.

Unfortunately the same cannot be said for me. I didn't even manage to get myself out there with a camera today. (In fairness, I was out half the day, and it was really, really cold the other half...). I guess I'm softer than them.

PS - Steve and I also made a decision about the bathroom. We've gone with just a standard shower rather than a wet floor, i.e. the boring, practical decision. It just didn't matter to us enough to splurge the extra costs. Don't worry, there will be plenty of splurges ahead - there's lots still ahead of us!


Megan