So after a week of hard slog in the flat, where are we now?

All the radiators are now painted and looking great! Importantly we can actually have them on now and thus not freeze in the colder weather. The two bedrooms are all filled and sanded and just need a bit of painting to be done – amazing that it has taken this long even to get a single room finished! Cupboard shelves have all been sanded and undercoated and top coats have started. The cupboards themselves only need a little more filling and then will be ready for painting. All the doors are now ready for painting.

What’s left? Well, sadly, lots…

• in toilet – underfloor heating, boxing in, tiling, paint ceiling, fit mirrored cupboard, hooks
• in hall – filling great big holes still left in walls / ceiling / floor. Paint walls / ceiling, lay flooring, skirting, new door architraves throughout
• bathroom – paint ceiling, clean tiles, grout them, fit new side bath panel out of the right wood and tile it, fit mirrored cupboard, hooks
• kitchen – boxing in pipes, re-levelling floor after idiot builders walked on it whilst wet (nice bootprints), finishing electrics, last row of tiling, grout all tiles, fit doors and lay rubber floor
• lounge – paint ceiling, lay flooring, skirting, fill and paint boxing in and window sills.

So lots and lots to do, by the end of next week – eeps! We have a proper builder from Wednesday though, so hopefully it should be done in time. But we still need help from people if they have any spare time… (its a bit like a telethon, I know)