We're in - New home, new year, new....

suzanrs (57)in #life • 7 years ago (edited)

Hello fellow Steemians
I've been away a long 3 and a bit months to allow me to move house and get it sorted without too many other distractions. I couldn't have functioned as a painter or writer even if I wanted to - the house was like a building site for a month longer than anticipated and even now I haven't opened all of the boxes I'd packed prior. To add to that my mum took a turn for the worst and sadly died Christmas Eve so added to the lack of time and enthusiasm I had for PC work.

I'm back intermittently now though and aim to do more as my life settles back into a good routine. Mainly you'll see artwork posts but here's my journey home.

May 2017 sold old house - delays in paperwork - buyers went on holiday for a month - more paperwork issues - pulled out of purchase of first choice house - found another - start again - went smoothly - moved 2nd October 2017

THEN

Had central heating ripped out and replaced - boiler repair and refit - kitchen tap poured water anywhere but the right place when turned on - replaced - outside lighting flickering and fusing - replaced - inside lighting was poor, sockets almost non-existent - renewed, replaced, inserted as needed - front pathway/drive grass area ripped up and drive reinstated with gravel and new drop kerb for access - bathroom awful - ripped out - re-tiled and replacement suite installed - ceilings severely disintegrating Artex - re-plastered - kitchen inbuilt cooker, hob, freezer gross - ripped out and installed new - flooring just bitumen so purchase new laminate and sourced a floor layer - floor layer let us down - sourced new - 2nd same as first - third time lucky - floors down by 22nd December - Fully painted and decorated.

THEN

Christmas

Here's a few snaps of 'before and after' taking this old sagging caterpillar and making it into our own special butterfly.