It's what dreams are made of and nightmares kindled: Most home owners aspire to it; some take a few tentative steps and fewer still are crazy enough to go the full hog! This blog shares some of the trials and tribulations of a major redevelopment of a 1950s home through a cataclysmic transformation which retains the best of the last Century while metamorposing the property into a design classic fit for today's living.

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

WEEK 34 - Rads further delayed (Delay = 18 weeks)

The Hudevad radiators have again been delayed and are now unlikely to be here until January, at the earliest. The factory is , apparently, being rebuilt. At the same time, it looks as though they're in the process of laying off a large number of workers. In short, it means that we'll be without much heating in the new living room (apart from the gas fire) and hall. The good thing is that by the time we get them fitted, we probably won't need them for another few months anyway...!

Plasterers returned to site yesterday, skimming the remaining wall in the lounge and bathroom ceiling. They're due to start tiling the bathroom today. Let's wait and see whether they turn up. Weekly site meeting today a @ 11am.

UPDATE: One plasterer turned up but I can't understand why they're now plastering the utility and not the bathroom. It's apparently to do with the "flow of the project"! Since when did the site manager think about project flow? If they haven't understood the critical item is the bathroom - after dozens of reminders - there is little hope for any of us.