Fantastic value

We've learned the hard way with this contractor. Whatever their promises, there is no way they will take the time to protect the timber floors. So when "Huey" dropped off a binbag with his mum's old curtains and bedlinen for us to protect the floors, it was clear that, once again, we had to turn to our local packaging supplier for some help.

Despite a raft of over-priced products on the market, the best solution is a monster roll of corrugated cardboard. It's an unconventional way to approach this challenge but enables wall-to-wall protection of the floors in much the same way as a carpet. At the equivalent of SHSL 11.48 (the new global currency also known as Starbucks half-shot lattes) for a 75 metres roll of 90 square metres, that's pretty phenomenal value.