Went to the GC yesterday and they had succulant plants in a luminous bright pink, why oh why, they were awful. I suppose they think someone might like them?
Not really curmugeoning but we returned from holiday in the wee small hours of Wednesday morning expecting to find a brand new shiny kitchen installed. Instead the place looks like a bomb site. My wife's brother-in-law is doing the work and didn't want to spoil our holiday by letting us know he was having major problems while we were away.
When they started installing additional power outlets they discovered that the existing kitchen electrics were a complete bodge so had to install a new ring main for the kitchen from scratch. Then whilst modifying the central heating pipework a joint failed and water was going everywhere (thank you British Gas, the joint which failed was one they had 'repaired' a couple of years ago). Finally, when they started to unpack the doors they discovered two entirely different colours and didn't know which was the correct one. He did phone us about that but allowed us to go on thinking things were nearly complete with just the doors to hang.
Talking to him on Wednesday evening we discovered that they had worked late into Tuesday evening to get the cooker and hob installed so we'd at least be able to cook.
Poor bloke is totally knack... worn out and still has 2 or 3 more days work to do. He was doing the installation during annual leave from his day job so has to fit the rest of the kitchen work into evenings and the weekend. He was a builder, and still does some building work, but found a permanent job away from building after the financial crash.
The one thing I am confident of is that it will be a top quality job once it's finished.
Poor bugger and poor you At least you know he's not ripping you off. He must have been dreading your return -a bit like when I minded a neighbour's elderly cat and it died. -never mind someone's old cat!
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Hope you get your mower sorted satisfcatorily Hosta.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
He must have been dreading your return -a bit like when I minded a neighbour's elderly cat and it died. -never mind someone's old cat!