With Steve locked in the basement sanding his bookshelf it's left to me to give another update. We've been trying to get a few bits of work done but are having a lot of trouble getting tradesmen to even answer the phone. You'd never guess there was a recession on. We managed to get an electrician and builder in to give us quotes for bits of work, but our most urgent need, window maintenance, we haven't had any joy with. At least we're not having to pay for it yet I suppose.
Meanwhile I've been fixing the fence at the front of the house. There were several broken or missing fence palings (think that's the right word). It's not that difficult to fix fences but it took ages to track down where to find the replacements from, get the right style, buy primer, wait for primer to dry, get matching paint, do two coats of paint, find the right nails and then wait for a dry day to actually effect the repair...
Apparently having a neat and tidy front of the property raises its resale value. Not that we're planning to do that in the near future but it's certainly more regular, but now it's obvious that the whole front fence needs repainting! That means sanding before I even get to the repainting stage. It's never simple...
Til next time.
Jo
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