Well, things at the house have been progressing quite well recently, despite quite a large setback in the form of the damp proof plasterer doing a runner on the job! He was due to return to the house to render and plaster all the downstairs walls that he had damp proof injected earlier. He did visit a month or so ago and I recall him being a bit jumpy about the amount of work to be done and the amount of money left to pay him. My builder and I are of the opinion that he invoiced me too much for the first half of the job so there ought to have been some money left there, to go towards the cost of the plastering but, he did a runner anyway! He hasn't answered a single phone call for over two weeks now so I had to write him a letter, sent recorded delivery, explaining that he left me no option but to get his work completed by another tradesman and that he would be receiving a bill from me for any overrun on cost, beyond the £910 I owe him.
It all sounds good in theory but we'll see how events pan out when the final bill comes in from my current plasterer.
Speaking of which he has done a sterling job upstairs and has diverted downstairs to get the render on some of the 'lumpy' walls so that it has time to dry before the next coat of render and then the plaster skim.
The kitchen and bathroom suites have arrived too so the living room is a bit of a store room for now.
Here is a load of photos showing lots of rooms in various states...
