Lots of news!

Well, after the disappointing weekend we had back in June where our buyers pulled out of the sale, the weekend after we had another offer and this time it is all going smoothly! Hurrah! Of course it isn't over until we've signed the contracts, but still...
The house is coming along fairly nicely. Jono and I have finished tiling the kitchen floor and are now working our way into the porch. Our friend Neil is doing the woodwork (fitting the internal doors, skirting and architrave), which a whole bunch of us spent last weekend staining in preparation. Upstairs is now completely painted (except for the cutting in, which I'll hopefully get done next weekend) and the kitchen is also completely painted. Jono and I had a landmark day on Saturday - we built and fitted the utility cabinet and worktop! It made such a difference to actually have somewhere to put things on, instead of the floor!
The outside of the house (gable end and front left) is being rendered and the front room has had its first coat of undercoat too. Now the only room that hasn't had any paint at all yet is the dining room. We can't paint in there yet because the kitchen is still all in boxes in there and also we have a bit of a water ingress problem above the french doors. Hopefully Tony will get that fixed this week.
Things that we need to get done very soon are; the ground dug for a concrete slab out the back (for Jono's new huge spangly shed) and the soakaway dug, and the driveway scraped and levelled. Oh, and the kitchen units need building of course! And the bathroom wall tiles, and the floor tiles grouted...and the carpets fitted...and the phone connected! We need to be moved in 2 weeks!!
Here's where I should be putting in lots of photos to show our progress but we have been so busy we've had no time to take any! We do have one from Saturday night though, taken on Jono's mobile. We didn't choose a spotty unit for the utility - it's the plastic cover!