On Friday at 8 am we had 125 snags remaining, but by 2 pm that list had gone down to 31. It was a truly exhausting day with countless workmen coming in and out, asking what needed to be done, drinking cups of tea, and scratching their crotches. This was all kicked off by a meeting I had with Bloor’s site manager on Wednesday morning. He walked around the house with me and went through every single snag, ensuring that the correct trade was written down next to each item. I must commend the site manager for his thoroughness and eagerness to please. I had expected him to dismiss several of my snags and try to fob me off with excuses, but full credit to him – large and small snags were treated with equal respect and he seemed genuinely keen to sort everything out for us.

Our shared driveway has now been block paved, and we had the electric garage door installed yesterday. It is everything I dreamed it would be – silky smooth and with a cool little remote control. I could have spent all day watching it open and close, open and close, open and close…but my wife wouldn’t let me.

The big thing for this week is that we are having blinds installed throughout most of the house. We’ve been surviving with only curtains in our bedroom since we moved in, so it will be nice to gain some privacy back in the lower floors. Especially as passers-by keep catching me stroking my garage door remote control with such unusual affection.