Archive for September, 2007
The perfect lawn – artificial grass!
You’d better believe it! This week has seen our garden transformed from a lush expanse of weeds and wild poppies to a beautifully groomed lawn of artificial grass. They’ll all say we’re crazy, but take one look at our beautiful lawn and you might just be converted!
Here’s a photograph of our lawn before […]
Flooding aftermath news and a busy week ahead
My slippers have just about dried out, as has our living room carpet. While memories of the great stop cock flood of 2007 will endure for a generation, life has moved on. Our carpet was left stained and still slightly soggy, so the site manager has agreed to replace it without any fuss. […]
23Sep2007 | Craig | 0 comments | Continued
FLOOD! Ground floor flooded by faulty stop cock
When there is a leaking water pipe in your house, you should turn off the water supply at the stop cock. When the stop cock then snaps off in your hand, you should swear violently and prepare to get very, very wet . . .
Yesterday was a bizarre, twisted day. Those 6 remaining […]
The end is in sight – only 6 snags remaining
Monday saw the promised flurry of activity on our house. We had the decorator, the tiler, the slab layer and the sealant man (doesn’t it sound like he should be wearing a cape?) all work their magic. 2 of the remaining snags concern the metal floor of our balcony which should be replaced […]
12Sep2007 | Craig | 0 comments | Continued
Crags bags snags in showdown shocker!
Craig Williamson asked some tough questions of Bloor’s site manager today, as his snag list entered its 10th week. Craig, 31, wanted to know exactly why he still had a list of 19 outstanding snags and why there had been no progress for the previous month.
Bloor’s site manager was quoted as saying “Sorry” while […]