Bloor Homes
Snagtastic – 94 snags resolved in 6 hours!
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 […]
28Jul2007 | Craig | 0 comments | Continued
Broadband activated, over 200 snags remaining
Joyous occasions in my life: the day I left school; the day I graduated from University; the day I married my wife; and the day I finally had my broadband connection re-activated. Today is a very special day indeed. News, sport, online shopping, high definition pornography – it’s all now available at the […]
22Jul2007 | Craig | 0 comments | Continued
Superb service from Bloor’s contractors
So far we have been incredibly impressed with the contractors on site here. Almost every single one of them will smile at you in the street and say ‘hello’, and most ask how our house is and if we have any problems. The electrician has gone out of his way to resolve some […]
15Jul2007 | Craig | 0 comments | Continued
We have the keys!
We are finally in our new house, 7 months after paying the deposit! My wife has cancelled her killing spree, and I have managed to obtain a full refund for my one-way ticket to Tahiti.
The keys were released at 2 pm on Friday afternoon, after the appropriate money had been transferred and the oven […]
168 snags, 2 days to go!
I just wanted to give a quick update and lay out the plan for the next few days. The total number of snags written down by Bloor’s site manager and Norman Marsh from New Build Inspections was 168. And a few of those were fairly wide ranging such as the general need to […]
27Jun2007 | Craig | 0 comments | Continued