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My final blog post – farewell!
And so, the end is here. It is just over 6 months since I posted my first entry, and we have been through so much together. We’ve had:
• snags galore (here and here)
• gadgets galore (here and here)
• near disaster (here and here)
• killer flies (here)
• and sexy lingerie (here).
I hope that my posts have informed and entertained [...]
New Home Guide: A list of hidden costs
New homes come with lots of little hidden costs. For example, did your builder install a door bell for you? How about a house number on your front door? Not even a mirror in the bathroom? Only after you have moved in does the extent of this little list of hidden [...]
10Dec2007 | Craig | 1 comment | Continued
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
In an English country garden
Two months ago our back garden was a vast expanse of soil. Well, to be completely honest it is hardly vast (it seems that room sizes aren’t the only thing to be much smaller with new homes) and it isn’t really accurate to refer to it as ‘soil’ (‘two feet of rubble with a [...]
30Aug2007 | Craig | 0 comments | Continued-
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Mr Snagger, Craig does not work for New Build Inspections he is a writer... http://craigalanwilliamson.com/ 
You forgot sofa, bed, kitchen table, ready made family, dog and how could i forget, HAPPINESS!!!
You dont buy a ...
Hi Craig.,
Just loved your story about the disaster.
Regretably..its not that uncommom, stopcocks more ofetn seize up. so although they7 miught ...