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  • Jane WilkinsonViaggiatorecambridge

    Lounge, car, garden room.

    17 marzo 2018, Inghilterra ⋅ ⛅ 0 °C

    Unpacked a few more boxes in the lounge, cleaned white cupboard, folded up boxes, transferred stuff I don't need into solid boxes for garage.
    It's snowing.
    Finally unpacked car.
    Researched secondary glazing.
    Kitchen now up and running, seem to be a few boxes missing they may be in the garage..
    Cleaned bathroom cupboard.
    Managed to sit in lounge without earplugs, think the snow may be muffling the sound, so with secondary glazing and new door should be ok.
    Nikki's for dinner. Did French homework with Bella, and shared collie stories.    Leggi altro

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  • Jane WilkinsonViaggiatorecambridge

    Door research &earplugs

    17 marzo 2018, Inghilterra ⋅ ☁️ 3 °C

    Went to the door place for a quote. £2k
    Slept in the afternoon, then went food shopping , unpacked books and kitchen bits. Kitchen looking ok now.
    Bought ear plugs

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  • Jane WilkinsonViaggiatorecambridge

    Furniture arrives - 10 hr day!

    15 marzo 2018, Inghilterra ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C

    Meet removal van at 9am at the storage place in Littleport.
    Takes them 30mins to empty unit and fill van! (Leave behind some stuff that don't need in house, will sort that out later)
    Van emptied into house by 11.30 - what a lot of stuff.
    Chest of drawers and divan bed base don't fit up the stairs!
    Feels like a student house :(
    Dishwasher fittings don't work.
    Decide I don't like the white walls

    So I:
    am
    1) b&q for new fittings (turns out I just need to chop the end off what I have, and secure with butterfly clip - seems ok, fingers crossed.
    2) sit in car and look for houses to buy in Worcestershire (the traffic noise is driving me crazy)
    3) put radio on loudly to try and drown out traffic (doesn't really work).
    4) take divan bed to tip (via emmaus who don't want it)
    5) look at emmaus for wooden double bed frames (they don't have any)

    pm
    6) re-arrange furniture.
    7) unpack some kitchen stuff
    8) spend whole afternoon trying to put bed together (4 hrs!!) then realise should have slept on mattress on floor until wooden bed frame as I'm going to have to dismantle it all again!

    I opt for the smaller back bedroom as it's the only room in the house where you can't hear the TRAFFIC. And can actually hear bird song.
    Finish at 7.30pm exhausted after putting bed together and trying to find duvet, bed sheets, pillows etc. Which weren't labelled and current bed sheets hidden amongst old stuff I never use! House now a complete tip!

    Dinner in bedroom to get break from traffic.
    8pm - traffic seems to have eased off a bit.

    To do:
    1) paint inside of cupboard with wipeable paint.
    2) call someone to fix extractor hood
    3) clean stone floor
    4) clean wood floor
    5) clear up outside (gravel, broken flower pots, fence broken, chop back climber)
    6) go to paint shop to discuss what colour for lounge walls
    7) decide what to do about sofas - does it matter that they don't match
    8) remove shelf in bedroom
    9) decide what colour to paint bedroom

    Thoughts:
    I have
    - open plan lounge diner
    - room for two sofas
    - wood floor
    - nice bathroom
    - old doors
    - large master bedroom and a spare
    - fireplace

    But
    - traffic so annoying can't stay in master bedroom or lounge!
    - very little light, and I like to sit and look out at garden (in the sun) and relax - I can't do this.    Leggi altro

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  • Jane WilkinsonViaggiatorecambridge

    Diy - 5hrs

    14 marzo 2018, Inghilterra ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C

    Late start as bit hungover from last night
    10am arrive at house and meet handy man to discuss quote for removing wood chip, plastering.
    12pm Tucker Gardner arrive to value house. Around 290k - 295k therefore potential loss of £15k
    1pm Tesco for porridge and sandwiches

    2.30 Have headache so head back to Toms, to relax and watch Fargo.
    6.30pm back at house, put out bins to save place for removal van.
    7.30 clean under sink, drawer and cupboards. Clean extractor fan, and put up railing    Leggi altro

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  • Jane WilkinsonViaggiatorecambridge

    Diy - 7hrs

    13 marzo 2018, Inghilterra ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C

    Paid back deposit, and paid weeks rent to tenants. Easy.
    Off to Starbucks for coffee and porridge
    - phoned 2 estate agents for valuations
    - looked for other houses to rent (Cant stand the noise of the traffic), booked appointment.
    Arrive at house about 10am

    So I
    1. Tackle the first cupboard, buy some off cut wood for 50p that is white and wipeable, and makes a bottom for the cupboard, paint anything in the cupboard white that needs painting.
    2. Remove dud light bulbs (3); and replace low watt ones in lounge
    3. Clean the rails and buy proper chrome hooks
    4. Clean underside of cupboards (takes a while!!)
    5. Clean window in lounge by road (frame never been cleaned??)
    6. Wince at traffic
    7. Clean sockets, radiator, skirting
    Have lunch at Wrestlers, Pad Thai

    Head back to Toms about 6.30. Make curry, drink wine, chat with Tom.    Leggi altro

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  • Jane WilkinsonViaggiatorecambridge

    Back to Cambridge - 2.5hrs

    12 marzo 2018, Inghilterra ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C

    Staying at Toms for 3 nights and 3 days whilst I wait for the furniture to be delivered.
    Load up car in the morning and drive to Camb. Leave at 12 after helping mum put blinds. Bye bye doggy!
    Arrive at Station Road at 3pm. Elysia meets me and hands over keys. We have a nice chat.

    I inspect the house and discover:
    a) The traffic is VERY noisy.
    b) The kitchen looks like it has been assembled out of left overs by someone who doesn't care, for someone who doesn't care
    I) far left cupboard has no bottom (i.e. The bottom is the stone floor), is very dirty and half lemon yellow half something else. The shelf doesn't go all the way to back or all the way to the front, and looks like it's a bit of a wooden box?
    Ii) there should be a drawer at the bottom of the cupboard, but it's collapsed and wedged in somehow
    Iii) the rails underneath the shelving, and up the underside of the shelving are FILTHY, greasy and dusty, and the hooks are made out of bent wire. One light bulb doesn't work and it takes ages to work out how to get them out.
    IV) the extractor hood above the oven is bust, makes a loud whirring noise, and also hasn't been cleaned for 10 years so is thick with yellow grease. Gross.
    V) the insides of the cupboards aren't painted, and the none of the shelves go to the front. The outsides also need several more coats of paint.
    Vi) the stone floor is filthy - need some stone floor cleaner.
    Vii) some of the cupboards don't hang straight.
    Viii only one drawer
    C) all the sockets in every room are filthy and covered with paint and dirt.

    5.30 ish head to Toms, via Tesco. Cook curry. Do some bits and bobs online. Knackered. Bed.

    Still to do:
    1. Paint inside of far cupboard with wipeable kitchen paint.
    2. Stone floor cleaner
    3. Wood floor cleaner
    4.    Leggi altro

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