Week 80

No activity on site due to XMas break.

Week 79

No work done this week, weather was warm but ground was a quagmire.

Inside the heating was finally switched on and the heaters are now working.

Also the front door arrived and the council finished their part of connecting the house pipe to the sewage mains.

Neighbour has complained that the noise and location of the LWWP is loud and unsociable.

Lastly, it seems that the laminate chosen 5 months ago us double the price of the agreed budget - despite choosing it from the builders own samples ... extra money requested, sigh.

Week 78

Sadly the weather is so cold that it is causing delays. The weather is in the minuses and snow stays on the ground.

The heater/dehumidifier is frozen up and cannot be switched on.

The LWWP has now arrived and is installed.

The heating system has been installed and is nearly ready to be switched on. Just need the temperature to be better (next week) so that the water doesn't freeze in the pipes.

Week 77

Screed is down but now they are complaining of the high humidity in the house compounded by the snow and humidity outside - to avoid mould I need to pay EUR 600 in electricity costs to heat up the house and speed up the cement drying. In addition, it is too cold to do the plastering outside the house and so I am told I will have extra costs to bring the scaffolding back when the weather is better.

The water connection for the 'out' flow is currently being done.

Despite the weather, there was a little furry visitor to the site.