In the field with a house in the corner, we are continuing to unpick the chintz left by Mr and Mrs Lawra Ashley and get to the nub of correcting things in this lovely house. Loft boarded and we’ve almost got the heating plant down to the total electric costs for Lichtenstein rather than Switzerland (after a lot of time, effort and cost) and now the latest item is complete.

The garage would have been drier inside without a roof instead of the colander that was in place. The roof actually held so much moisture that even when it wasn’t raining outside, it was inside!

Time for a local company to spring into action, ok so “spring into action” is probably to enthusiastic, maybe walked slightly faster into action. Out pop three gents, Curly, Larry and Mo the Three Roofeteers, to rip off the old and replace with something waterproof and guttering!

After 4 hours, eh voila

A nice shiny new “non-porous roof.

One of the workmen “Mo”, a rather large gentleman, who didn’t try to get on the roof (quite pleased about that), despite his assurance it would hold his 23 Stone. Mo asked to use the bathroom, not an unreasonable request, however for anyone that has seen Dreamcatcher (adaptation of the Stephen King novel), where the chappie has been eating too many berries and heads to the loo, let’s put it this way, we were battling with the monster left behind for a few hours afterwards.

Right what’s next, ahh yes a lean to, fix the patio door so it opens, replace 500 bricks, fix wobbly patio, re-seat the garden steps, fix and paint all the fences and some how connect the extractor hood to the outside vent.