May 2007

Spas and Showers do not mix as we have just found out. The raised lip of the spa is likely to catch water from the shower between the edge of the bath and the tiled wall thus leading to potential water damage. Lesson learned from this one is that if you want a spa, don't bother trying to incorporate a shower at one end. Keep a spa a spa and a shower a shower.

Somehow the builders managed to disconnect the cold water supply to our one and only remaining bathroom. This means we have hot water but no cold. This may sound like no hardship but unfortunately our hot water supply is so hot that there is no way you could shower in it without at least two turns on the cold tap. So looks like its showers at the in laws over the weekend as the plumber apparently can't make it until monday. Typical.

On a more positive note the builder is managing to get people to our house every day and is delivering on his promises which in Perth's current economic boom could be considered a small miracle.

Well its been 5 months in planning, drafting and haggling but I now have people on site doing stuff to the house and it's happening at a pretty rapid pace.

Last Friday we had the whole inside of the house ripped out in one day including 180sqm of tiles, a kitchen, laundry, bathroom and dining area. We also had our second story stregthened and some windows removed (and swiftly borded up).