We’re only half-way through turf-stacking still – it’s hard work, unfortunately. We’re getting better at it, but at the moment it’s unlikely that either of us would be up for participating in the destruction of this vital habitat further next year. Purely on environmental grounds, obviously.
Nothing else particularly exciting to report – we’re looking to get some plastering done very soon, after which we’ll hopefully get some flooring in. At the moment the main bedroom has the laminate we put down ourselves, which is fine. The office room has legacy laminate which is ok-ish. The rest of the house has this black cardboard-like stuff I put down to keep the dust at bay – it’s called Antinox and can be bought for €5 per big sheet. It’s waterproof and quite nice to walk on, but definitely isn’t a permanent solution.
The builder is “too busy” to finish the work he abandoned many weeks ago now, so not sure how that’s going to work out. If he’s not careful, we’ll get other people to do the work and knock the cost off his final bill… hopefully it won’t come to that, though.
Otherwise, I chased a hare down the road in my car the other day (not deliberately) – it just wouldn’t run into the hedge for ages. It was a massive one, so would have kept the crows busy for the whole morning if it hadn’t finally taken evasive action.
Looking to buy a nice big shed very soon, but we need groundwork done first… yet more money, but worth it to get a lot of the junk out of the house, and to have somewhere to put all the turf we’ve worked so hard (intermittently) to dry. I’ve found a nice 5m x 3m steel one, so that’s high on the shopping list right now.