House
Caught up in your wishing well
The verdict from the pump engineer was that the well wasn’t Wet Wet Wet enough (an appalling reference to the post title), and they were keen for us to look into getting another one drilled. […]
Year: 2017
House
Not very well pump
It’s a surprise to nobody that we still don’t have running water. I took the morning off from my current client work to meet the well engineer at the bog house. The pump itself wasn’t […]
Bog
We’ve got the power…
The electricity got connected on Thursday, a mere three weeks after we paid them to do the job. Of course, as soon as it’s done, all is forgiven! We were so relieved to get to […]
Bog
Closer to fine
So we’ve got until the end of this month (March) to get the bog house sorted now. The builder managed a couple of days of work last week, which has resulted in the kitchen being […]
General
File under ‘s’ for stressy
So I’d contacted the estate agent we’re renting through on Friday morning to request another month’s extension to the lease in order to minimise stress. No bother, she’ll let the landlord know, happy days. Lunchtime […]
Uncategorised
Bad news doesn’t always travel fast…
No updates for a while as I was waiting to see how the house renovation played out. It turns out that the builder leaving everything until the last minute has resulted in nothing being done in […]
House
Great progress made
An up-beat post for a change. The bog house has come along nicely, with the ceilings all insulated and boarded, and quite a lot of the walls too (more than we’d actually thought they were […]
Bongo
Remain calm – we may be entering a pocket of turbulence
A bumpy couple of days, but things seem to be sorting themselves out a bit more now. Our rented house isn’t delivering a fond farewell, with a broken washing machine and running out of oil for […]
House
Wide-angle shots of the house
A fairly mixed day weather-wise… there was an impressive rainbow going along the coast road so I stopped along the way to get a few shots. I then went on to the bog house, where I […]
General
Kilteery pier
I popped into Kilteery pier on the way back from the bog.