The Longest Five Weeks Of My Life

6 Sep 2004

I would like to share with you all my celebrations on completing all the renovations to my house.
After deciding to go ahead with the work (new kitchen, bathroom, internal doors, heating, radiators, fireplace and windows and front and back door) I was promised it would take a maximum of 5 weeks to complete.
5 weeks turned into 6 months and boy have I been extremely pissed off.
I would like to say to the messy, inconsiderate and foul mouthed aggresive workmen, I hope when you have people in your house to do work that they are as bad as the considerate and funny workman, a big thank you.
A very big thankyou to Marya who has put up with me whinging for the last couple of months and has mopped my tears of frustration.
So no more mess, dirt, sleeping on the sofa and not being able to have my children at home where they belong.
Everyone please join me in celebration a happy new house................... cheers xxxxxxx

6 Sep 2004

Woooooohooooooooooo
To Alex and her sparkly new house :cheers:
JQL will be so jealous :lol2: god knows how long he is into renovations :shock:

6 Sep 2004

Awwwww bless
Kisses and hugs from me to you. Sit down, have a glass of wine, chill out and relax, and see you soon at the NE Munch
Jules
xxxxxxxxxx

6 Sep 2004

Congratulations, Alex !
I was looking forward to an invitation to come round, but now I know you don't like having messy, foul-mouthed and aggressive people in your house, I guess I won't get one wink

6 Sep 2004

Quote by Alex_Female
I would like to share with you all my celebrations on completing all the renovations to my house.
After deciding to go ahead with the work (new kitchen, bathroom, internal doors, heating, radiators, fireplace and windows and front and back door) I was promised it would take a maximum of 5 weeks to complete.

5 weeks. I'm sorry, but rotflmao

@ 5 weeks for that lot. I'll bet the kitchen took close to that. I did a kitchen, replacement larger window and kitchen/diningroom ceiling in a week, but that was 3 of us, working non-stop from 8 in the morning until (some nights) 2 in the morning.

Quote by Alex_Female
Everyone please join me in celebration a happy new house................... cheers xxxxxxx

As someone who has (and still has stuff to finish) lived in the nightmare world of the unfinished building project. I thoroughly symathise and offer you a :cheers:
ps. it's great when it's all new and shiney though, ain't it. :mrgreen:

6 Sep 2004

Well done Alex,i bet its all worth it now don't let the kids back in,it'll never last otherwise lol

:lol: :lol:

6 Sep 2004

Great to hear that you have had all the work finished and can get the kids back into their real routine.
All my sympathies to you for having to put up with all the mess.
Enjoy your new look home
Dave_Notts xxxxx

6 Sep 2004

Quote by Lucifer
I was looking forward to an invitation to come round, but now I know you don't like having messy, foul-mouthed and aggressive people in your house, I guess I won't get one

Too right mate lol

6 Sep 2004

Quote by easy
5 weeks. I'm sorry, but @ 5 weeks for that lot. I'll bet the kitchen took close to that. I did a kitchen, replacement larger window and kitchen/diningroom ceiling in a week, but that was 3 of us, working non-stop from 8 in the morning until (some nights) 2 in the morning.

I was without a kitchen for 5 days. I was fed up of the sight of take-aways and micro meals sad

. On the plus side, the kitchen is just lovely biggrin

6 Sep 2004

Alex,
I've just come out of the other side of decorating hell myself so I know exactly how you feel, thankfully the bathroom from hell is now finished.
Grats on the new house. !!
Sean

6 Sep 2004

Quote by JudyTV
Alex enjoy your new home.
********** A HAPPY NEW HOUSE **********
JudyTV

... and as we all know, with a new house comes a ...
********** HOUSEWARMING **********
********** PARTEEEEEEEEEE **********
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6 Sep 2004

Quote by J3diMast3r
Alex enjoy your new home.
********** A HAPPY NEW HOUSE **********
JudyTV

... and as we all know, with a new house comes a ...
********** HOUSEWARMING **********
********** PARTEEEEEEEEEE **********
biggrin

I am having a post North East munch party xxxxx

6 Sep 2004

6 Sep 2004

Hi Alex,
Wow, what a hellish thing to go through - you must be so relieved it's all over. I wouldn't have believed when I saw you at the munch that you were going through all that at home at the time.
biggrin

Mike.

6 Sep 2004

Oh Alex, I can sympathise completely. I went through exactly the same thing a couple of years ago, but was lucky enough to be living in rented accomodation while my house was ripped apart. Some of the renovations were done after I'd moved in though so I do kind of know what you've been going through.
I bet it looks fantastic now though and you keep walking round doing this
Well done girl :cheers: kiss