Pre-London Progress Report

Rewind my brain to the 21st June...the day we are leaving for our trip to London. The outdoor gas braai is being built and there is lots that needs to be lined up for the next 2 weeks.

The week before, I rushed around ensuring we had :
all the taps for the plumber,
light fittings for the electricians,
had a meeting with the window people to finalise the quote,
appointed a gas fitter,
ensured the gas braai was on site for installation by the builders,
the roofing people were on track so that the roof would be complete by the time I got back.

All in all, I felt good and thought I was pretty organised - bearing in mind Errol would also be away for 10 days, I THOUGHT WE HAD IT WAXED!

While in London...."they" soon twigged I am was not around = "while the cats away, mice DO play" The taps were collected late, the roof was never started, the final quote for the doors come in way more than expected (mainly due to my mis-understanding the original quote), the gas fitter runs over on expected installation date etc etc etc. Chris was on top of things but eventually told me that it was time I came home and "kicked some butt". So on my return with vertually no change at the house and I sat on the phone trying to get people into action.

Errol got back on Friday (as surprised as I was at the lack of progress) and together we are getting things moving....

As of tomorrow, plastering continues, gas pipes are being laid, roof trusses/perlons to be completed, servants quarters are being modified, ground is being leveled.......

Errol is still confident we can meet the completion date of 30 September (2006)