31/08/2026
Lesson learned this week: "we'll just strip the wallpaper ourselves and help soeed things up abit" is not always great idea it sounds like, especially not with a hallway ceiling this height.
Carl and I have spent more hours than we'd like to admit up ladders last week, while Simon's been quietly getting on with the actual sensible jobs.
We're at first fix now too, so plumbers and electricians are working out where every pipe and cable needs to go in a building that's clearly never heard of a straight line.
I've also started properly choosing radiators, ones that suit the age of the place rather than whatever's cheapest and easiest. Carl thinks I'm being difficult, i think I have standards π€£
The old offices upstairs are being stripped back too, so there's mess on pretty much every floor at this point, which feels about right for where we are.
And yes, we know everyone wants to know when the doors are actually opening. We're loosely, very loosely, eyeing up the first weekend of October. Don't hold us to it, building sites have a habit of laughing at deadlines, but we wanted you to have a rough idea rather than nothing at all.
Thank you for following along with all of it, ladders, dust and radiator debates included π§‘
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