And it all comes to a screeching halt...

Greetings, Blandies (I’ve taken the liberty of giving you a nickname - I care not a jot for your feelings on the matter). 

So, following the gib being installed last week, we’ve come to a screeching halt. (Fun aside; I’d always thought “gib” was a bastardized version of “gypsum”, but it’s not. According to gib.co.nz, the truth is much more boring and lame;


Yawn. Should stick with the “gypsum” story, tbh

I mean. The steadfast rock. Give me strength. Still, entertainment and education. His blog has it all,) 

Where was I? Oh, yes, screeching halt. 

So Jedward the council inspector has been off sick this week, and as he’s been such a PITA about all the firewalls, nobody else wanted to do any of the inspections so the whole damn street has had to halt any major work until he’s back. 

Which is wonderful. 

For us, walls can’t be stopped until they’ve been inspected and signed off. 

Minor stuff has been able to proceed, and our PM is aiming to get some of the bathroom fittings in (bath and shower bases) in the downtime. 


It’s not going well so far; this one is in the garage 


We also got the final quote from the Sparky, which in technical terms was “eye watering”. A few things changed from when the initial quote was done, which snuck the price up a bit. 

So, hopefully this week, Jedward will be back and we can proceed. We have the kitchen guys booked in for a couple of weeks, and apparently we’re 8 weeks or so from completion so he’d better pull finger Cos we don’t have time for this. 

Peace out, Blandies. Hopefully I’ll have some actual news next time. 

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