Plasterboard delivered…early in 2025 we ordered all the remaining plasterboard required so that we could claim the VAT and avoid rising costs. The guys at Tamar agreed to store it and deliver as needed. Unfortunately, the deteriorating hips meant we didn’t need it as quickly as hoped and then twat trump decides to attack Iran and increase global prices of everything – including plasterboard. So we had to take urgent delivery of the 300 sheets before the cost rise. Thanks to Neville and Tracy we managed to get them all moved into the dry in a day – before the damp hit.

You don’t want to park t there! Schoolboy error – lifting a heavy pallet of slabs over the abyss at the back of the house – to the side of the digger – so the inevitable happened. At least the resurrection – c/o South West Crane Hire again – entertained the neighbours. The we had to fix the engine – pushing oil out of one cylinder. Luckily she started fine and remarkably the only damage was some broken glass, 2 slabs and a bent bit of bodywork. VERY lucky!

Bungalow fully demolished…having installed enough of the balcony paving to store the furniture that was in the garden, we finally finished flattening the last third of the bungalow. Nice to see the hills in the distance and the oak tree in all its glory. Just got to remove the green shed now.