19th January

Decorating !!!!!


There's decorators and decorators. These guys are good!!!!
They are a subcontracting firm from Germany who do all the Huf Hauses. They paint the posts and beams black first with a strange black paint which is the consistency of thick mastic / fox poo. Then its masking tape everywhere applied with a machine ready for the final coat of a fine white plaster 1.5mm thick over the walls. The finish is so sharp and black/white, it's a machine like finish. And it alters the look of the inside completely. Very bauhaus!!!
There was progress with EDF too !!!!!

I phoned again to check on the start date for the electricity supply (one of my very regular calls to EDF) and the guy at the other end said....... 5th February.
"what this year, 2007 ?.....Are you sure? " I enquired.
Well all this is really too much to hope for.....electricty available before we move in!!!!
I believe it when I see it.
I set up with another firm for the meter to be installed on the 7th February, and then I have to get the Huf electrician to make the connection in the house.

I arranged with Rudiger ( our Huf project manager) for him to release the garage in advance of the handover which is now 1st March, so I can get the kitchen units delivered in the week before. This will enable the kitchen installer to get working immediately the handover has taken place. We'll have to wait for the worktops anyway because they have to template the kitchen after the units are in and then come back 7 days later to fit the worktops.

The idea of meeting our Huf man each week before handover is to sort out any problems as they are identified, and so it does not impact on the move date. So far no problems.......

We are also off the inspect a local quarry.....why is that you ask????? Well in order to support the steep bank either side of the house we need some restraint, so large blocks of sanstone will be placed one on top of another to provide a mass retaining wall. I did visit the quarry last summer and they have sandstone ranging in size from pebbles to several metres high. I have yet to find out how we can transport them and lay them but that will be one of the next challenges. Its all fun!!!!!!