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There has been an overload of activity the end of last week, weekend and today however the best part, the removal of something that has always annoyed Deputy, the stupid front door. Arriving home, to be greeted by ..  

 Our new front door, which hasn't been painted yet folks, but it has a handle and it opens and closes so easily. Ah, the old front door has already disappeared off the site, good riddance!

Back tracking to Friday, it was a busy day again with Henry the tiler back working on the preparation of the alfresco area, which was 'keep out' taped. The sanders appeared and went around and sanded all through the house, and so there was a healthy covering of dust all through the house, even after a vacuum. Peter and Phil continued the work on the storm water drainage and it was all complete down the two sides of the house and the front yard. 

Saturday saw Henry come back and they worked on the front veranda. By lunchtime they had finished and it was nicely tiled, waiting for the grout.

The cornice man also made an appearance and he finished off the kitchen, dining room, laundry, storage room in the study. It has made a big difference to the look of the kitchen again.

On Sunday, we spent some time cleaning up the mess around the place however it was great to open up the back of the house and even though we were unable to use the alfresco area, it had a great feel to the place. We're getting a little excited about it being finished soon and being able to use it properly.

Today (Monday), it was tradesman all over the place. The cornice man was back to finish the hallway.

Everything has now had the cornice put in place. The plaster flingers were back going around and patching up all the areas marked by the sanders on Friday and finishing the laundry. Henry was also back and started work on the alfresco area. Apparently there has been some disagreements between Wayne and Henry on the tidiness of his tradesman and also on how the area was to be tiled. Chief reports that the 'discussion' went on for about 40 minutes! It is not complete, however it is close.

Bob the Carpenter was back with his mate (Nooo, not Scoop!!) and they completed all the architraves, skirting, hung the front door, door on the storage under the stairs, door on the storage room in the study and finished the robes in the upstairs bedrooms.

The toilet and Vanity are upstairs with the fittings ready to be installed. As week 22 gets into full swing, we can really start to see that it might be over soon. The plumbing and electrical is required to finish the bathroom upstairs and the kitchen. The storm water and tiling outside plus some further painting. The new entrance way is the big piece for outdoors. Inside we are still to find out a quote to paint upstairs before the stairs are stained and of course there is the sanding and staining of the floors downstairs. The carpet man has measured up for when we are ready. It is all happening, and I have a feeling it is all going to be on tomorrow as well!