on thursday morning a large Pickfords van came round the corner of our street, it was met with whoops of delight as we hadn't had our things for 8 months and were very ready for our life of living out of suitcases to be over. the pickfords guys couldn't be more charming - they took everything where we wanted it (even put up with my occassional indecisive moments) and assembled tables and beds etc - brilliant!
however, the builders were still there! not quite the smooth move in i had expected. we'd had an 'end of build' clean arranged for the wednesday evening which happend but we renamed it 'clean round the builders'. never mind, carpets were down and walls were painted - we could put up with just one loo working (downstairs) and not being able to shower for 24 hours as we had to wait for the silicone to dry!
the unpacking began - our kitchen was piled high with boxes and major decisions had to be made as to where our glasses and plates were going to live - as close to the dishwasher as possible was the only request! just one breakage which wasn't bad considering the time our china and glass had been squashed in crate in Croyden.
as soon as the kettle was found it was filled up and turned on - very satisfying, our first cuppa in our new home surrounded by our things!
without curtains or blinds our first night in the house was very interesting! the street light kept us awake and then dawn broke early so we were up and about to continue un packing which suited us fine. then a trip to Homebase for some essentials and we enjoyed the rest of the weekend settling in and writing a snagging list!
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