Heading Towards a Move-In Date

Garett notified our builders that we are planning to move in on April 8th.  Hopefully that will light a fire with them.  There is still a lot of work left to be done before the house is move-in ready.

 The back garden has been cleared and leveled (the fig tree stump was particularly difficult to remove) and the wood fence will be built in the next two weeks. Rather than deal with the crumbling brick walls, we are going to build the fence in front of the existing walls.

 

Charlotte saved the front garden gate from the skip (dumpster) and it will find a new home in the back garden.

 

 In the meantime, the front garden wall has been entirely removed and rebuilt (picture of rebuilt wall coming soon).

Here is the view from the house looking out the front door.  We need to figure out what to do with that large manhole cover near the sidewalk.  Our plan is to cover it with tile while maintaining access.

 

 The new corbels and coving have been installed.

 The builders ran out of hardwood flooring for the utility room, so we ordered these tiles instead.  The tiles are handmade in Morocco and they will travel from Morocco to Spain and then onward to London.

 

John visited us for a couple of days this week on his way to Belgium.  Here he is on Rugby Street.

 We tried to cram in as much as possible in a day and a half. I may or may not have fallen asleep immediately after this picture was taken (proof of a great visit).