Day 31

We arrive home on Wednesday to the sight of wood leaning up against the stable; that wasn't there when we left, surely?

David confirmed that no, we'd had a visit from the carpenters, and they were boarding out the space above the bedroom.

Mixed feelings on that one: it's great that work has started again, but as we were told this wouldn't be happening till early October, I didn't get chance to enquire why the space wasn't totally filled with the insulation (there's at least a four inch gap; I don't think that's a good thing, especially not with a pile of insulation standing by!), or whether we had resolved the issue about the plumbing...

I'm not remotely impressed with T+B: yes, they did send us an email (at 7.15am), but this was on the day the carpenters were arriving, and as we are on holiday, we're not checking the inbox before heading out for a day we planned in advance.

And yes, they did know that this fortnight is David's holiday!

Crap communication, as ever...