Taking shape

Mental note: “Next time we decide to do a refurb – and I’m sure there will be a next time – do not start just before the holiday season”.

Sod it. The place is definitely taking shape. Where there once were walls there is now blissful open space and where there once were doors, there are now lovely white walls. About 3 weeks to go, during which the decorator needs to finish two rooms, the mason needs to tile the bathroom and the floor dude needs to sand the floor. Possible? Of course! You cannot do refurbs without being an ignorant optimist.

Have we blown our budget? Definitely – about as much as The Wolf blew coke. However you reach a point where the costs are no longer allocated to the refurb and thereby not the property investment, but instead allocated as part of the certain continuous outflows from owning a property. A US economist recently wrote an article, arguing that owning your property is a poor investment – then I guess we own a home.

Really looking forward to invite all of my readers for champagne and lobster, once we’re in. Easy promise, as I will be drinking on my own :o)

Happy summer.