Let there be light!

A mid-day site meeting yesterday had us rushing from work to see Mr Builder about the kitchen to enable him to get on and order the granite. The first thing we noticed as we walked in was that the recessed lights were in and working. It was great to actually see the bathroom for once! We stood there playing with light switches like people who had just discovered electricity.

The kitchen story seems to be the thorn in our side in this development. We dropped in on the house on Sunday to check out progress on installation, and almost immediately it became apparent that the kitchen didn't fit. A combination of wrong dimensions on old plans, a change in dimensions of corner units and misunderstandings with Magnet left us feeling that we were never going to get things resolved. It was very depressing. However, Mr Builder was in 'fix it' mode yesterday and made some really practical suggestions to make it work. So, we have changed one of the wall units from a 300mm to 400mm and purchased a 150mm pull-out spice rack for the base units, filled in here and there and hey presto, it should look great.

We are back at the house again tonight to see the kitchen units in their final positions and decide on the dimensions of the granite worktop so that Mr Granite can come in on Wednesday and template it up. The appliances should be in by Wednesday too.

Other progress - the oak plinth for the bathroom sink has been crafted to perfection, and we've agreed its position with Mr Builder. We've finally, definitely, no going back, decided on a solid oak floor that we've got at the lower end of the expensive price bracket. Mr Builder has his own ideas on the correct way to lay it that seem at odds with Gary in Topps Tiles, but I think we trust him! As he put it "I've layed more floors than he has". Our outside light has been installed - badly - so will need moving.

Funniest of all (well, probably not) was the line of questioning from Mr Builder that began "how well do you know your neighbours?" It turns out that he needs to bring the frame for the rear windows over the back gardens as the manufacturers have glued and screwed it together - all 10ft of it - and it will never get through the house. Not our problem that one!

Oh, and Mr Architect turned up towards the end of the site meeting, apologising profusely. Hmmm...no change there then.

Two weeks and two days to go!