I've obviously still been lazy with a long time since last entry. You could say a lot of water has passed under the bridge since then.
But the finished hangar house is still so near and yet so far.
We now have our lovely kitchen installed, with wall oven under the stairs and an induction cooktop. We had quite a lot of dramas with the installation and it took about 12 weeks to feel complete (but there are still a few panels to come).
Even a rangehood above the cooktop.
It is really great and seems to be a very workable kitchen with heaps of storage drawers. Wonder how long before I say I haven't any room for 'things'.
Stan also constructed two benchtops for our office area so nothing else required there.
Wall lights now up on the wall in the bathroom and on bedroom wall.
Stan had two weeks at Yarrawonga without my interruptions and during that time he sanded and varnished the stairs, and finished off a lot of skirtings/architraves, and once again, painted, painted and painted. Unfortunately the paint tins do have bottoms and we have reached the bottom of several, so keep purchasing additional paint.
Stan cooked a roast in the oven and feels the oven passed with flying colours.
He has really enjoyed fiddling with the induction cooktop. (Maybe that is why the electricity bill had increased so much).
I caught train/bus to Yarrawonga on 16th September, left work at Berwick at 4.30pm, caught train to city and then had to really rush to catch next train to Seymour, then change to a bus to Benalla and onto Yarrawonga, arriving at 10pm. Came back with Stan on the Saturday. I made a batch of scones in the new oven and they were also quite good, but then again, jam and cream make all fresh scones enjoyable.
We had purchased four futon couches/beds from Fantastic Furniture in Shepparton, and were not at all happy with the mattresses. Eventually we were very appreciative of them swapping them over and the new mattresses, while not 100 percent successful, will be a lot better.
Now have to organise six vanity units (hangar toilet and shower, upstairs toilet and shower and our ensuite toilet and shower) and also another unit for the laundry trough.
We have been delighted with the kitchen cupboards in that we seem to have a lot more room for lounge furniture than we had anticipated. Will be some time before we decide what we require, so the good old plastic outdoor chairs will have to last a lot longer.