Going Up, Growing Up: The last two weeks

On Wednesday 15 February our 20 mnths old son fell in the garden and broke his leg. If you're interested in more details please take a look The Peas Pod, Our toddler has a broken leg post. So we've been out of commission for 2 weeks between the hospital stay and getting some for of routine going back at home. So in the interests of keeping this blog moving I've decided to just give a quick overview of what I've not had time to write about.

1. They said they had finished the frame and so started on the outer cladding. Now our house looks like a big white box.
2. It buckets down with rain and they have not put up the tarp properly and the water pours through our kitchen and bathroom ceilings. The kitchen ceiling is completely ruined. Stephen goes tow to toe with the contractor to replace the ceiling and wins.
3. They invoice us for the framework but during his night time water proofing exercises Stephen discovers large gaps in the roof framework. So another round with the contractor and no payment for them until they finish.
4. They suddenly begin work on the roof structure again.
5. They start cutting the rafter out where the old roof was.
6. The pile of rubble in our garden grows.

During this time we have also been in negotiations with the electrician over what work needs to be done and the fact that he is trying to over charge us.