29th March 2018
On my way to Interior Harmony I had a call from the Travis Perkins delivery man informing me that he had my bag of Vantex damp proofing compound. I asked him to take it up to the house, which he agreed to do. I then had my meeting with Linda. She adjusted the changes to the appliances, and hit me with the final total. This, I was still not comfortable with that number. There was a disproportionate installation charge, and if that could be addressed I would sign. Just then Leroy, the manager arrived breathless. I explained my concern, and he agreed to discuss it with the installation team.
I left them to it, and went to meet Ann H for a coffee at the Chelsea Road coffee shop. We shared stories about having our houses torn apart with building projects, although the scale is different both of us are at the mercy of the unknown issues that crop up, and can be solved with time and money.
I went back to the shop and Leroy announced that he had squeezed the quote down to the number that I had wanted, great!
After transferring half the money, I left for my next appointment.
I drove to Melksham to order the flooring and a fridge freezer. There was a sale at the store, and I ended up with a decent amount of in-store vouchers.
I got back to the house to finish one small job, I found the bag of sodden Vantex at the bottom of the path. I carried it up to the front door, unlocked, opened it, and as I walked in, the bottom of the bag gave way, and deposited the contents over my shoes. I cursed a little, this was bloody expensive stuff, so I looked around for a container to salvage what I could. After a clean-up, and a wipe down of my shoes, I called it a day and headed back to Barrington.
Another Lifetime to go 