2 and half months later and DEMO has begun...

I can't believe that the last post was on contract signing day almost three months ago.  Unfortunately not too much has happened in that time except for the excitement of DEMOLITION.

First it was asbestos removal.  I was happy with the thoroughness of the contractor, every area that could have had asbestos had holes dug into it to check for asbestos.  There were gouges in the tiles in the bathroom, the kitchen and near the fire place.

Unfortunately we got a call from one of our lovely neighbours and it appears that erither coincidentally or accidentally her bin went missing the same day the asbestos was removed.  I think this has all been sorted, however I think she may have had to order a new bin from the council to replace hers.

Following asbestos removal was Christmas break for the demo company and the builders, hence the big delay with not too much progress.

As a Christmas present though we thought we had better see if anything else had happened so on Christmas Eve we saw the following:

The floor boards had been ripped up ready for removal.

Today was the first day that the demo company came back after christmas so we thought that we had better go past to see what has happened:

 

 

The roof and the floorboards are now all gone.  Supposedly the excavator will arrive next week.

The builders don't start up until next week, and once they're back they need to ensure that the council's flood levels are OK, do another soil test and re-assess the site costs.