New House!!

We took possession of the new house on Thursday last week!

There wasn't anything major to report when we did the walk through... fridge door swung the wrong way... dishwasher was missing... the dishwasher was a mixup at The Brick, it was delivered on Saturday (along with my new washer & dryer!) but as of last night was still not plumbed in. The fridge was replaced on Friday... no door handles... inside the fridge K was told... did he look? Nope... & no they weren't! I phoned The Brick today... they are going to replace it with yet another "newer model" which I read as "we can't find handles for the older, outdated model"! There are a couple of three way switches that aren't so we'll have the builder in to look at those.

Oh... I tell a lie... there was something major, but it was the builder who spotted it before we even got to the walk through... the tiling in the ensuite wasn't square... this meant that at the far end of the room there was a wedge of tile... no idea how they thought that was ok... the builder had already arranged for them to come back & re-lay it... by the time we moved in it was done :)

Thanks to everyone who helped with the loading on Tuesday... BillyB is a DEMON packer... just awesome! K & I managed to get everything out on Thursday except my oak dresser... luckily a couple of work mates from our south office (5 mins from the house) were kind enough to come over & lend a hand :)

There's still some stuff over at the old house that we have slowly been ferrying to the new in the wee car... no rush as yet as the house is still for sale... *sigh*!

So now we are unpacking, putting funiture back together, finding homes for everything & generally settling in.

Cats were a little non-plussed with the whole thing... they're not sure if this is a temporary gig & will be headed home soon... they were a little off their food but are slowly getting back to normal... they LOVE having carpet... Merlin's never lived in a house with carpet before!

Yes I will put up pictures, I want to get rid of the majority of the boxes before I take any. Bonus room's going to look a mess for a while as my novels have no home so will be staying in their boxes... I see trips to Ikea in my future for bookcases... :D

Last but not least... when we got home last night we saw that we had dirt!! They had delivered & spread out our topsoil... now I just have to wait until we get City approval that the grading is good & I can play in my garden (yard)! I'm hoping that the weather might hold long enough to at least get my fruit trees in so they have a head start in the spring... but it is October so I'm not holding my breath!