Plodding along...

I know, I know, I've been very slack in posting for the last few days. We've basically been spending the time working out what still has to be done to the house before we can move in, and slowly arranging it all. Not particularly interesting to write about, but I'll summarise here for completeness.

• Floors will go in on the 24th.
• Currently trying to arrange electrician to run phone cable, put in an extra phone plug for the computers (to save running an extension cord right across the living room floor), and put in one extra power point near the existing phone jack. Hopefully Thursday, if the man we talked to today gets back to us
• Bought a set of shelves on eBay for the walk in wardrobe. It only has one top shelf, and hanging space, so we need something there for everything else. Picking it up tomorrow afternoon
• Trying to work out how to hook up our rainwater instead of mains. We've found one outlet into the house, but still need to work out where exactly the pipe goes after that. We're also having an issue with the pump not kicking in properly. Hopefully it's just the filter needing changing, we'll check that tomorrow.
• Curtains were stressing me out for a while mainly due to not knowing exactly what I wanted. I have some sheets for temporary curtains while we decide what we want, but I didn't want to put up curtain rods only to want something different once these decisions were made. Solved this by putting up some temporary curtain rods of that stretch wire with hooks at either end. Cheap, and easily pulled out and replaced for something permanent later.
• Still trying to get rid of the paint smell, which is quite strong. We're opening up all the windows and doors each day, and I'm filling the house with as many indoor plants as I can find. Hopefully it will lessen by the time we're ready to move in.

We still need to:

• Arrange for locks for some doors, only the screen doors on the sliding doors have key locks! The others lock from the inside, but can't be unlocked from the outside, how silly is that?
• Fence the front yard, and start preparing it for planting
• Pavers around the edge of the house. Looked this weekend, and there are lots listed in the weekend shopper, so we should be able to find something relatively easily.
• Decide on air conditioning unit, and arrange installation

This last list won't be done in any hurry though, they're things that can wait until after we've moved in if necessary. Hopefully we'll be in our new house by the end of the month!