@offbeat, they arrive Sunday and leave Tuesday morning. We will be eating out on Sunday and Monday evening!

Progress report. On Monday a team of workers ripped out all the cupboards from our kitchen. Everything that was in there is now spread around the flat; cooker, fridge, washing machine and a hundred cardboad boxes full of crockery, pans etc. Tuesday a team of plumbers ripped out and replaced all our central heating; new boiler, new pipes, new radiators .... the lot! Coincidentally, after they left on Monday evening our toilet broke down and it took a day to fix! Yesterday the flat was invaded by eight Polish electricians who ripped out and replaced all the wiring throughout the flat. Over the next two weeks they will re - fit the kitdhen cupboards and the last thing that will happen will be the reinstallation of my cooker! Scaffolding has appeared all round the block and work on the windows should begin the first week in September.

We are living in a building site surrounded by cardboard boxes and We Are Stressed Out!

Sharkey will post before and after pics when it's all over.

muffing