O'Leary Building Contractors Ltd.

The plan while I was away with the boys was for Daithi to work without disruption on the house. Unfortunately he had to return to work but the O'Leary's have stepped in big-time: Pat, eileen, Niamh, and Cian came down yesterday to work for a week on the house. Karl and Emmet arrive later this evening. In one day the group (without Daithi!) have:

1. Put all the lintels in the windows
2. Painted one coat of top coat to the sash boxes
3. Insulated the kitchen - all that remains is the hall stairway
4. Made good around all the windows (i.e. made them square, level and even) ready for the sash boxes to slip in place.
5. Scrubbed the kitchen floor of the rented place (Eileen with her bad knees too!). It now looks like a completely different floor apparently!

I am starting to actually believe that we will be in the house by the time we get back to Ireland! I am feeling extremely guilty that I am not there at least making the teas and coffees but I know that getting the boys out of the way was a must if anything to allow everone to have a bed to sleep in. There will still be plenty of work for me to do when I return!

Daithi has also managed to arrange for someone to sandblast the house next week when he is here in England. He is a local guy located from a local contact so should be reliable at least. I can't wait to see the transformation for myself. Daithi hasn't posted any pictures to me....