A small insight into Trevor from JACK's Morning Glory's homelife...
A bright spark has worked out that builders drink an average of 3500 cups of tea for every 3 bedroom house that they build and as someone who is having walls knocked down all over our house at the moment I can safely say YES YES YES...I have never entered the world of employing builders to do the work that I am totally incapable of doing, but it got to a point that the twenty year old kitchen had to go and the downstairs toliet had to be assigned to the other dump!
I got two things wrong when it came to deciding how to go about this; 1 - I never took any interest in building classes in school, I am so bad at DIY that my wife sings to the tune of Bob the builder 'Knob the builder' when ever I go near my toolbox - She rarely sings it! And 2 - I agreed to let my Father-in-law do the work - NEVER mix family and business/knocking walls down, together - it will end in tears - mine usually!
Now I have to state that My Father-in-law is a fantastic builder, a real craftsman (by the way, I have to say this as when I get home this evening He is the one with a pick axe in his hand). Actually, He is a master builder, very methodical and a perfectionist..He is also charging us family rates, which usually means add 20%!!! I do feel though, we are one more bill from him and one more request to do something slightly different from us to a family breakdown...Always get in someone who you have no emotional tie with, that way you can let rip at the bill or that the wall that is not straight and really have a go to get it out of your system..In my situation I can't do that and it hurts mummy!!
I have to go and put the kettle on........
(( From Sue and Greg -> 'Does he sound like a raving lunatic to you too?' ))
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