It’s been nearly eight years since I last moved house, so I’d forgotten what a pain all the administrative bits are. Over the last two days I’ve managed to mess up sorting out the council tax (apparently I don’t go on to business rates until it’s available to let, so I tried to apply for a major works discount using their online form and accidentally tried to backdate the claim for two years – well, they asked how long the house had been empty, so I told them!) and nearly mess up sorting out the electricity (didn’t think I had to take a meter reading because it was a PAYG key meter, rang them back to give them the reading, and then got cut off when they attempted to transfer me to the appointments system to get someone out to replace it with a credit meter), but on the plus side, I managed to speak to Pete the Roofer’s recommended electrician, who is very hard to get hold of because he’s so in demand, and he’s said he’ll give me a ring back to sort out a time to come and have a look, and the double-glazing and front door company are ringing back tomorrow to make an appointment.
We had another couple of hours stripping panelling this evening. Some pics from tonight.
We finally found some insulation!
The front wall of the house with the rafters sitting on it.
Someone had carefully worked out the angles of the roof on the back of this bit of panelling
Temporarily distracted by the last of the evening sun as it hits Strathy Point
And the reason all that panelling has to come out – it’s very, very tasty apparently!
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