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Post by SueA on Dec 25, 2012 10:56:14 GMT
Glad you got there Geranium, have a good day & try not to worry.
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Post by Geranium on Dec 27, 2012 7:53:08 GMT
I was very grateful that I could speak to Jean, because she told me that the stream had gone down a little and all was well. I still looked at the forecasts for the SW though! So - here we are back in the rather less comfort of our house.  Henry was such a happy dog in Richmond - he could lie down on carpets, and not have to go up and down stairs.  He loved it there! |
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Post by Cherry on Dec 27, 2012 10:06:02 GMT
It will be like a new house when it is all sorted. Tell Henry not to act like a spoilt child. I think he just liked all the attention.
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Post by peony on Dec 27, 2012 12:10:51 GMT
Glad you were able to get away for Christmas Geranium and pleased to hear you had no further flooding  |
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Post by SueA on Dec 27, 2012 18:48:51 GMT
Aww, poor Henry will be trying to get himself adopted! ;D
Glad you've had no more flooding Geranium, it still looks very bad down in the S.W. area on the news.
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Post by Geranium on Dec 27, 2012 19:38:48 GMT
I've just watched the local forecast and here we go again! It was dire.  We won't be taking our flood defences down yet.  |
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Post by SueA on Dec 28, 2012 19:06:53 GMT
Good luck Geranium! |
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Post by Geranium on Dec 29, 2012 7:17:55 GMT
I think we might need it, Sue. I can't see the stream level yet, but I can hear it roaring...Fingers crossed. Andy's son came yesterday to check the damp points (they drilled the holes last week) and he was pleased with the way everything is drying out. The very last thing we need is more water in the house - we'd have to start all over again! |
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Post by Geranium on Jan 5, 2013 7:50:35 GMT
An update - although we're not completely dried out yet, we've had the dining room floor measured to get an estimate for a new carpet, and we went to a shop in Taunton to look at carpets - they're coming next Wednesday to give us an estimate for the hall and stairs. Andy came again yesterday and is pleased with the drying progress. He says we won't need to strip off plaster. Our local decorator and a floor expert have been, and they'll also put in estimates. With any luck, they might be able to start work within the next 10 days. It's going to be wonderful when the noisy machinery goes! Something to look forward to. I have to ask the Loss Adjuster if I can claim for my poor dying plants - Andy says he hasn't come across this before! The Insurance company are sending two people out to check on the situation and on the entire claim next week. At least things are happening at last. |
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Post by peony on Jan 5, 2013 14:21:24 GMT
Some good progress at last Geranium |
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Post by SueA on Jan 5, 2013 18:57:29 GMT
That's good news Geranium. I'd be frightened to have the place decorated & put new carpets down though until you've got some new flood defences but you have to take the plunge don't you if you want to get back to normal, it must be awful having to live upstairs.
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Post by Geranium on Jan 6, 2013 6:14:49 GMT
I am frightened, Sue, but we have to get our home back. We had the Insurance renewal notice yesterday - it's gone up a lot, but they are still willing to insure us, thank goodness.
OH is busy planning flood defences and we hope the Environment Agency will approve of them so we can get them done ASAP.
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Post by Moonlight on Jan 6, 2013 20:42:18 GMT
Glad to hear that you have some good news, I hope that you get a lot more and soon.
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Post by Geranium on Jan 7, 2013 6:52:56 GMT
Thank you. Richard (our decorator) came yesterday and made a detailed list of everything he's got to do, as agreed with Andy. He says he'll be here on any days he can't work on his current job - which is outside. So we have to get paint ASAP! He has booked us in for two weeks' time anyway. The flooring experts have been busy too - they're trying to find an exact replacement for the wood floor we had in the Garden Room - but they can't fit it until they've laid another screed. We'll have to keep Henry away from there somehow - we don't want him waltzing around in wet gluey stuff! Today I'm hoping to pick up wallpaper samples and match pots of paint to get the wall colour right. |
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Post by Cherry on Jan 7, 2013 9:08:14 GMT
Good Geranium. Choosing materials is the nicer side of decorating.
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Henry was such a happy dog in Richmond - he could lie down on carpets, and not have to go up and down stairs. 
He loved it there! 
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