Nearly there now

With contracts exchanged on Friday for our house in Clifton, we are set to move into Brookvale this coming week. We've spent the last few days gradually moving "stuff" to Brookvale - filling up cupboards, hanging pictures, and generally getting Wee House sorted out. With just the bed, mattress, chest of drawers and washing machine to go to Brookvale, we have hired a local man with a van who rejoices under the trading name of Steptoe and Son (probably better than one called Trotter's International Trading Company). Whilst there are still some things we need - coffee table, side tables, toiler roll holders, coat hooks, etc, the basic needs are all well catered for. I expect we'll have another shopping trip at the end of the week.
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At long last our rainwater harvesting man has given a date to swap the pump for an uprated version - Thursday 14th, so I'll then be able to get onto our sprinkler company to finish the installation and commission the system.
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We are still waiting for Andy our electrician to come and resolve a couple of problems we have with the electrics at Brookvale. We've also discovered that the boiler seems to have a mind of its own and refuses to be controlled by the timer, so Andy will need to check that out too. Regardless of this erratic boiler behaviour, the house does heat up very quickly and retain the heat so the high levels of insulation seem to be doing their job.
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I guess the blog will have soon run its course both as an a means of informing everyone of progress but also as an outlet for my frustrations. However, there is one final chapter to come and that involves our sprinkler company so look out for the posting in a few weeks time.
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I'm sure we'll be seeing all of you at Brookvale over the coming weeks once we've settled in.
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Relieved of Brookvale