This summer we put our house on the market. It didn’t sell for the price (or less than the price) of our registered valuation. So we decided to stay. in order to stay, we agreed that some ‘tuning’ was required, to shape it more to our liking, and be more comfortable all year round. Phase one involves installing a skylight, recoating our front deck , installing a heat recovery system and doing some tree trimming.
The skylight. in order to install a skylight in our truss roof, we needed to move some stuff. The gas line move itself was straightforward. Finding out we had a gas leak somewhere was not. Three tradesman hours looking for the leak. The electric cabling was next. this required adding wiring to the existing loom. of course, making big lengths of wiring creates an induction circuit, which causes energy saver bulbs to behave strangely. More tradesman hours.
now I am waiting for the builder to come and install the skylight. We are scheduled for late February. Watch this space….