Saturday was spent as usual with going to the Growers' Market, walking Sophie and Supermarket shopping but then I came back home early as two more groups were looking at the house and I wanted to open it up as it was so hot. I then went back to Doug's to do some work. Apparently, one group was quite keen but were looking for their parents.
Sunday, was the usual "Sophie Walk" followed by morning tea at Doug's then the gym. After that a couple from the Gym came back to my place for tea and pikelets. Then Doug would have gone back home to work on the cat run and I did jobs here.
Monday, Doug picked me up and, after walking Sophie, he worked on the run and I did some weeding. I had lunch at home and walked to the dentist for an extraction at 3.30. Doug picked me up from there and we collected my antibiotics and I took it easy.
Tuesday, Doug's daughter came up from Orewa so he picked me up at about 9 a.m. and, after a chat, they went and walked Sophie and her dogs while I rested. We then had lunch and they dropped me back at home. His grand-daughter, her husband and great grand-daughter also visited later on the way home from their holiday. While watering the garden I got a bee sting which didn't help things on top of the extraction. (it would also have been Max' 87th birthday).
Not sure what happened on Wednesday but it would have been working on the properties.
Yesterday, the Building inspection was carried out. The real estate agent came and the purchasers who measured up while the inspection took place. It was very thorough and he reported to the purchasers then told me that there were only minor problems. As Doug was leaving he noticed his rear side window had shattered. He phoned the glass company then put his car in my garage and we swapped cars.
Taken from the outside
and from the inside.
Today we went in both cars to the glass company and then walked Sophie and had an iced coffee while the window was removed, the glass vacuumed up and a temporary window stuck on,. We were told about an hour. After the allotted time we returned to find that the temporary window had been put in on top of the shattered one. This would have been too dangerous for Sophie so I took her home to Doug's while he waited for the job to be redone. It will take a week or more to get new glass from Japan or Timbuktu or wherever. We could have done without this as time is precious at present. Well, let's face it, time is always precious.
It has been hot all week . The 29 to 32 degrees. Today was forecast to be rain clearing about now but nothing yet. At least it is a bit cooler but very muggy. Rain is desperately needed.
The only green in my lawn is the kikuyu grass.
How did the glass manage to get broken? A side window too! Foul here at the moment; cold, damp, and misty, with more of the same for the foreseeable future. Yuk.
ReplyDeleteNot sure how it happened. It looks like a stone hit it but we didn't notice anything. It may have been the heat although the windows were open. A mystery.
DeleteThings are all going so fast up there, were all the windows shut tight and one exploded in the heat? How could any glass company put in a temporary window on top of shattered glass??? Take care, as you start or finish packing up.
ReplyDeleteNo, Jean, the windows weren't shut but it may have been the heat or possibly a stone. We were amazed that they put temporary window on top of the shattered glass especially as we had been told it would be removed and vacuumed up. It was New Zealand's leading vehicle glass repairer.
DeleteThings not really going so fast as I don't know whether there will be a lower offer because of the minor repairs needed. We are busy but still feel "in limbo" until it goes unconditional.
From my experiences, any repair to a car is never easy, quick or inexpensive. Hopefully, that problem will be solved soon and your house will be sold at full price.
ReplyDeleteI like everything sorted and do not cope well with all the uncertainty. Still I am sure it will all work well out in the end
DeleteI just had to get my windscreen replaced. I turned up early (by 1/2 an hour) and was told it would take 3 hours. After hanging around town for four hours (and waiting for them to call) and wandered over from work - they'd only JUST started on my car!! Needless to say, I was pretty peeved. I told I could wait or come back in a couple of hours. What should have been a straight-forward job turned into an all day inconvenience!
ReplyDeleteI suppose we have that in store for us when they finally get the glass in. Service is non-existent.
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