Not So Nice Surprise

A few weeks ago we received the "final" drawings for the conversion.  However, for some reason the structural engineer didn't believe what the architect had told him about the measurements of the ridges to our roof, and the drawings were completely wrong!  Just as well we know what we're talking about and have measured and remeasured everything ourselves.  The way the drawings are laid out, we would lose our little seating area in the bedroom (and I've already bought the sofa!).  So a phone call to the right man has put the drawings back on the drawing-board and we are awaiting the next "final" set.  

The Not So Nice Surprise however is that having been told the conversion could start earlier than planned, now it can't.  The last two jobs the loft converters have worked on have overrun by two weeks each!  (The reasons for the delays are usually the client changing things as they go along.)  That puts them a month behind.  So, now we have a start date of 2nd week of December and therefore it will not be finished by Christmas.  Oh well.  We are getting ready anyway.  We now have 3 children in one bedroom so that we have a spare room to put all the loft contents into.  And, we have plenty of jobs to keep us going, such as putting up shelving in cupboards and, of course, Christmas to think about.  Fingers crossed for the drawings.