This posting has been a long time in gestation because it has been too painful to contemplate putting the words to the page.
Earlier in the year it became apparent that we had to have our house painted. This all came to light s we had a significant leak into EQ’s room, and a few rotten weatherboards were noted, and on closer inspection the paint work was actually quite shoddy as well. Now painting your house is a bit more involved than you might expect in the UK. As the house is wooden, it means painting all the house. That means scaffolding. Also, for us, as the house is on a significant slope, that means lots scaffolding and tricky to erect. Quotes were obtained, but then getting the company around to actually put it up was hard work in itself. Partly, because as the sun begins to shine everyone wants to get on with the house painting at the same time.
So up it went, and the painters and builders arrived. However, the extent of rotten wood was rather more extensive that anticipated, with more boards, significant parts of the window frame, and wall frames affected. All came to lots more time, slow progress, and loads more dollars out of the door. I never managed to take pictures of the large exposed areas-the psychological barrier was too much.
The painters are yet to finish. They have made good progress up to this point, as the weather has been conducive, but the rain has come, and it seems more likely the remaining scaffolding is here to stay for an unproductive holiday period.
The colours look better though! well worth it.
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The passage of time in Wellington and elsewhere
