MICKI'S HUF HAUS

Welcome to my huf haus blogspot! Over the forthcoming days and weeks, I intend (and I have good intentions!) to keep you updated with the progress of our "haus". I'm not an expert blogger so please bear with me ....I'll try my best!

Tuesday 20 May 2008

The Decorators are here...(and quite a bit more....)




Yeah!!!...We are back on schedule! Our decorators have arrived and over the course of the next 3 weeks they will re-paint every little bit of the house...fill in screw holes and skim the ceilings!




They arrived last week (Thursday) and have already finished the exterior! But again they are Germans so what do you expect!! I have to say it's looking fab. The black wood as a wonderful sheen to it. Like the rest of the time they taken great attention to detail. Everything is fully masked (they even have a strange dispenser for this!). When we called down last night they were working on the inside....one german decorator was walking around using the ladders as stilts! He did make me chuckle!

I also met the curtain lady yesterday. Any huf owner will tell you that curtains are a nighmare in these houses with the triangular shaped windows. I think we are opting panel blinds using a local supplier from our home town ( Lancaster ). I'll let you know how that works out!

We also met up with the driveway people. I really want the landscaping at the front of the house sorting before we move in. We've opted for a tarmac driveway that sweeps around and leads into the carport. Our plan is to have a lot of greenery and mature planting to the front with the entrance being flanked by lavender beds and a polished granite walkway. Fingers crossed it all comes together!

Anyway next job today is to meet up with Rudiker (site supervisor). I'll let you know in my next post how we get on!!

Monday 12 May 2008

I'M BACK TO MY BLOGGING!!



First of all apologies to anyone who was wondering when my next post was coming! In the past 3 weeks we've moved house, been on holiday and had problems with United Utilities! I'd also lost my access to the internet but now I'm back on line and back blogging!

So where is the house upto??

Well not a great deal has changed since my last post. Huf came and put the floor screed down (this is basically a thick concrete layer that goes over the under floor heating) and then good old United Utilities let us down and held the whole job up! So for anyone having any house built take heed.....United Utilities are a nightmare...they have more departments than a department store and more in boxes then half the uk put together! When we FINALLY got our water connected they failed to turn us on! Did you know you also have to ask the question....please will you turn my water on! How ridiculous!!

Anyway....we now have water connected and because our neighbour has kindly let us use his electricity (United Utilities delay again) we have a working boiler so our floor can now begin to dry out throughly! Once we are dry the decorators can arrive and then we'll be back on track!

The last (and funy thing) to mention is the german boiler man! Once we had the water connected and on he drove over from Germany to switch us on. And guess what??? He forget our key! It's refreshing to know that the Germans are human after all........