Long running/stalled house jobs

[Allison]

I feel like I belong!!! I'm keeping my lists, I now have 3 A4 paper pads full of lists and I'm only 18 months in. Todays list was, build scaffold tower, remove remnants of concrete render ( with angle grinder and jackhammer) pick out old pointing, do the shopping, think of something for tea, take delivery of new lime pointing motar, take the dog for a walk, make tea, sweep up rubble and bag it, check internal repointing and hit with a brush if ready, find brush and on and on......loving it though.....hit my head twice on scaffold maybe why I do this!

 

[Flyfisher]

I’m surprised you have any time for the actual jobs after compiling such comprehensive lists :wink:

 

[Zebra]

That's quite some day you've had Allison! But I'm curious, did you put "find brush" on the list before or after you lost it?

 

[Gothichome]

Here at Gothichome our upstairs bathroom has been in a steady deconstruction mode for almost six years. Every once and a while I move the ladder about up there, it makes me feel I am making some progress.

 

[LadyArowana]

The user control panel tells me I joined the forum a little over 10 years ago. The small project I was working on then is almost finished.... carpets still rolled up and sealed in with mothballs, one more piece of furniture needs to be designed and constructed.... and of course it’s just in time for appliances which were brand new then to begin to have the occasional sulk. Of course with an end almost in sight it’s time to begin all over again with something that presents a larger headache :lol:

 

[sixpencehome]

I’m finding this thread incredibly reassuring! We bought our house in September 2018, and have been aiming to be able to move in by September this year. It is becoming more and more likely that we will be moving into one bedroom, a temporarily plumbed bathroom and a makeshift kitchen, and this will hopefully be before Christmas.

TheRoost ‘normals’ is a great description, I am gradually managing expectations of my partner who is a more of a ‘normal’ than me, for when this probably happens. The alternative is to knock down the garage early and put a caravan on the foundations to live in.

 

[Craig89]

It is becoming more and more likely that we will be moving into one bedroom, a temporarily plumbed bathroom and a makeshift kitchen, and this will hopefully be before Christmas.

That is exactly what me and my partner will be doing in August, the only difference that we will have a new born to contend with too, nothing like a bit of pressure

 

[Bogart]

Don't worry I once did a selfbuild was 13 years, yes years, before I got it signed off.

Well that certainly makes me feel better. I'm just over 3 years into my full renovation and extension and the end is quite a way off yet but I would like to think I'm closer than 10 years away

Still getting it in the ear over that.

 

[RBailey]

I've just set up an advanced list, aka Matrix :lol:
List of windows down the left in rows, job stages in columns across the top.