I made sure I was up early this morning as I didn't know what time the landlord was coming to fit the new induction hob. As it happened he arrived at 11.15 but I had managed to do most of my housework and get the washing out.
It didn't take him long and it was all sorted. He is flying to the UK tomorrow so asked if he could leave his tools here till the next time he is in Tauranga so I assume he must be going up to Auckland to get a flight tomorrow. He said he would be back later with a builder to have a look around.
He came back a little while later with the arborist who had cut the trees down at the front. He asked him about cutting the top of one of the trees at the back which will give us a nice view across the bay but not sure what was decided.
Later on he came back with three builders, one at a time, and it went on for most of the afternoon with him showing them around the inside and outside of the house and telling them what he wants done. He is planning to extend the kitchen outwards by one and a half meters and lower the window to get a better view. My dressing room is going to be made bigger by taking in the gallery which I think will be a shame and the two windows will be made into one big one which will meancutting through the wall with a chainsaw. He wants to extend the garage out to the back and the side and put a new bathroom in down in the old garage. Most of that will be done when we move out but a lot of the things he wasnts done now. I have come to the conclusion that we are not going to be here much more than our year's lease. The main reason being is that he thinks he is going to have a lot of the work done 'sooner' rather than later but if he thinks we are going to allow him to do all the inside work and put up with all the inconvenience that goes with building work and having to wait in for builders while paying the amount of rent we are, then he is very much mistaken. I have checked with Citizen's Advice and they say he is only allowed to do urgent maintenance unless we agree. I am happy for him to build the garage out at the front but he is now talking of having windows changed which will mean a lot of dust as they will have to be cut out. He also wants the post in the lounge - which I agree is in a silly place - removed and another beam put in to support it. We have got used to the post and if he removes it it will leave a hole in the carpet. I am not sure who he thinks is going to do all the cleaning up after builders but I am not prepared to let him do it. It will be no advantage to us as we will have to move out anyway so will get no benefit from it.
There is not a lot we can do at the moment until he actually says he wants to start and he has to get the plans passed first. After all the stress of the last house I can't believe we find ourselves in this situation and all because the agent didn't tell the truth!!!! I hope things don't turn nasty. He is very pleasant at the moment but may not be when we won't let him do what he wants.
In between letting builders into the house this afternoon I manged to get all my ironing done and at 6.30 the young lady who made the offer on Heather's car called to pay the money and pick it up. She is very sweet and very pleased with the car. I just hope nothing goes wrong with it for at least six months and then I won't feel bad if anything happens after that.
I phoned and made an appointment with a dietician for tomorrow. I hope she can help me sort out my diet and constipation as I am getting fed up with it after all these years.
Jon came home and we had dinner. I wanted to fry some fish but as my frying pan is no use on this new hob I had to cook it in the microwave. I will need to go and buy a new frying pan. I did use it to boil water for some couscous and it is very fast and so I think it will be good.
WEATHER
Sunny with light cloud 24 degrees
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