Bring on the demolition

We advertised a demolition sale on both Gumtree and EBAY and managed to sell a couple of plants plus a built in wardrobe, but unfortunately the big ticket item "the kitchen" did not sell; so you could say the sale was a partial success. On the day we also dug up our favourite tree "a weeping maple" from the front garden and moved it to a pot in the hope that it will survive and be replanted in our new home in a year's time.

We agreed with the builder "Brilliant Homes" that handover of the property would occur on the 1st of November even though the kitchen and a number of other items, bathroom vanity and laundry tub were still to be sold. They were happy for us to continue to sell and access the site right up until the start of demolition which was currently penciled in for Thursday 7th of November.

On the 1st, as planned the builder "Rocco" went to inspect the premises and mark up the grounds ready for excavation. The markings were spot on as agreed - save front/side and back hedges with everything else to go.

We drove past the house on the Sunday to check that the gas meter had been removed; which it had been, but it didn’t look as though the disconnection offsite had been done (no dug up pipes), so a follow up to our gas company was required. That day we also ended up selling the kitchen on EBAY with the buyer agreeing to come and remove the kitchen on the Tuesday, just 2 days before demolition.

On the Tuesday, not only was the kitchen removed but most of the site fences went up and a port-a-loo appeared ready for the first phase of demolition being the removal of asbestos from the eaves sunroom ceiling and garage roof.

In the meantime we have received a number of emails from the builder confirming our inclusions/joinery, which is great to see as we definitely want to make sure that everything is as we had originally communicated and planned.