Well tiling was trickier and more time consuming than I remembered.

Good call by Isabel to use coloured grout to give a striking effect to the otherwise traditional style tiles.

My word the plasterer was messy.  Glad I covered the floor.

btw, I thought that labelling the route of the water pipes inside the wall with a red line (on the right of the loo, below) might be a bit over the top; patronising even:

The plasterer arrived (late) at tea time, after been locked out of the unit, struggling to access the materials, cancelling, and then un-cancelling, seemed to be rushing, splashed PVA all over the place and then worked down the edge of the wall just left of the toilet, installing metal edge beading, using a power driver to drive in the screws, down to where the water pipes stick out, and …

“FKING ‘ELL!!!  SHIIIIT!!!  Richard! Richard!”

I thought he’d cut his cut his finger off or something, so in some ways I was relieved when he said

“Turn the water off!!!”

and I realised it was merely a water pipe that had been damaged.

Fortunately I managed to turn the water off and mop up the flood before it soaked through  and stained the kitchen ceiling below, which had been redecorated literally a couple weeks before.

<sigh>

Next

Fit & plumb bathroom suite & tile floor.

Decorate new walls & old shelves.

Install curtains.

Deep clean.

MOVE IN.  [Early December.]

Yikes.