Nice neighbours - how lucky we are !

Went to the house again today because the Wickes kitchen design lady came by, Harry the builder who called me yesterday also came by, and we also promised to visit our next door neighbour today.

The Wickes lady was okay.  She sounds too professional to only be a kitchen designer.  Later we found her husband is actually a builder.  No wonder she has some builders' gadgets such as the ultrasonic distance measure.  She seemed to like our idea of having a peninsula in the middle.  She also told us how expensive it is to move the gas meter.  £2,000 it is.  And it costs even more to move the electrical meter.  Gush - no can afford.

Harry the builder came with a big guy who doesn't speak very fluent English but apparently has much more experience than Harry the builder.  Although Harry the builder was very persuasive on the phone, he was very quiet at the presence of this big guy.  The big guy knows his stuffs.  When we talk about things like a shower, he remembers all the dimensions by head.  He was very decisive about how the en-suite should look like.  It took him no time to draw the relative locations and dimensions on the ground.  He also recommended us to check Megaflow boiler which turned out to be more suitable for us than the popular combi boiler.  I like him.  However, when he told us that he can move the meter for us for £200.  I thought that sounded doggy.

Karen and Clive welcomed us at door.  It was a great visit.  Karen is a super organised person.  She was able to pull out the building plan almost as soon as we started talking about it.  Their house is very neat (although they keep saying it's a mess) and their garden is so beautiful.  It's especially good to see their extension project.  They did similar to what we want to do.  They also gave us the contact information of their builder.  Seeing how their garage was done, I think it's a right decision to convert our garage.  They are very nice people.  We are very pleased to be their neighbours.

The sky cleared out later in the afternoon.  Dave came to our house to show us the antique that his father found in antique market.  I told him about our new neighbours and how we like them.  He was pleased for us and also looked a little sad (to lose us as neighbours I believe).  Oh, don't worry.  even after we move, I won't be absent more often for our Sunday walks than I always have been anyway.