We're in, but not in, in.

It turns out our seller is on the 9am ferry, so we need to pick the keys up at 7.30, before the money transfers. Her removal firm were also due to be on that ferry, but are absolutely not going to make that, so we wait and let it sink in…. By noon the completion has taken place, we are alone in our new home and…. to be frank, it stinks! We can’t actually walk in the door and breathe. In fact Ian can’t go in at all really. We knew this, and had agreed in advance that I would go in, strip out the carpets, and do what I could to remove the really stinky bits, while Ian did the life admin of change of address etc.  We will be living in Agy on the drive for the considerable future.

With hazard suite on, I go in….. by 3pm most of the carpets are out and the skip has arrived.

By the end of day two Ian had removed most of the kitchen and the wardrobes and the skip is full.

For those of a sensitive disposition, maybe look away now and come back in the next blog……. 

We had researched removing smoke and tar from houses, so I start the next day on washing walls, floors etc. with bleach, then biological washing liquid. Sugar soap was not available when we needed it, but the washing liquid works too, it breaks down the enzymes and boy do the walls and ceilings leach…..

The next few blogs may well be more photos than words, as we crack on trying to get to a smell free home…wish us luck, our journey has begun!