and we couldn’t wait to get back into it. We had the basics, but after parting ways with the builders, we were left to finish everything else off ourselves. Luckily Adrian is very skilled at DIY and can turn his hand to most things, while I paint and do what I can. There was plenty of blood, sweat, tears, heartache and stress, and if I had a pound for everyone who told us it would be worth it, we could have been on a Caribbean holiday by now. We carried on with the hallway, stairs, downstairs ba...