Moving In

The most momentous day, I think, since we completed the purchase: today, we moved into our new home!

I guess my hope that it would only be a few days after moving out of the rental flat was radically wishful thinking, because it's been 3 weeks since we've been itinerant. And in truth, even now we've moved onto a construction site rather than moving into what most people would consider an actual home.

What will become the living room

To get it to the point of livability, we had to ensure that the roof was totally closed up (so we wouldn't get rained on while inside!). There isn't a functioning boiler, though (that means no heat and no hot water!), and this is one of the coldest winters London has seen in years (just our luck...) You can see your breath inside!

So, we also had to build a little enclosure in which to hibernate. We sealed off the space that will eventually become the bedroom, creating temporary walls out of plywood. We're calling it "the Box"--and it will basically be our home for the immediate future since the rest of the flat is still strewn with pieces of insulation, plywood, power tools, and every other type of construction material imaginable. And did I mention it's freezing! Since "the Box" is relatively small, though, it shouldn't be a problem to heat it with fan heaters. And we bought an air mattress. A roof over our heads, something to sleep on... what else does one need?