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Tag: furniture

  • I guess it's sweet that the dog has decided that I'm not to leave my home office without her noticing.

    But when the naps right behind my wheelie chair I worry she's going to get her paws run over!

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    A fawn-coloured French Bulldog lies on a laminate floor against the feet of an office chair.

    • Note
    • posted 16 June, 2026
  • A large, L-shaped office desk with thick motorised metal legs lies on its edge, upright, in a bare concrete-floored home office.

    F-Day plus 113

    It's been 113 days since my house flooded and it's almost time for repair work to start! But first, I've got some repair work of my own to do: to a desk that needs moving and to a laptop that's misbehaving.

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    • posted 6 June, 2026
  • A large van and a small van from Rainbow Restoration sit on a gravel driveway.

    F-Day plus 38

    It's 38 days since our house was damaged in a flash flood, and today's the first of our 'BER' assessment. BER stands for Beyond Economical Repair. It basically means that anything on the list is something that the insurance company intend to 'write off': to declare irreparable or not-worth repairing and scrap, replacing it with โ€ฆ

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    • posted 23 March, 2026
  • Dan is handed keys and a bottle of sparkling wine by Mark, the estate agent.

    Buying A House, Part 6

    The epic conclusion to the Buying A House series, in which Alec comes over and helps Dan, Ruth, JTA and Matt move an incredible amount of furniture and boxes from New Earth to their new house: Greendale.

    Read more - about 6 minutes (1290 words)

    • Article
    • 7 comments
    • posted 21 August, 2013
  • One of the existing owners talks to the surveyor as he inspects the conservatory.

    Buying a House, Part 5

    As part of their ongoing efforts to buy and move into a house of their own, Dan, Ruth and JTA argue with a seller about furniture and doors and (finally) manage to exchange contracts.

    Read more - about 5 minutes (1055 words)

    • Article
    • 5 comments
    • posted 1 August, 2013

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