Renovations on the house going well thank you @wotsup. The way things are going we should have completed them by the end of May. Like most projects, we have had our ups and downs, but we think that we have found some good and likeable tradespeople. When we arrived here the only person that we knew was the agent that sold us the house - this has changed and we now have new friends. Despite being about 5 to 6 hours drive from where we used to live we have had several visits from our old town and many phone calls from them to find out how we are doing - a bit like your post to us. Thank you @wotsup
