Fitting finished at last!!!! Well, the fitters came to day to finish the job! (though they had the sense to bring a different fitter to the one who'd done the work to date).

We have a narrower dresser cupboard than planned (thanks to having measured the granite worktops too narrow doh!) but we do have downlights in both dresser cupboards - which brightens up the kitchen. Furthermore, the fitter rewired the connection to the various under-cupboard lights & connected them via a junction box rather than a chocolate block connector (much more professional job!) Also, when he had to run a cable along a joist (last resort as we could not get access to a floor void) he took care to measure the distance between cable staples, just to get the job looking a lot neater.

We have a new sink (the granite fitting managed to scrape the glaze off the sink) Plus there was a bit of an accident when the plumber overtightened the taps...... quite at random there was a bang and the sink cracked!

However, with the project manager (Ray) overseeing proceedings throughout, we have a job that has been nicely finished (at last!).

Ray took trouble to ensure that all rubbish was cleaned up, and that all cupboard doors were levelled and silent closers replaced where necessary. It's just a pity that this standard of care hadn't been applied at the start of the job.

Had feedback from the granite suppliers about the worktop - they advise that bits of white in the worktop are natural variation. However, I need to use the can of sealer on the granite sooner rather than later.


The big shame of it all is that we've lived with the half-finished kitchen for so long that it now does not feel any different! We still have grotty walls, until we get some tiles sorted.

Watch this space for the finished job!  ¶ 2:47 PM