Nov 15 Stair handrails and final chapter

Finally! The handrails were finished on Nov 15 - it's a long story.... painters didn't stain properly and the rails were too dark, so the guy who did the handrails basically had to remake them as it would've been too labour intensive to try to sand the rails and re-stain. The stain had soaked in too much.

We moved all our belongings on Oct 27 but had to store them in the laneway home as the house wasn't finished - painters still busy and the house had to be cleaned. We moved in on Oct 30 to an incomplete home - no handrails, floor transitions had to be installed, touch-up painting had to be done, some missing door handles, bathroom accessories had to be installed, etc... Then had to move our stuff out of the lwh - lots of heavy lifting. We had to delay the return of our containers until Nov 5. The main kitchen cabinets were replaced for the third time on Nov 19.

It's now Dec 10, and the touch-up painting was finally finished 2 days ago - the painter came in the evenings for a week after another job. We're still waiting for the bug screens for the windows, one door handle, the carport gate, a massive rock in the back lane to be removed, and also garbage in the back yard. 

The lwh was finally finished today - it took forever for the finishing touches to be done - painting, electrical, plumbing, replacing all the closet doors that had been incorrectly measured. 

So that's all folks. We're just about ready for Christmas, and not a moment too soon. Thanks for reading my blog.