A fairly busy day today as Noel had to contact the builders following another water leak in the roof. Brian is very frustrated about this which has been going on for almost four months and the guy assigned by the Insurance Company must certainly have received his training in
Finally the builder arrived together with the plumber who within 20 minutes had sussed the problem and how to fix. The reason was simple and one that the builder had previously refused to accept could be the cause. A simple pouring of two litres of water into the gutter and followed its path made the reasons quite clear. Hey Ho! Builders all over the world unite.(Let’s hope this really does the trick.)
The plumber (who came with the builder) said he had been scuba diving on Sunday and on the way back caught a 25 pound Red Snapper fish plus some smaller ones all within half an hour. We must fix up our fishing trip soon.
We have even noticed that the road workmen here stop for breakfast at
In the early afternoon, the estate agent arrived with a property valuer who spent almost two hours looking at the house and the studio apartment and taking photos for his customer. Let’s hope Brian and Sheila have more success selling the property this time.
Our afternoon walk was good, nice and sunny but a bit windy and with the temperature around 20 degrees.
Jennifer made a Pizza for tea and together with a bottle of Hardy Merlot made for a pleasant meal. Jennifer has been trying out Sheila’s bread making machine and the results so far are positive except the plain white bread which had a consistency of cotton wool but I do think that Jennifer is warming to the idea of getting one when we get back home. Perhaps it would make a great Christmas present from the children, hint, hint.
Robin called and we agreed to meet him for a shopping trip to Kaitaia. We are still planning to go to
