Argus title : Life has no joy while innocent die
We have had builders in for the last 5 weeks, fitting a new kitchen.
When we bought our house it had a hole in the kitchen floor. We knew it was probably rotten, but never had the time to fix it. The kitchen wall was crumbling and over the years tiles fell off with monotonous regularity. Then, 5 years ago, a big chunk of the kitchen ceiling came down. Just a matter of age, said the insurance company. It was the old lathe and plaster ceiling, and nothing could have been done to avoid it.
Various builders confirmed they’d need to pull the whole ceiling down to fix it. And of course we knew the floor needed to be ripped up as well. We just didn’t have the time. We were both busy and had pressing family commitments. My father was ill, then after he died, work needed to be done to my mother’s house. Continue reading