Getting closer

This week's achievements:
Monday:
Queen's birthday holiday, nothing happens
Tuesday:
Plasterers come and do a nice job of boxing in the skylights.
Wednesday:
Painter delivers paint, and puts the first coat of polyurethane on the window ledges.
We hike out to Tullamarine and collect our tiles - they are the right size and type, but look a very different colour. We think this is mostly because the ones on the floor have darkened with age, and that over time they new ones will blend in. We may have to look for a way of hastening the ageing process with some oil or chemical - will consult the tiler.
Peter modifies the shelves my Dad built 30 years ago so that they fit into the new recess in the kitchen.
Thursday:
All quiet on site. We receive kitchen specs to sign off, but they have a few minor errors.
Friday:
Builders on site: Another architrave is put in place. We have consultation with the builders about outstanding items - discover that some can't be done until after the kitchen is fitted (eg fitting the range hood). Also the rendering of the outside wall won't be done until the wall between us and our neighbour is re-instated, as that is to be rendered as well, so it will be the very last thing to happen.
We get a call from the furniture people to say our furniture repairs won't be finished until second week in July. But with a bit of luck we'll get our restored and recovered sofa back before they brick up the wall, which will make it much easier to bring it back into the living room.
We sort out the minor issues with the kitchen specs and sign them off.
Next week we hope that painting will commence in earnest, the plumber will connect the stormwater, and the roofer will finish a bit of outstanding flashing, and the tiler will come to tile the gap in the floor. Once the painting and tiling are finished, we will be able to do a final clean up and start moving back in. We are hopeful that this can happen in a fortnight's time.