My house
is full of flatpack kitchen units. Along with the sink, taps, waste-disposal and other related paraphenalia. In the kitchen, there's a dishwasher that needs plumbing in. That can't be done until the kitchen's fitted. The kitchen can't be fitted until the washing machine along with the dryer is installed in the shed which I boarded out this summer to convert it into a utility room.

In the hallway, there's a brand-new cooker hood to be fitted, along with two very large splashback panels.

The utility room needs an electric supply and the plumbing yet though. That can't go in until I've blocked off the porch bit between the house and the shed.

On the middle landing (or am I allowed to say mezzanine if I'm from Hull?) are the kitchen worktops, some timber, skirting boards and door frames and architrave.

At my parents house, in the spare bedroom are about 22 boxes of wooden flooring.

I'm not a DIY person. At all. All this stuff was delivered last June.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Tue 18 Nov 2008, 15:01, 6 replies)

sigh
I thought that said flapjack kitchen units.
(Halfy By light alone, Tue 18 Nov 2008, 15:23, closed)

Last June?
As in June 2007? I think you might just beat me - my garage has had a built-in oven, dishwasher and hob, all boxed up, sitting there since last year. At some point this year I moved them all around so I could fit in the three lengths of new worktop.
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Tue 18 Nov 2008, 15:38, closed)

yup
June 2007
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Tue 18 Nov 2008, 15:40, closed)

i am in a
similar situation. Anger and/or despondancy may settle over you sometime soon, if it already hasn't.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Tue 18 Nov 2008, 16:16, closed)

I had the outhouse fitted out with washer/dryer a few years ago, it's fab.
When we were having the bathroom done, I was having strip-washes in the outhouse and putting on clean pants fresh from the dryer. Heaven.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Tue 18 Nov 2008, 17:16, closed)

If you're not a DIY person...
.. you should just realise that you'll never find the motivation to do the work, and go ahead and employ a tradesperson to do it for you.

Sooner rather than later - then you can spend more time enjoying your home improvements and less time treading your way around clutter.
(EuroSong I love horse meat: best of all the animals, Tue 18 Nov 2008, 23:41, closed)