At last, some good news about the house. The plumbers finished installing my new bathroom yesterday and I can actually use it. It means I can move my bedroom from the old part of the house into the renovated wing, and have a spare room with bathroom for any friends who come. The new bathroom still needs wall tiling and panelling, but I can do that over the summer. And the kitchen installer came today and will start work on the kitchen units next week. I may even have a real house by the end of April!