First Setback!

There are some things you never want to hear a builder (or mechanic, or doctor...) say. At the top of that list is, "Wow - I've never seen anything like this before!"

But that's exactly what we heard last week when Stan the builder informed us of some pretty awful water and borer damage along the base of the house.

He took great delight in poking at the damage with a crowbar, exclaiming over and over, "Look at that! That's just powder. It's dust. Never seen anything like it. Hey Johnny -- ya gotta take a look at this!!" We just stood there and cringed.

We knew there would be a few nasty surprises once they started opening up the walls, and we weren't disappointed. We immediately wanted to blame someone, and Iain was all fired up and ready to call the dude who did the house inspection, but it's the type of damage you just can't see until you start hacking away at the walls. The builders are now working raising up the house so they can get in there and fix it.