Thursday 23 August 2012

Challenging times in the b&b!

After a year of problems in the bathroom of one of our main letting rooms, it all came to a head on Monday.
Water started dripping quite fast through our kitchen ceiling from the above bathroom and it was proving difficult to serve breakfast in the middle of a waterfall!!
The plumber was duly called and came to our rescue that morning.
After an hour of deliberation, it was decided that the bathroom had to be completely stripped in order to get to the bottom of the problem. No more messing about!
To cut a long tedious story short, this is what we have done to the place!!


And this is what it used to look like!:

So....we've got some work to do....
Insurance assessors have visited and as of today,  so has the loss adjuster.
New floorboards have been ordered, which will be at least 10 days. Now we have to find new furniture, due to water damage and replace tiles that got broken when removing the shower.
This isn't a small quick job and being the End of August, the timing is really bad for bookings. Had to turn away guests this week and move some elsewhere.
All i can say about the whole experience is .....Thank goodness for Insurance! If you are ever in doubt about needing it....then this should be justification for it.
Watch this space for the transformation...in the next 2 weeks