Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year

So what has been going on at 62 MOntague Street - who knows for sure.  The week before Christmas was a little stressful sleeping on air beds and seeing very little progress.  The contractor assures us this is usual as they are at the finishing touches.

Jon is over the moon as the B&O TV has at least been installed in the den so we have been able to watch a couple of movies.

Friday last week was somewhat chaotic.  The movers arrived with all our stuff, which doesn't seem that much anymore - not least as they seem to have lost a couple of boxes in the process - it is a nuisance, but to be honest to be expected I suppose.  Overall the movers were fantastic and anyone in NYC reading this I would highly recommend them.  At the same time the stair guys were still trying to finish up the stairs.

A little bit of fun to the day was when Hippo was returned to us from the first floor - because all the front doors were open she took herself on a small perambulation down the internal stairs to the bottom of the building - thankfully the main front door was not open.

Chris also arrived in the midst of everything, so we then packed up our stuff and headed up to Vermont.  Lousy drive on the Friday before Christmas.  Arrived well to meet up with the rest of the Short family.

We asked for a white Christmas and we got it - hurrah - been having a lot of fun on the ski slopes.  Last night braved the elements - 18" of snow in less than 24 hours - to head to SOLO for Chris' birthday celebration.

So no photos of the flat but some of the snow:

Yeah we have our bed back and guess who is on it!!!

Saturday…..

Been an interesting day keeping out of the way of the contractors…. I know everyone says that when the finishing touches are being done you can't really see progress, well they are right.

Anyway had a lovely long walk with Hippo.  Heading off tonight to our GNO (Girls Night Out) Xmas Dinner - spouses invited…

Silence....

For those of you who do follow our blog, sorry for the radio silence.  After being looked after by Conor, Jess and Duke we moved into the apartment on Sunday night - with two air beds (thanks Emma and Leighton) and a couple of suitcases.

First 2 nights were interesting as we could not get up and down the stairs and there was no toilet on the 8th floor.  So we were using the old toilet on the 7th floor, which after 9 months of contractor use was not too pleasant - but Brian bless his heart gave it a good old scrub.  So it was out of 8th floor, down the building stairs into the 7th floor.  Bathroom in 8th floor is now almost done - see picture below.

Today Hippo has a play date with her mate Duke so that they can finish off some stuff in our master bedroom - here's hoping they get it all done today.

So things are moving on.  Couple of not very good pictures.......

Hippo quite at home on the air bed - not a lot of space left for Jon & I

New bathroom

Our temporary home

The railing is going in as promised today

Think they are trying to convince us all is well

Contractor just sent us these pictures of the progress on the stairs…….

Apparently….

We are moving in on Sunday…. Thanks to Conor and Jess we have a roof over our heads this week.

Had a lovely weekend in Vermont which included some very good skiing (limited runs, but good skiing) and my legs are shouting at me now.

Anyway I brought the site visit forward a day to just keep things moving and here are some photos from todays site visit……

Looking from old living room into the new den, which was our master bedroom

Looking back from old master bedroom into our old and new living room

Looking down the hallway

Staircase coming together - treads are on, they need staining now

Kitchen has some appliances - no doors though!!!

Another view from kitchen back towards dining room (where the circular saw is) and the stairs and bookcase

Fireplace and cupboards in our master bedroom

Shelves in our master bedroom

Looking down on stairs from 8th floor

Another view from 8th floor down on stairs and millwork