Tommy was a little restless last night. His body seems to be twitching a lot. I expect it is the nerves and muscles way of dealing with all the subconcious pain and discomfort but I will be asking the doctor when I see him.
The builder came back with the quote for the repairs to the building and it totals to R208 750.
We are seeing what portion our insurance might pay and then we will need to fundraise for the rest.
The repairs require that the entire wing is gutted down to the floors. The ceiling will be replaced and new insulation put in. The geyser will be moved to an external wall and this will free up a little more space. The big room at the end will be divided through the middle to make a corridor right to the end with a fire escape door - it has long been a worry that the current fire escape plan is terrible ineffective in the event that everyone need to evacuate from upstairs.
This will mean we will have 5 rooms in place of 4. The rooms will no longer have built in cupboards and we will have to purchase a free standing one for each room.
The builders start on the volunteer cottage repairs on Monday and will be available as soon as we give them the go ahead to start upstairs too.
Please put the word out to your groups, I know TLC has plundered everyone since last year but if there is even a little help available it will reduce the stress by that much.
Here are a few pics:
Please keep Mom in your prayers too, she is having a tough time and this kind of stress she really does not need.
We love you all
Pippa
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