Yay, New Carpet!!

BOO, Moving stuff off every carpeted surface and then having to move it back!!

When we moved in, it was with the understanding that the carpet would be replaced. We very carefully kept everything off of the carpet in anticipation of the glorious day when our carpet would arrive and be installed... that day came and went with no carpet. So we moved in. We set up the living room (about 2 hours of work), we set up the entertainment system and wired the surround sound (about 2.5 hours of work), we set up the bedroom (about 1.5 hours of work), we set up the guest room (about 1 hour of work), we moved our stuff into the closets (about 1.5 hours of work). We were told that it would be mid-July before the carpet would finally be in stock and we could expect the installers to come. They assured us that the installers would move our stuff and appologized for the inconvenience.

You might notice from the post date that today is June 29th. It's not the middle of July. This isn't the only myth that has been dispelled.

While the installers did move some of our stuff, it was up to us to move anything that was electronic or otherwise dear to us and fragile. So... we took down the entertainment system (1 hour of work), we moved the electronics out of the guest room (.5 hours of work), we moved the stuff out of the closets (about .75 hour of work). Next I repaired the door chime (.5 hours of work), and now I'm sitting outside in my office chair waiting for three hours for the carpet to be in so I can... you guessed it ... set up the entertainment system (anticipated 2.5 hours of work), put the stuff back in the closets (anticipated 1.5 hours of work), put the electronics back in the guest room (anticipated 1 hour of work), and assess the damages to the linoleum in the kitchen from the installers sliding heavy furniture across it (so I can let the landlord know that we didn't do it).

Somehow it just doesn't seem worth it for the six months we're planning to be here.

Perhaps our next house will just have astroturf ;o)