What a weekend!

Hi everyone,

Just an update from me. Gran is still in hospital they won't start the chemo until she is feeling better and is stronger.

My auntie went to collect a few of Grans things to take to the hospital on Saturday and then saw it.
The tank in the airing cupboard had split, leaking water into both of the bedrooms, through the floor/ceiling into the lounge and the dividing wall downstairs!.

I spent most of Saturday afternoon trying to lodge the claim and get things moving.
** Red Tape Alert ** Can you believe that even when I explained to the insurance company that Gran was in hospital with terminal cancer and we didn't want to tell her of the true extent of the damage as we were worried this could make her worse. The insurance company would not speak to me. I gave them her name, address, DOB, policy number etc etc but no. We had to get my auntie who had gone to visit to phone the insurance company on her mobile in hospital (which you are not allowed to do!) and get gran from her hospital bed to say I am allowed to deal with it.
You would have thought in these circumstances they would have showed some leniency!.
Ok Rant over.

Anyway we managed to get the company dealing with the contents out yesterday and he has said with his experience that it will probably take approx 4 months to sort. As they will probably have to pull up the floor upstairs, pull down the ceiling downstairs, strip the internal wall, dry out, re plaster, and then redecorate and re carpet the whole house!

So I have managed to get a day off today to try and sort it with the insurance company to find alternative accommodation. Even though Gran is ill she is still fiercely independent so would not live with anyone! Poor Gran!

So that is the long story as to why I haven't posted on here!

Hope everyone else is OK and hopefully when this week settles down I'll be able to get back to Greening/Simplifying/Frugality!