I’ve just finished painting lintels and windowsills and cleaned up a little more of the mess left over from pointing the front of the house. The past week’s left me tired and achey, but not in a bad way. I think I’ve saved around £1,700 by doing the work myself and the exercise was probably good for me. Working so far above ground was pretty horrific, but It didn’t result in death or injury.

I’m not sure I’d want to go through the experience again though.