First Blog

So, this is it. My blog. This is going to be all about me and my ongoing adventures, in Wellington. Read early, comment often!

Nicola moved into our new flat on Saturday, and early on Sunday morning heard a strange noise coming from the kitchen. What she found was that a pipe had broken under the sink in the kitchen. She immediately called the emergency number supplied by the estate agents, and within a couple of hours a plumber had arrived, temporarily fixed the problem, and arranged to come back with a permanent solution.

I arrived on Monday afternoon, to find the flat damp and cold, but otherwise OK. We went out to get some basics from the supermarket, had dinner, had an early night.

The next day the plumber arrived in the morning and replaced all the pipework under the sink. So that’s the problem sorted, now we have to deal with the aftermath. In the afternoon, two chaps arrived from a specialist flood repair company. They took up the carpet, removed most of the sodden underlay, and left five industrial drying machines in the flat to dry out the floorboards. This process could take a week, apparently. One of them will return this afternoon to scrape the remains of the underlay off the floorboards. The loss adjuster will be here some time today to assess the cost for insurance – fortunately not ours to worry about! Meanwhile, we’re trying to find out from the estate agents whether we can move out of here on the basis that it’s not fit for habitation at the moment.

In amongst all this, I’m also trying to get to grips with the layout of the city. Fortunately we’re quite near the city centre, so it’s not too complicated – most things seem to be within walking distance. Today, I’m going into town to have an interview with a recruitment agency, so hopefully I’ll know something more positive about working here soon.