Painting and Decorating Jobs

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Painting and Decorating Jobs I had some bad news
just recently, you see it's my neighbour "Jean"
her husband died recently, he was a young man
really (43). He had a heart attack and was gone
and Jean was on here own. Well I looked in from
time to time and had a cup of tea with her and a
chat (she was glad of the company), Jean didn't
know what to do, she had little income and the
house was too big for her, so I suggest that she
should down size and have a bit of money in the
bank and a smaller property with less out
goings. Well she agreed and we set about a plan
to get the house valued and ask the estate agent
the best way forward, he said the house needed a
complete refurbishment with a new swish kitchen
and bathroom. He worked out that doing all the
work would add about 45000 onto the value of the
house, that's great that would mean that after
the sale Jean could buy a nice little flat and
have a bit of cash in the bank to see her through
until she can get a job and get on with her
life. Well we needed to find some local painters
to do the painting and decorating jobs and
someone to put the new kitchen and the new
bathroom in. We decided to have a look in the
local do-it-yourself supermarket just to get an
Idea on prices and what's the latest designs on
offer. Well Jean enjoyed that, ladies like to
shop in case you didn't know, it was our lucky
day , the store was having a sale to clear out
the old kitchens and have some new ones to put on
show. Well we asked the manager if we could
have them measure up "Jeans" kitchen and see if
the display kitchen would fit, and they measured
up and the kitchen would fit with no problem,
well we worked out a good price with them and
gave the go ahead to fit it as soon as possible.
We also asked the manager if they could help us
find some local painters for the painting and
decorating jobs in the house, and yes they could
and he said they are first rate and he has known
them for a number of years. We only have to find
a new bathroom suite and then we are good to go,
I was looking on "Ebay" for bathrooms and found
a really nice second hand one, I showed Jean and
she really liked it so I bought it there and
then. I said to Jean that I could fit her new
bathroom and take the old one down the local
dump, she was really pleased and that was another
job sorted out. The kitchen fitters were
starting next week and I have put the new
bathroom suite in, I just need to sort out the
painting and decorating jobs, I phoned the local
painters and we agreed what needed doing and the
price and they will be starting the painting and
decorating jobs in a few days time. At last the
kitchens in and looks great, the fitters did a
good job and they also did some tiling jobs just
to fit in with the new kitchen and bathroom, the
local painters have started and they are fast
workers and it won't be long before the whole
house is done and Jean can move on to the new
flat she is looking
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for. And so it's a big thank you to the local
painters and the kitchen fitters for a job well
done.