Mews News - Reno update Part 2

Not that most of you keep tabs but I have been a little stressed lately.  My builder who I mentioned was a "character" in Part 1 of my house renos had an accident.
He fell about two stories.

Luckily, nothing serious happened. 
He is a lucky chap. 
But he could have died or 
at least broken something from the fall.

Look where he fell from.

Do you see that chipped bit of the mini ledge on the landing?
He hit his shoulder and his head on that 
which broke his fall before the floor did.

True to his style, 
he was in a bit of shock but instead of going to A & E, 
he went to the pub and medicated with 4 pints and recounting the incident to everyone which is a form of Irish therapy I suppose.

But the scale of the fall doesn't really translate.
This is what my staircase used to look like before the renos.

Never really liked the space to be frank.

It is out of proportion to the rest of the house in my opinion 

but Mr CSW loves the spaciousness of it.

 I also dislike the woodwork on the banisters but 

I suffered from not finishing up decorating work within 6 months after we finished our last renovations 5 years ago.

But staircases back then were built to be comfortable rather than squeezing every foot to be "usable" space.

We no longer have this skylight as we have built another floor on top of this.

This is the framework for the new floor.

The room below is the bathroom for the new floor with a storage cupboard just behind it which is to be accessed from the staircase.

The new terrace is below right but 
we have tarpaulin over it to keep the area water tight.

Mr CSW with some of the builders.

The terrace with the drain.

Mr CSW has been a very competent project manager
 and has been on site every single day.

Measure twice and cut once!

But don't get the wrong idea, 
he has never even put up a shelf.

I was doing quite well with morale and
adjusting to a new neighborhood but 
I hit the renovating wall around the time of my last post.
I just got completely overwhelmed with the project, the new home and area, living out of suitcases, not being able to find anything, eating too many takeaways because I don't feel like cooking and my builder's injury.

I haven't been social to the point where I had to pull out of some social events due to sheer exhaustion.

But I also have "choice" fatigue. 
Everything is in flux.
One minute we plan on doing the basement excavation and then we decide to delay and see how things go in a few years.

My neighbor's basement excavation which was rather disruptive...

But that makes an impact on the type of kitchen we have as we would have to get a whole new one if we plan on doing another project in a few years. 

So anyway that is why I have been quiet of late.
I am regrouping now and getting over this pity party and get back to normal very soon!

Hope all is well with you and 
look forward to being back to normal next week!  
Have a great weekend.