I remember reading, in Tracy Kidder’s book, House, about when the house stops being under the control of the builder, and starts becoming the homeowners’. I think it was much closer to the end in the house being built in the book, almost at the turning-over-of-the-keys to the owners. I’m not sure we’ve reached that point yet, but I think the fact that we’re on site almost as much as the builders are, plus I am meeting with the trades myself and paying the bills, plus we’re doing a fair bit of the labour ourselves, that makes the transition imminent.
Maybe it’s my attempts to control some of the behaviour of the tradespeople in our home. After another massive cleanup, I realized that some materials were being discarded when they could be recycled.
So I made up this sign, along with recycling bins. I’m sure the eyes were rolling yet again at what Gail was getting up to. But, it seems to have some effect on the people coming to our home.
(Sometimes I think the guys drop their nails/staples/screws on purpose, just to give me something to do!)
