I'm all alone in our new house, MC has taken the children back to the rented place for the night while a stayed to clear up and get ready for the builder who start tomorrow. In the 10 hours we've been here we've removed nearly all of the carpet upstairs, the banisters, spindles and base board (skirting board). There is now 1000sqft of oak in the garage to replace it all. The pictures below show the changes... They were taken at hourly intervals, the first was taken 30 minutes after we walked in...
Since everyone but I left I've noticed two things - it's very dark here at night (there nothing but forest behind the house) and it's very, VERY, quiet!