DH doing DIY in the middle of the night

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DH and I are currently renovating our house in West Sussex along with DD7 and DS5.

Our house is not in great shape since we bought it from a couple of boomers who had no dosh and hadn't worked in any meaningful way since the late 90s (Thames Water shares apparently+employment at a random merchant bank) so there is a lot of renovation to complete.

Anyway, on Saturday I found DH in his skimpies and a pair of goggles in the pool at 3am trying to unblock a drain.

The previous weekend I found DH on the floor at 1.30am, after we had watched Slow Horses, like a worm with a tube of silicone sealant (wrong colour) around the loo in the third bathroom.

And the weekend before that he was in the garage dressed in a make-shift beekeeping jacket (bin liner) trying to take down a wasps nest.

When my DMIL+DFIL came a month ago for supper with their DGC, DH decided it was an opportune moment to hang William Morris wallpaper in the orangery.

AIBU to say No! DH cannot continue his ridiculous DIY capers?

Effing great yuge ones do, but only the naffest of the naff would inflict ‘Strawberry Thief’ on one.

Are you writing a book?

And whose sprogs are they anyway, carted across the country at the dead of night (ok afternoon) for supper with the Veneerings?
There are DGCs already in residence here at The Paddocks. 🤔

The first sentence makes it sound like the kids are actively involved in the renovations

maybe little Satsuma is a dab hand at plastering and darling Persimmon has a plumbing qualification

Great post 💚

I’m disappointed there isn’t a ‘you are a bore’ voting button

I’d say ‘pomelo and persimmon’ are the talented renovator children’s names

Hopefully not as it won’t be very good

What a Braggy and boring post !

It's like a yellowery but different (its a posh name for a heated conservatory/greenhouse...supposedly the "manor house" has one to grow exotic fruit in)

Can you send your DH here to me? Mine won’t employ anyone to do anything because he’s better at all of it apparently. So far have half done kitchen, bathroom, bedroom. You get the gist 🙄

Half job Bob 😁