It is access to the internet that will keep you sane in the midst of all the upheaval Soozy! Sounds exciting, and pretty large-scale what you're having done to the house. You'll have points where you wish you hadn't started but it will all be worth it in the end

I thought it was quiet around here! 

We're having a new kitchen fitted and the dining room knocked through and incorporated. The kitchen was pretty large anyway with a dining table but the dining room never got used. Over the years it has been a play room/dining room/bed sit for long term guests etc but it somehow wasn't a friendly room. I now have a lovely large open space with triple aspect windows and I'm really hoping it'll all be lovely!

As for internet keeping me sane - I sometimes wonder .

Hahaha! Well...its a good diversion anyway!  

Ohhh it sounds nice, i had a new kitchen, bathroom and insulation done last year and it was a nightmare for a while but was worth it in the end, good luck with getting rid of all the dust it seems to linger for weeks after

Glad you werent offline for too long Soozy, i think i'd  go potty without t'internet

Before I switched to Virgin cable, my broadband connection was dreadful due to a faulty telephone cable outside the house which Orange refused to accept there was a problem and BT said it was Orange's responsibility to contact them for an engineer to be sent out. It got so bad that there could be days without any connection and I need it for my work.

have to say virgin broadbnad is excellent, and good value if you live in a cabled area.their call centre is staffed by nice ladies who have no clue what you are talking about and  do nothing to help  you , but  they do that very politely.

i got the hump with them a while back and moved to BT.

I acted in haste and am repenting at leisure.

I did that Jackson! Switched to BT as it was cheaper and i wasn't getting the help i needed from Virgin.... ended up tied into an 18month contract and hating it! BT connection was really bad and i could never use the phone as no one could hear me!...... back with Virgin now and will not be switching again unless they start charging the earth

I had a lovely, young Virgin man round, t'other day, just to check my box. 

Did you check out his bandwidth?

Did you get him to ping?