Shiny extension

It was rubbish weather, and Neil and I were at my place. And he is a very tidy man. His house is impeccable! And so is his garden. Needless to say, mine isn't. I try to keep the core of the house presentable, but this is nowhere near his standards. The parts of the house that I don't consider very relevant don't get much attention at all. And one of those parts of the house is the little kitchen extension. It's where the washing machine is, and I keep things there such as a recycling bin, some buckets, and a mop. And I had some items there associated with painting, bike maintenance, and window cleaning. It's not a space you would ever be in in a leisurely way. If you're there, you're there because you are either entering or leaving the house (it's the entrance I use when I am on bicycle), or because you are faffing with laundry, recycling, or cleaning. It doesn't have to be a pleasant space to be in. So I didn’t give it much attention. It was one big cobweb feast. The white UPVC had turned grey, and there were a big hammocks of cobweb hanging from the ceiling. This bothered Neil.

Neil had already pointed out earlier that he would really like to tackle that space. That's fine with me! And now that we had an hour or so to fill before our next activity, and we weren’t particularly keen to be outside, we decided that this was the time. Neil went through the place like a hurricane. I was a bit of an auxiliary. The space isn't very big so you quickly get in each other's way!

As the previous time he took on some neglected chore, he was such a hurricane I didn't even take a "before" picture. So you'll have to manage with an "after" picture. Believe me when I say it is really a difference! It's not fully done; we haven't cleaned the windows, and there is a plant growing next to the washing machine that I should remove, and the space would look a lot better still if we would repaint the low walls and the floor. There also is a tap, and a drain. (It is the drain that burps in heavy rainfall). The stupid thing is that the tap is not above the drain. One of those clunky idiosyncrasies of my house! And Neil said he could easily move that. So that might happen in the future. So this little space might get a lot tidier still. But it is already getting the Neil treatment. Unrecognisable in its tidiness! Maybe one day I'll turn into a respectable citizen…

Clean!