New builder... new month.... new outlook

After the latest quote from the first builder came in still more than $250,000 over our budget, we had very long faces and were looking like nothing would ever happen.
There was certainly no space to negotiate that amount of a reduction in the price with that particular builder.
But all is not lost!
We have a second builder on the case, and he is busy churning the numbers and gathering quotes from his subcontractors. He has around four weeks (from 22 May) to get the quote together, so we are back in a holding position waiting on an outcome.
This has, of course, come about at the same time as dealing with some health issues as well as some troubling scenes at The Android's workplace, which has made for a couple of very stressed people. But we remind ourselves that there are far many more people in much worse situations.

First World Problems

Many thanks to all those lovely folks who have sent in suggestions & offered support.

That, and the fact that Viktoria won her family Eurovision-Tipping Competition, has been an enormous help.

V&A