So. The new floor's been laid and the lino put down. There has been much plastering and cementing and skimming and painting, and the kitchen no longer looks like a rubble-strewn mess but like a room waiting for its fixtures and fittings.
And speaking of which, all the units are now here, still boxed up and stacked up and leaning against the walls. The worktops and the hob arrive tomorrow, so the boys are going to be busy.
We might be a day or so over schedule, if only because the boys took a day out to sort out the plumbing and the downpipe, which they hadn't bargained on having to do, and also because there is some question over when the sink, the oven and the dishwasher will be delivered. But things are continuing apace, the boys are working hard and working well, and we remain confident.