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I feel your pain @Fox. We're at an almost identical stage. Were supposed to be finishing around now, but I estimate (hope) end of September is more likely. Sharing one shower/toilet for family of 5 is sub-optimal. And when the kids come back from grandparents in a few days, we will probably be in one bedroom and/or tent in the garden.
On the other hand our builders are doing a cracking (if slow) job, and like you, it will be amazing once finished. We've already done this 3 times before so knew what we were getting into (though weren't living on site for most of the last one which is better). Hopefully at the lowest point now and with windows going in, plastering, 2nd fixes will start to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
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Thanks. I'm glad it's not just me (although sorry to hear you're also in it for the long haul!). I feel a bit better about it now, probably because I've accepted we will be living like this for a lot longer than planned. Roof is finished now and rebuilding the bath starts tomorrow, so that's something!
Fox
Thanks, and thanks @Hefty and @Timmy2wheels for the positive comments too.
If it makes you feel better, it is currently a massively stressful situation. Frustrated by the speed of our contractor, and not always happy with the work done so far either, we got someone else in today to quote for finishing it. He's said it would be another 2.5-3 months work (reminder, we're already 4 months in!), implied it would be costly, and had some other stipulations which I'm not sure about.
I still have faith that we'll get there in the end and it will be amazing, but if I'd known how long it would take and how much it's likely to cost us I'm not sure I would have embarked on something so ambitious. On the plus side, whatever happens, if we can focus on making it better to live in (i.e. installing a working toilet, then eventually shower etc.) our living experience should get much better, even if it won't be finished.