Haha jokes on you ... it's a construction zone and I have nothing worth stealing. Finally getting it plastered in January.

A few examples before I leave today for Xmas:

1. Joined two rooms, got the beams in and intumescently painted to pass building control (inspection), got the walls damp proofed and the cavities empties. Removed original floorboards and cleaned out about 200 bricks and one ton (1000 kg = 2200 lbs) of soil out of the "crawlspace" so that the airbricks can provide airflow. In Jan getting the floorboards in, walls skimmed, insulation over the wood, two-zone electric underfloor heating in and Swedish engineered wood installed over it. Having a carpenter install a new rear door frame and door.

2. Just had the flue cleaned and repaired for a small Edwardian fireplace ... will have the brick walls skimmed, still undecided about the floor. Will have a functional fireplace in this room.

Anyways, good luck stealing anything of value from my place

Also, getting some of this source for the countertop on top of ply and IKEA boxes.