Finally, I can report a little bit of progress has been made on our house, although in hindsight not as much as I'd hoped. After weeks of ringing around, waiting for calls and researching other options, we finally found a roofer available to repair some of the leaks in our roof. One of these, at the front, needed urgent attention as water was dripping down from above Moth's bedroom window and also from the ceiling in the porch directly below, and at quite a frequency. Besides this area of the roof, the roofing team also replaced the flashing on the flat roof above our kitchen, which has leaked for as long as we've lived here.
Because the company was local to us they were able to deal with the work quickly, despite being inundated with work like all of the other roofers we'd contacted. It was finished within a few days, and it was just a matter of waiting for the rain to be sure that the work was definitely complete. And, happily, we have been able to remove the buckets from our kitchen floor. But regretfully, we found that a few days later, the more major leak at the front was still very much a problem. We are just waiting on the roofing team to return and sort it, although they have already agreed to return and give us an estimate for re-tiling the back roof.
Hopefully soon, the roof will be fully repaired, and we will also make progress with the work that needs to be done inside our house, but it's a relief to know that one of the biggest jobs is underway at long last!
