Having the last of the repairs done on the house from flood damage a year ago. 

Last year the work ground to a halt because the builder couldn't lift the tiles in the kitchen. 

New builders arrived and rather than starting in the empty front room/office, they came with three blokes and power tools and proceeded to absolutely attack the floor (which is obviously the brief they were given, as the tiles are coming up so the whole floor can be replaced in the kitchen, dining and front room/office). 

We hadn't emptied the kitchen cupboards or pantry, as we thought they'd start elsewhere and we'd have the weekend to empty cupboards. We also weren't expecting the mess/dust/destruction. 

We spent all night on Wednesday night emptying and packing and moving as much stuff as we could after half a day of the work being done. The mess was unbelievable. 

Fast forward to last night and they've packed up and left, stating they're finished. 

There's rubble everywhere - these were thick ceramic tiles - the rubble in some cases is like broken glass. 

Thankfully our dog is living with my inlaws for the duration, so he won't get cut feet, but we're having to put on shoes to move from one part of the house to another. 

The dust. Oh my god, the dust! It's a fine, sandy, gritty grey dust. It is everywhere - the rooms that were worked on, the rooms that weren't, the garage, the bedrooms, the bathroom - it's everywhere. 

We tried wiping the benches down and the dust turned into a kind of cutting compound - it's so abrasive we're now afraid to clean up the house! 

That's on top of the damage the builders caused to skirtings, walls, oil stains on our lounge carpet! etc. 

The insurance company guy that I spoke to after being on hold for 2 hours was sympathetic, but ultimately it sounded like there wasn't going to be a lot he could to for us, other than look into getting a commercial cleaning company in - but only of an assessor comes out and has a look first...which is unlikely, based on all the backlog from the recent floods.