{"id":19544,"date":"2013-11-23T16:52:38","date_gmt":"2013-11-23T08:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=19544"},"modified":"2017-02-25T12:29:52","modified_gmt":"2017-02-25T04:29:52","slug":"work-in-progress-part-39","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2013\/11\/23\/work-in-progress-part-39\/","title":{"rendered":"Work-in-Progress \u2013 Part 39"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been another 3 weeks, and The Minton has still yet to reach temporary occupancy status. No one seems quite certain what’s the cause for the hold-up, but at this point and how long we’d been told key distribution will take, it looks increasingly likely we won’t be starting our renovation for the new home this year at all now, and it’s even a stretch if we’d be able to move in around Chinese New Year next year. It’s a bit of a dampener, since after all the effort we took to get renovation quotations back in September, we’ll have to get updated quotations now by the probable time we get the keys.<\/p>\n

Oh well. I swung by for another visit in mostly cloudy weather again. As expected, there wasn’t any real development going on nor changes observed, apart from placement of new exterior furnishings, and what looks like minor touch-up and rectification works still going on.<\/p>\n

\"Life
Life buoys have been placed at all three pools.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Newly
Newly placed chairs for lounging around at the Library Patio.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Very
Very quaint looking tables and chairs at the Croquet Lawn. Perfect for tea-time.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Movable
Movable wood stumps and boulders have been placed at the Checkboard Area – making it finally clear how the game will be played by kids.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Seating
Seating space for 10 at the Dining Cabana.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"This
This was odd – a worker cleaning up debris near the Main Pool. It looked like the tiles had been removed, and now need replacements.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The
The heated pool still looking ever as inviting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As before, do check the Flickr Album <\/a>for the large-sized pictures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s been another 3 weeks, and The Minton has still yet to reach temporary occupancy status. No one seems quite certain what’s the cause for the hold-up, but at this point and how long we’d been told key distribution will<\/p>\n

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