In exciting news, we’re making some updates to ThePalace(OfLove)!

+ solar! Our roof is not huge, so we can only have a few panels, but excited to cut the bill by even a little. We should break even in 5-6 years. We also get a smart meter which means we can track our usage at a quite granular level and Don can realise his dream of becoming an electricity monitoring tyrant.

+ new air conditioning units (to replace the remaining two very old original ones) – these will be much more efficient and hopefully will replace the need to use heaters entirely in winter.

+ random plumbing bits – repairing a leaking downpipe (mammoth effort as we are over 4 storeys and the leaks are more akin to waterfalls), roof maintenance, upgrading most taps to ceramic washers.

All this in March.

Then we schedule the next tranche of things!

We’ve decided that this is the year we tackle the those maintenance projects we’ve been thinking on. There aren’t any major renovations, just small-medium items that will improve Palace Lyf. Most likely some of the work will carry over to 2024 because there are quite a few tasks.