Blog from Hong Kong

Just ending my first week in Hong Kong, starting to find my way around and getting used to how things work here.

Also keeping in touch with family back home and, of course, the builder to make sure work continues to progress smoothly on the conversion of the barn.  Misan is keeping a good eye on things and has emailed a few photos over.  She's also been in touch with the kitchen companies for quotes (amazing that we have to chase them!) and collecting our mail from the postbox at the barn.

And we got one annoying letter from the planners saying they wanted more drawings before they could validate our shed application, plus a 150 pound fee (can't find the pound sign on my HK keyboard).  I phoned them and followed up with an email attaching the drawing that had gone in with the on-line application but which they hadn't received for some reason, and explaining that they'd previously advised that there would be no fee.  Got a reply saying they'd considered it further and decided they need a full planning application and a 170 pound fee!  I despair.  Maybe we'll leave the shed idea until we've completed the barn works.