This hob is hopeless. The left-hand burner is slow but more or less works; the right-hand one can barely keep water boiling. I tried to make pancakes today and they just never got done on the right-hand burner. The batter turned solid after a while but didn’t get any colour so it was more like drying than frying the batter.

I am so looking forward to being able to use the big stove again.

And another thing. I’ve always known that the floor in the living room has a bit of give to it. The floorboards sag somewhat when someone walk on them. It’s never bothered me, in fact I used to barely notice it. But now that we store all sorts of kitchenware and glassware here, the whole room jangles loudly and irritatingly whenever I move around. It is becoming really annoying.