Moat: Denied. Fine, insulate the crap out of the house

For some reason the Council* decided to reject our request to build a moat around our house. We may have over-stepped in the request by building it over our neighbours and therefore knocking their houses down. It seemed like a logical thing to do at the time the plans were being drawn up. I blame tequila.**

The Masters, who had objected to the whole moat idea to begin with for some reason, suggested just putting insulation in all the walls. They alerted us to insulation that provides not just heating and cooling benefits, but also blocks sound. We grudgingly accepted, for now. We'll keep the moat plan for another opportunity. On on other hand, screw you sound!

Interestingly, now that the external walls are filled with insulation it makes the house feel closer, more like rooms in a house. When all the lights were off and we were on our way out we stopped for a moment in the hallway, and maybe it was just me but it felt cool and quiet. I can hope.

The Master's continue to do their best to straighten the rhomboidal walls. I think rhomboidal walls add character, apparently it makes it hard to plaster, etc. Fiiiine.

The Shadow and I used up a small tin of paint stripper to peel the decades of paintal abuse from the front window. I will refrain from laying down more curses upon the previous owners/builders, but the sentiment is there. Bastards! The top coat of white paint came off easily enough, the two under-layers of pink and green - they were total asshats.

The Shadow and I would also like to thank the sun for smiling down upon us while we worked. Wait, not thank, curse! We curse the sun - it was a spiteful jerk, shooting rays at us and trying to hurt us. Don't think the sun is your friend! Especially when you're called The Shadow. Thankfully our 50+ sunscreen blocked its vile, harmful rays - so we won. Hah! Take that sun!

Which reminds me:
*Add to checklist* Complete council permit to erect structure to block the sun.

Fat stacks of insulation:

Elevated flooring that the bath will sit on:

Front window after a tin of painstripper:

Insulation in the front bedrooms:

More insulation:

Dramatisation of The Shadow and I preparing our business case for 'The Device That Will Block The Sun Out Over An Enlarged Area Of The Surrounding Square Kilometers Of Which Our House Is In The Middle'

*This part of the story may or may not be a fictionalised retelling.
**I apologise to the tequila, it was an innocent and should not have been blamed.