Having watched the shell of the new office grow over the last few months it has been quite momentous to chose the colours and watch the painters move in.

It has been an interesting experience discussing the building design with the developers but it has always seemed to be a little "arms length". John Chisnall and his team are the experts so be have taken their advice - but that has now all started to change with the interior fit and painting. Now we get our sleeves rolled up and have a say.

In choosing the colours that was not such an easy task. Read the blog about democracy in interior design! Then we got to brief the painters first hand and this week saw them start on the interior. They've got plenty of company with the air conditioning fitters, suspended ceiling and cabling getting underway.

It's looking like an end of June completion so planning the move is now the task at hand. Will we get the telephone, broadband, electric etc all moved over at the same time without a hitch? Hmmm, didn't last time but who knows. Four week lead time to shift the phone lines so that will get moving next week.

The biggest question is when to order the new furniture. Last time that was one of Adam's first jobs ("last in first into the frying pan" is our philosophy). Still maybe the supplier has learnt from their past mistakes? Potts has been researching big screens with the care normally reserved for building client's websites.

Giving ourselves time to settle in means we are looking at a House Warming in July or early August.

Quite exciting really.