After returning the truck very early the next morning and picking up his car, Neil returned to the house. He spent an hour unpacking and putting away his clothes. Then he moved various boxes into the rooms where the contents belonged. He wanted to unpack them, but with the renovations he had in mind, starting with the floors and working up, he decided it would be counterproductive. All I’d be doing is moving everything again as I went along.
He placed a call to a firm his Realtor had recommended, asking them if they could deliver what he’d need to refinish the floors. They said they could, whenever he wanted them to. He decided he needed at least three days to scrape the peeling wallpaper off the living room walls so they set it up for delivery then. He gave them his credit card number to
