This is the entrance and this is the living-room.

Can we change this wall between the living-room and the kitchen into an arch?

Yes. It isn’t a load-bearing partition wall. What type of arch would you like?

There’s a picture here in this magazine of a round arch.

Yes, we can do that. So, an arch 2.15 m by 1 m.

Where do the units go in the kitchen?

Along this wall. The power points, water and drains are here.

Can you move them to the other wall?

That isn’t very easy.

It means moving the drains and there’s no chimney flue on that wall.

So, you would need to buy a cooker filter hood.

Never mind, then.

Here in the sleeping area, is it possible to make the master bathroom bigger? I’d like to have a combination of steam shower and hydromassage bath tub.

Do you have a supplier for the bathroom fittings or shall we order them for you?

No, we have a supplier, thank you.

We can alter the bathroom, but the corridor will be smaller and there will be no space for the built-in cupboard.

That’s fine.

We have bought the furniture for the bedroom, so we want to fix the position of the power points.

So we must decide how many power points and telephone jacks you want, and where you want the lights and aerial.

Well, we’ve swapped the position of the bed and the wardrobe, so we will need two switches and two sockets on the wall that was originally intended for the wardrobe.

What about the telephone?

We want the phone jack on the right-hand side of the bed and the TV aerial socket on the opposite wall.

No problem. We also need to put an extra socket next to the aerial for the TV.

Yes, and we’d like to put a standard lamp in the corner, so we need a socket for that too.

These sockets are extra and are not included in the specifications, so there will be an additional cost.

Fortunately, the grooves haven’t been cut yet, but each new junction box costs €200.

That’s very expensive.

Yes, but remember extras cost more because the work has to be rescheduled.

Well, at this point we don’t have any choice. We’ve already paid for the furniture.

So here are the tile samples for the master bathroom.

We’d like plain grey and white ceramic tiles, laid diagonally.

OK and we can make a band of four grey tiles along the bottom of the bathroom walls to make a separation between the walls and the floor, if you like.

Yes, that’s a nice idea.

But we don’t want tiles in the living-room, we prefer wood flooring.

That is of course possible, but it would be a significant extra cost, because it isn’t included in the specifications.

Yes, I realise that.

I’ve got some samples of wood flooring here if you would like to have a look, or have you already chosen something?

Yes, we’d like cherry wood flooring.

Oh, very nice. That’s a good choice.

OK, I’ll get in touch with our flooring supplier and then send you an estimate of the cost. You will have to pay for the flooring before laying can begin.

OK, I think that’s everything for the moment.

Well, in case we don’t meet again before Christmas, I’d like to wish you both a Merry Christmas.

Yes, and a Happy New Year!

Thank you and the same to you.

Goodbye.