When we bought the house we were given two keys, both for the same door, and a set of keys to the garage padlocks. Amazing. This whole house could be secured with just one key. Secured?
A bag of keys appeared. A whole bag. One key, by luck the first I tried, worked for the only other external door for the main house. So why all the others? We think they’re all for internal doors. Why would you want to be able to lock all of your rooms?
The swimming pool door could easily be opened from the outside, even when locked, so not surprisingly its key was hanging by the door.
The utility room door barely latches; we would often pull it closed behind us then find it was open a few hours later – usually after noticing the fresher quality of the chill pervading the house.
Ian has been heroic. He’s secured the swimming pool doors with real bolts and a lock that works. It was cold and laborious but he got it done.
He’s been less fortunate, but no less heroic, with the utility room door. We can now lock ourselves in, but we can’t unlock the door from the outside. Half way there.
When you realise how long the little jobs take, the big ones suddenly look really daunting.
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