Gutted? As in burned-down; as in all the insides pulled out; or just not quite picture-perfect?
As in no back wall, banjaxed verandah, kitchen floor made of planks (wobbly), iffy plumbing, one bathroom/shower for five increasingly cranky people, builders bursting out of hiding every five minutes, delivery men demanding that someone sign for several tons of roof tiles, a plumber who dropped a radiator on his finger and chopped the top off plus ensuing bloodstains, four bedrooms uninhabitable because they are stripped of wallpaper and floors, a garden chock-full of fifteen foot long and five feet wide panes of glass and so on. I just love living here.
Elaine
Irish Honey