EDIT: Latest development: There is now an agreement that the current work will be finalised, and the net removed, by the end of next week.

I will make sure I am not in Lindenstraße, or even in Berlin, a lot during the next ten days.

During the week 10 to 15 August I will then be able to clean everything and take possession of my balcony again. They did offer to do the cleaning, but I prefer to do that myself. I really am not in the mood to have strangers invading my home these days and I do not want to talk to anybody.

I sincerely hope that these are the last words I will ever write about this matter.

EARLIER: Now they are turning up on my doorstep – unannounced – asking to be let in. Why? So they can tell more lies, this time undocumented? If they want to see the balcony, they are almost standing on it.

The must have eaten nails, as we say in Danish.