I'm not sure how our house is still standing considering the number of holes there are in place for the sockets and plugs we anticipated needing! It looks like it's been machine gunned by a weapon loaded with plastic sockets!
I took the advice very much to heart about making sure you have enough plugs in your house - because 'you can always take them away but you can't always add them'!!! However, it seems we will be doing a lot of snipping and filling in the coming days. Hopefully the place won't fall down like a tower of cards when we pull out unnecessary wires!
On arriving at the house this morning, I was greeted by the electrician and his assistant. He proposed we go over the electricity plans rooms by room in either Polish or German. I guess not having spoken German for 20 years is better then not having spoken Polish for 33, so we went ahead in the latter. There was a lot of gesticulating and acting out, which really came into it's own when I tried to ask about the risk of being electrocuted by the socket in the shower...
Checking the height of your plugs is very important when building a house. Do you want your plugs just above the plinthes or half way up your wall (as is apparently the Swiss Way). Very practical - you can use it for ceiling hangings or for floor lamps... but not very aesthetic, especially if you have invested in a beautiful wall treament.
Finally if you do end up finding you were overzealous in the socket department (as I was), make sure to take picture of all the tubes and wires before filling in the holes - you never know when you may need a socket for that rotating discoball in the future!
