Got the builders in

Put them where they are working. When I had builders in last year semi demolishing and rebuilding my conservatory I put the kettle, tea, coffee milk and bickies in the conservatory and left them to make their own. You could set up a brew station in the hall near the bathroom and they can make their own and no need for you to be interrupting them. If it's not finished after a month what the hell are they doing. A bathroom remodel shouldn't take longer than a fortnight.

Hmmm... my bathroom was gutted and refurbished in four days.
Perhaps the bathroom work is the tail end of other works being done ??

Perhaps they're spinning it out because of all the homemade biscuits!

Don't provide them with biscuits, Watermeadow! I keep workmen supplied with drinks but not food. Have you been quoted a fixed price for the work? If not, don't give them any reason to waste time. Our bathroom took four days too, including tiling. A month sounds far too long.

Promise yourself you'll go on a diet as soon as the work has finished.

Lots of jobs, the bathroom is just the latest and biggest. i’ve had the roof fixed, complete rewiring, outside painting, lots of carpentry, kitchen units, ground cleared then new shed, new turf, new meters boxed in.
The new bathroom is being build by dividing a bedroom so needs walls, window and everything in it.
A month isn’t unreasonable. I may be making mince pies for workmen before everything’s done!

STOP baking them goodies!! You're paying them. If you feel you absolutely have to provide comestibles for them just buy cheap biscuits. Or tell them where the nearest Greggs is!!

Don't bake biscuits that you like - buy them the kind you don't like if you must provide biccies!
I would buy them custard creams (horrible )

The plumbers ate all my mince pies last Christmas, DH shared them out. Luckily they were bought ones.

Get a couple of cheap packets from Aldi or Lidl , put in tin, put on tray with mugs. No reason why you should eat them.

I was given some Aldi brand shortbread biscuits, they tasted revolting, I an not sure I would want to foist them on the builders, just because I found them inedible. Even the birds wouldn't eat them!

I never buy biscuits but can't resist the pastries my son brings. He lives next door to a super bakery.

Just plan for a diet when they're gone! And if you want to know how to lose weight fast, watch "The truth about carbs" (available on the BBC iPlayer for another 2 weeks only). I lost a stone very quickly by doing some simple carb "swops". No calorie counting, was never hungry. It really works!

I only ever buy treats for my grandchildren, that I know I wouldn’t be tempted in any way ... this tack always helps !

I had to chuckle at a few of the responses here !

We had a number of tradesmen in for several months and quite frankly we treated them like visiting family lol. If Grampy had a bacon sandwich then they did too, same with toast. Cake at 3pm with a cuppa etc.

We got quoted a fair price, but found when small things cropped up , as we had taken care of them, they reciprocated at no charge. One morning after a storm we came in and some fence panels were down, without a word they just put them all back up. When the young lad walked to the village store for something , he took our dog !!

I know what you mean about home baked goodies Watermeadow , given the choice our lot would choose home made over shop bought ( I think a lot of them missed their mums baking!)

They won’t be there forever , I’d deal with it when they are gone.

Don't make or buy any, simple as.

Our bathroom took 12 weeks!

Tea and coffee, no biscuits.

I agree, don’t bake or buy for them,
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You are being too generous. A. cuppa, of course, but stop there.
I think you are using the builders as an excuse to eat biscuits.
Have you no willpower whatsoever?

Yes - stop baking! I never offer food to anyone working in the house. As you have started this just go to the supermarket and buy their own brand, much more resistable, biscuits!

I've just been diagnosed with prediabetes so after seeing the mess one of my relatives is in I think fear has played a huge part in putting me off sweet things. They have ignored diet advice and now have lost sensation in feet and fingertips. Also in a lot of pain on morphine patches. It's a wake up call for me

I expect disruption by the end of this month when central heating will be put in. Even after having waited years and above all a debacle going on for this last 11 months I feel that I can't moan about what's to come leaving the place looking like a Chinese junk shop.

Men and pipes will be all over the place. I'll be glad to see the back of the old boiler though----it came out of the Ark ! Pipes to it from the shower are like a dog's hind leg.

Are's ( sic ) is a nice house are's is { grin }

Me grin's not worked ! Pah.

I know there has been a lot of bad press about sugar substitutes. But now there are some which can be bought in health food shops which are ok. I am using Total Sweet Xylitol which is totally natural. The back of the packet reads: Non artificial; 40% less calories than sugar; less than half the available carbohydrates of sugar; sourced from sustainable European birch and beech wood; suitable for diabetics; use in cooking exactly as sugar. The website is: www.totalsweet.co.uk

They will remember you as a lovely customer, watermeadow.

If you enjoy baking just carry on. Maybe in smaller quantities and just tell yourself that they're for the builders!

When we had the builders I gave them sausage sandwiches every other day with their tea or coffee as I don't like sausages.