Jammed light switch? We’ll fix it when we’re back from holiday. Leaky garden hose? Doesn’t matter, it’s raining. Big hole in the roof? Ah!Summer seems to end earlier every year – the weather turns, the football starts, and you realise you’re going to spend the remainder of August trying to reconnect with your lost luggage. This year the traditional demarcation between the seasons – when we arrive home from holiday to find everything in our house in dire need of immediate repair – has come so early that we haven’t even been away yet. The light switch in the downstairs loo is stuck in the on position. The back door will not shut. The garden hose has exploded.“Nothing in this house works,” my wife says, trying to flick the jammed light switch. Continue reading…