Titch I'm so sorry to hear how you're bing mucked around here. I know how bad it can be, we were once moved out for 4 months when this was a council house and they were doing renovations. It was 4 mnths of living out of boxes and as you say you could do without it at this time of year, but that's councils for you, when did they consider human needs?
Good Luck and I hope it all turns out as you want it to.
Mo xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx