Sorry, things have been rather manic off and on the project for the past few weeks so updates have slipped. To get you all back up to speed here’s a bumper crop of pics.
Continue reading “Blue skies of Summer”Blue skies of Summer
Category: Site Photos
We’re halfway there
As is the way with these sorts of things, at least according to Channel 4 and the gospel that is Grand Designs, our timeline for completion of the house has become a little nebulous. We won’t be in by the end of June as planned but that’s not completely unexpected. Despite the delay, stuff continues to happen at a sometimes bewildering pace, so to celebrate the halfway point of the build1 here are a selection of ‘before‘ and ‘during‘ photos.
Continue reading “We’re halfway there”A picture tells a thousand words
We’ve been away for a week so haven’t managed to catch up with progress on site yet. Ben the Builder did send this great video while we were away though showing the progress on the first floor.
Continue reading “A picture tells a thousand words”We have to decide that now?
Some time ago, in fact it seems years ago, we were having great fun looking at floor samples, paint colours and other fancifull finishing touches all ignoring the fact that we hadn’t even started building yet. All of a sudden we seem to be at the stage of having to choose finishes right now so they can be planned in. How did that happen?
Continue reading “We have to decide that now?”We have walls …
… sort of. Now that the ground works are done the project is really starting to pick up pace. The timber frame is being erected and this will form the ‘inner shell’ of the building, supporting the insulation, air tightness paraphernalia as well as the plaster, wiring and all the other gubbins that make up a house.
Continue reading “We have walls …”Before the diggers
Just before work started I managed to get some photos with the analogue camera, in true photography tradition the film then stayed in the camera for months before getting developed!
Continue reading “Before the diggers”Winter Sun
The December progress meeting was a great opportunity to spend a couple of hours on site talking to the team, discussing some design excitement (more cracks) and walking through the next few weeks.
I’ll let the photos give you an idea of progress.
Continue reading “Winter Sun”Foundations
It’s still all about footings and slabs at the moment. The big diggers have returned, we have more humongous holes on site plus our first concrete pour!
Continue reading “Foundations”Holes
Lots happening below ground for the past week with diggers on site for the drainage trenches and foundations. As we’re a wee distance from the high street our arrangements for services are a little more complicated
Continue reading “Holes”A proper meeting and everything
A trip to very soggy Lake District means our flat is now full of wet camping gear reminding us that we really, really need to get this house finished soon! It was great therefore to have our first on site progress meeting this week. There were good discussions between the Design Team and Builder plus we also got to sit in the site office and leave mud on the floor which reminded me of going to work with Dad.
Continue reading “A proper meeting and everything”
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