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”
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?”
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”
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”
It’s fair to say the site now looks like a proper building site. Ground works have started and the first job was to strip back the top soil and lay temporary hardcore everywhere so the machinery doesn’t sink in the resultant mud. The rule of thumb appears to be “why lay one ton of hardcore when you can use three” so our idyllic bit of field is now sporting a new look
Continue reading “Quite a big mess”
If you’re a fan of Channel 4’s Grand Designs as we are, you will after a while begin to spot some common show themes:
Wait … hang on a minute … but we don’t have a project manager?
Continue reading “Loose ends”
Just a quick message to say, no we’re not dead and the project is still progressing. We are waiting for the Builder to get back to us with a quotation, a process that has been a bit delayed by easter, suppliers and life in general. Hopefully not too much longer before we can agree the contract and actually start building!
No great leap of progress to report at the moment but many, many things are progressing. In no particular order the team have:
… we have started negotiating with a Builder. More soon.
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