The nearly complete picture

After we moved in we stopped and enjoyed the house so little time has been spent on a blog or photos

Time to celebrate

Having unpacked a bit we have unwrapped the sofas, time to relax and take it in.

Moving in

Drive going in

It has been a while since the last post

If you have ever watched Grand Designs it only hints at the level of chaos involved in building a house, hence the delay in adding posts. But we are now less than 2 weeks before moving in so an update on the photos seems in order.

The stairs ahve had glass balustrades added, floors are going down and doors put in frmaes so it feels more and more like a house. We even have hot water courtesy of the sun, the boiler could not be commissioned today as the water was too hot to run for more than a few sec

Stairs wow !!!!!!

The chickens get a home

THe half term priority was building a new fox proof area of the garden for the chickens. So we hired a mini digger and Richard, Robert and Emma worked hard all week building their new home, it is a rather large area for 6 chickens but it is a fox proof area of the garden rather than a chicken run.

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Front door panel

The front door and panel arrived today. The front door although heavy was not a big problem but the panel for above the door required 6 men to fit, 3 from the joiners and 3 window fitters.

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Boys and their toys

Lights

The atrium lights go on with dimmers

Tiling moving on

Helen and ours now complete, hard to photograph but we like them.

Granite shopping

We went out to matlock this morning to choose the kitchen work surface. An enormous yard full of all sorts of granite many beautiful even if not suitable.

White, the new in colour.

The hanging of Galileo

High level light fitting

Plastering the ceiling

20 minutes to put the first coat on. 2 plasterers, 2 mates and 4 trestles in a fast dance across the ceiling, impressive to watch, GOOD DAY.

Atrium waiting for plastering

Strange angles

Helen's bedroom is plastered and painted with tiling starting tomorrow.

Proper snow on site

We tried a sledge run onsite, managed about 15 yards.

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