Tea anyone?

Well a bit premature I know.
Won't be long now.

Getting close now

As you can see the roughcasting is nearly done, scaffolding has been packed away and the hesh fencing will be coming down soon.
The flooring is down in all the rooms except the bathrooms. So hopefully the kitchen, the interior doors, skirting and facsias will be done by the middle of next week!
There could be trouble ahead with the drains though.........If you remember we hit rock with the foundations and we will no doubt hit rock again.

Floor down

Solid oak floor is laid in the living room!
My camera is great for outside shots but not so good inside-anyway trust me- it looks gorgeous!

Block work finished

Finally, we have had a few dry(ish) days and the outside stuff is getting done, so much so that we now have a skip on site to start tidying up.
Hopefully we are getting Ronnie (the man with a JCB) back to bury the amoured cable for the electricity, dig a hole for the sewage plant and find the BT cover plate.
We are all set to get the big switch on next Wed and I can send the generator back!

Cills and mullions revealed

As you can see the blockwork has started to creep up and the cills and mullions fitted to the back of the house. It hasn't exactly been good weather lately for brick work-just been pouring down for a couple of weeks.
More interior shots on the next post.....

We nearly have electrickery!

If you look very closely (or open photo in another programme) you can see the pole on the right is the source and the pole on the left belongs to us (together with 2 more out of sight).
You may just see they have strung some wire between the two of them.
Solid wood flooring arrives next week.......

Another taster

I have my back against the kitchen door frame, the stairs will be to my right and the front porch to my left.
This is the front room, which is 'L' shaped, Sal is standing where the wood burning stove is going to be. It looks smaller in the picture than it actually is!
The rooms have all changed in size (in our minds) as the house is getting built, the kitchen is much bigger than we imagined, as is the front room.

Plasterboard - done

Exactly 2 months since we had a slab of cement.
The 'first fix' is done, which means the whole of the interior is all plasterboarded out, the cables are all poking through where they should be and the pipework for the plumbing is all in the right place!
This shot is upstairs, looking from the main bedroom with the en suite on the right, then the hole where the stairs will come up, followed by the office/third bedroom at the end.
The Ames taping (of the joints in the plasterboard) and a lash of undercoat is next by the painter and at the same time the sparky is in putting in all the back boxes for all the power points/sockets.
Then it is all the flooring and then the kitchen to be fitted....Wow, that's enough for one post I think!

Roof finished and fond farewells.

Well that is the slating finished and doesn't it look fabulous. We had a meeting with the Electricity Board men today, finally they are starting soon, it has only taken over 4 months since we handed over a rather large cheque.
The telegraph poles are being delivered next week and they will be erected the following week. We are getting to the point where we can't get things done without power, such as the sewage plant and the water supply.
Sally is off to Bahrain in 10 days time so this is her saying goodbye to her parents as they are sailing to Ireland for a family wedding today and won't see her until she comes back for Xmas.

Roof nearly done

We were going to wait until all the slating had been finished, but certain members of the family are getting impatient because they are sick of seeing Duncan on the back roof.
So, as you can see he is a day off finishing and the utility end of the house has been painted white as well as the chimney pots and dormers.
The ceilings have been plastered, so now we just need the interior wall panels fitting and then there will be some inside photos.