Blockwork starts

How do you like our gorgeous windows and doors? Note the cat flap, all we need now is some kittens.

Another action packed week ahead.

The carpenter reckons it will be wind and water tight by Friday and by the way they are cracking on I believe them.

Still growing!

A different view for a change from the back of the house.

Nice wheels

Thought I would add a different perspective by putting my bike in the picture-just in case anyone was geting bored with this house building lark (we're not).

Getting bigger.

Great weather for building a house (very quickly). The weather is always like this
up in these parts - as you know.

2 working days later

What can I say....don't blink you might miss something.

Just sat sitting

Here I am sat in the living room......

Flat pack home

How difficult can it be to put this lot together?
We manage ok with Ikea stuff!
This is most of the kit being stored at a local haulage firm as it could not be transported straight to the plot as it would not go under two 13 ft bridges-so it has to be transferred onto smaller trucks.

Blockwork begins

It's great to go away for a week and see such a difference on returning!
We can now walk around the ground floor - it seems so small! Yet it seemed huge when it was just a trench.
They are due to start work on the kit this week, so keep watching...

Foundations afoot

I have never been so pleased to see the great British workman leaning on his shovel watching another one up to his knees in concrete!
Things are definitely on the move now, we are now waiting for the chippy to come back from his Croatian holiday and get cracked on next week.
Keep watching......