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Progress is on Plan!
The roof covering is moving ahead – looking slightly less imposing! Now that we have had all our scheduled deliveries it is down to us to start using the materials and get the outside finished, the...
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Nearly Watertight
We are nearly there – the great step forward of being able to say “we’re watertight” is almost on us – the roof is there, just the windows and doors to go. We have all the windows on site so we can...
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A New Year Self-Building
Okay – so why the strange title? After a great two week break visiting family over Xmas in Ireland and England we are back on site working hard and all alone – no more hired help! The roofer finished...
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Progress is being made!
Building your own house – as in actually doing most of the work – takes over your life. No drama, but a mere statement of our current situation. We work every day. We don’t start too early, well...
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The Cladding Looks Good!
The past few months have been spent progressing the cladding – turning the house from the blue house to a more respectful cream! It certainly takes an age to measure, cut, sand, stain and fix around...
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At Last – The Exterior is Nearly There!
We have fixed the last piece of cladding on the south elevation – as you can see the elevation is not finished, but we need to now get the scaffolding removed and the lower roof built before we can...
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Scaffold Free – Amazing
You just couldn’t make it up – we had hoped to get the scaffolding removed from around the end of September but struggled to get our excellent scaffolder to make the trip over from Portsmouth. So we...
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Another Major Step Forward!
After 11 months we have finished the cladding – okay, we are now giving the whole house another coat of paint while this dry weather last – but it lovely to have finally got rid of the blue fabric!!...
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Outside – DONE!!
Such a great feeling!! Well, after finishing the exterior of the house (al last!!) we are taking a breather and will shortly start to construct the detached garage. It may seem strange to stop work on...
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A Finished Garage
Our new garage – site workshop! Well, we have spent a few months working hard and have finished the site workshop. Building it completely ourselves (apart from the slates on the roof of course!) has...
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