Clean Up Chore is Done At Last!
We have finally finished sieving the soil, moved the “clean” dirt (huh!) to Mount Sod, and filled 5 large (6cubic yard) skips of rubbish!!
The Massive Soil Works starts …
We start the huge task of sorting out the site, ready for the main house to be built upon! The soil is a real mess of old garden rubbish, DIY…
Tidying Up site
We have been tidying up the whole site ready for the start of phase 3 – the construction of the main house. The site clearance operation has been seeing various…
Octagonal Flower Bed finished!
The new raised Flower Bed is finally completed today. The Octagonal shaped constructed of dry bricks (without cement), a mixture of concrete driveway bricks and standard clay bricks. There are…
Roof Repair on Store room
We took the opportunity to put on a new roof covering on our store room this weekend. It was lovely weather and quite calm thus avoiding the problem of 10metres…
Timber, Timber and Timber!
All the timber from the Old Place has been cleared up and chucked into one huge pile! One day there will be .. one enormous bonfire! We will burn up…
House Demolition Party
Today we had a party! We invited all our nearby family to come and have fun demolishing the Old Place! We had six extra people here, all making great efforts…
Hazardous Asbestos Panels all in Skip
Today we have finally got all the cement panels with the asbestos, from the Old Place and all corners of the garden loaded into the skip we hired last Thursday.…
All Cement Panels Stripped off and Piled Up!
The internal walls and ceiling cement panels are completely off in the Old Place! It is all piled into one location ready for the skip when it comes. It looks…
Internal Coverings being Stripped!
The last couple of days have seen the internal walls, ceilings, doors and windows wooden battens and framework being stripped off! Also the bathroom wall is now dismantled, and all…