Courier Driver Comes to Apologise and Provides New Wooden Post
At lunch time today, we had a visit from an unexpected person, the courier driver from UK Mail that had caused the damage to our Fence (see Fence broken by…
Levelling Out Section Beside Loke
Today we cleared and flattened the strip of ground alongside the Loke from our driveway, all the way to the hedge and water meter. We scraped the whole section between the house…
Prevention Flood off Loke
In damp weather, we tackled the next source of flooding, this time coming off the Loke as the rain water collects together off the surface of the loke and some…
Flood Prevention Attempt Number 2!
Today, we attempted to block off the rain water spillage coming from the workshop. See the little movie of the “river” gushing out of their workshop area (river starts at…
Footprint of house Scraped and Level – Part 2
This morning, Stephen finished off scraping any excess soil lying within the footprint of the house. There was a little bit here and there but not much this time, in…
Scraping and Levelling the Footprint of House – Part 1
Today, we went out to find out how level and flat the ground is for where the footprint of the house is going. We created an attachment for both the…
Lovely Fire!
We had some spare time and it was slightly raining today so we took the opportunity to have get a fire in the incinerator going to get rid of various wooden…
Sunday Quiet Jobs!
As to our rule, for Sunday, we do quiet jobs around the house and the site so not to disturb our neighbors. Today, we did several tasks as follows: Camera…
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…