First of all the barn was finished - by Tuesday! Ian and Pete, the ace fitters, worked all through the weekend and we now have a very beautiful wooden barn.
Just remember what it looked like:
And now we have this:
Gorgeous or what? We have electrics ready to be installed, and there's already a table and chairs in there for the builders to have their tea breaks.
We did think of installing a dart board, but we'd kind of like them to concentrate on the cottage really...
And there's been more concrete - lots more concrete. The base is done for the kitchen, utility room, bathroom and music room/piggery. It still needs insulation, underfloor heating, a screed layer and a bamboo floor, but it's beginning to look like we could live in it.
There have also been footings for the oak extension - a superb digging out job, filling with concrete and block walls built. We can see ourselves sitting in front of the log burner already...
We've been talking to the sand blaster who will start next week, and there may be a slab on the oak extension by the end of next week too. Golly!
At the rental house we have a blackboard with Things To Do on it. So much has been done this week that there is now only one entry...
That's our kind of To Do List...
Purchases of the week:
50 bird friendly hedging plants to replant the newly moved corner on the lane.
More concrete - but we only had to pay once this week, hooray!
Hardcore, blocks, sand, cement. You know, building stuff.
A barn. We love it.
And we have an Important Date. The new oak roof is due to arrive on 20th February. That's only THREE WEEKS AWAY!!!
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