<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/618/front-elevation-sept12-2" rel="attachment wp-att-620"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-620" style="margin: 0px; border-width: 0px;" title="Front Elevation (Sept12)" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Front-Elevation-Sept121-300x175.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="175" /></a>Due to the tree officer's intransigence it has forced us to move the garage one metre to the left as seen from the front elevation. The roots from a very large Lime tree may have been damaged if we had been allowed to build the garage in its original position. To avoid us losing more garden we decided to take one metre off the left hand side of the house - our living area is now 5250 mm x 6000 mm but that should be large enough in an open plan house.

The land purchase is moving forward and we believe we may be able to complete in the latter part of October. This will mean we can start tidying up under the trees during November, weather permitting, and make an application to the tree officer to clean up some of the trees and possibly remove a diseased Ash and Horse Chestnut.

We still have a lot to do: select a timber frame company; submit engineering drawings for Building Regulations; select a Groundworks company and a builder. We probably won't see any holes in the ground until Spring 2013.