Would you believe that these innocuous roof lights would hold up the external work for nearly three weeks? Without these in place the roofers couldn’t get the tiles laid and they couldn’t install the windows because the flashing between the two wasn’t available. We were pleased to learn that the windows are electrically operated, I’d assumed they were fixed but it will be great to open them in the height of summer to ventilate the atrium.
At every turn there is another problem to be resolved or an extra cost that wasn’t in the original budget. This week alone our extra costs are as follows:
- Sewer trench filling with water so pumping costs £1,600 per household
- under floor insulation omitted in original quotation £1,500
- Additional rubber seal to fit windows £1,200
So in one week our costs have escalated by £4,300 and the week isn’t over yet. Our contractors assure us that the house will still be ready mid February but with the way things are going and the weather will only get worse we expect to be at Manor Farm until the end of March 2014.
