Category Archives: House

It’s a strange life. I live part of my time at home and another part with Mary at her house. Last weekend we spent time working in her garden and the previous weekend we were working in my garden. Her … Continue reading →

After many years of mild winters we seem to be totally unprepared for a few flakes of snow and daytime temperatures of minus 5 celsius. Admittedly I didn’t have a need to go out in the car but I did … Continue reading →

It is nearly two years since we moved in so I thought it was about time I put a number on the house. I went for something modern and the neighbours gave it their approval. It will be interesting to … Continue reading →

Before we moved into the house we had this idea of putting something onto the glass between the atrium and the living area. We didn’t want it to obscure the light too much or stop us looking up the drive … Continue reading →

Just when we think nothing else can go wrong we find the leak from the bedroom balcony into the living area that had been “fixed” has now returned in a different place. We did have a violent thunderstorm last Thursday … Continue reading →

There’s nothing like a bit of retail therapy to lift the spirits even if it entails trawling the internet for ideas. For some weeks we’ve been thinking about a front bench to sit on at the front door under the … Continue reading →

For those old enough to remember Bernard Cribbins – “There I was, a-digging this hole A hole in the ground, so big and sort of round it was. There was I, digging it deep It was flat at the bottom and … Continue reading →

We thought we would take a picture of the house at night to hopefully give the full atmosphere of our new home. We haven’t had time to organise and tidy the studio so it doesn’t feature yet but give it … Continue reading →

The house looks really good in the sunshine and the drive is almost complete. Today was the first time since the build started that we had a view without a piece of building equipment in sight. The house stays cool … Continue reading →

After two weeks in our new home the landscaping has been finished however we need to find someone to lay 400 square metres of turf and this is proving to be a problem. The final work on the site has … Continue reading →

We’ve been moved in for exactly two weeks but we continue to be woken up by workmen sorting out the landscaping. Having removed the scaffolding last week the builders have a sense of humour by parking their digger and dumper … Continue reading →

Barely had the landscapers finished fixing the back fence than Jane was out weeding her future vegetable plot. The land levels need to be brought up to match the house but there’s plenty of good quality top soil piled up on Nick & … Continue reading →

On the final day of working before we move in the studio stairs have been installed. For the past few weeks since the scaffolding had come down it was a real struggle to get into it up a ladder so … Continue reading →

Despite there being only one week before we move in, and taking into account the Easter break there are now only three working days left to complete the house. This is giving me some sleepless nights but Jane is very supportive … Continue reading →

The building trade is not the most logical and from a project management point of view it would drive me nuts. From day one we knew we were going to have a log burner, we knew where it was going … Continue reading →

The wood burner has been installed and the stainless steel flue is into the roof however the builders were looking for someone brave enough to go onto the roof and make the final stage complete – needless to say I wasn’t volunteering. … Continue reading →