Category Archives: House

At last the tiles on the front of the house are being laid. Every time we visit we hope to see the roof complete and it has been quite depressing despite what has been going on inside. At last the … Continue reading →

As plot 2 nears completion the contractors have started to put the services in alongside the drive. There are trenches for gas, electricity, surface water and a water attenuation system. The site has gone from being muddy to more like … Continue reading →

The first two windows have been installed and they look very good however there is a problem with the window sill hanging out too far and so they need to be recessed into the window opening and to do this … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

The house build has hardly moved over the past 3 weeks with the front roof still uncovered, the garage with no tiles on it at all and only the plumbing completed for first fix. The electricians are in doing their bit however … Continue reading →

We were on site today (8 November) for the delivery of the windows. These have travelled all the way from Poland with an estimated time of arrival between 10am and 12am. They turned up at 9.55 so we were very … Continue reading →

As the house build moves along (slowly) we’re now being asked by the builders to select our kitchens, bathrooms, tiles and flooring. Last Wednesday (30th October) we spent a cold morning showing the electrician and plumber where we wanted electrical points, … Continue reading →

The Timber Frame was signed off on Monday 14th October and despite a few annoyances about the quality of the external membrane this has been resolved and our contractors can now get on with putting the roof on and fitting … Continue reading →

We’ve been so absorbed with packing that we haven’t had the time to focus on the building however one of our friendly builders went onto site last Saturday (5th October) and photographed progress. The chaps who have been constructing the timber … Continue reading →

We took possession of the keys to our temporary home on Friday 27th September which went well although Manor Farm has a few quirks that we will have to come to terms with but we believe it will suit our … Continue reading →

Our house is starting to take shape with some of the ground floor panels erected. IT seems they got this far and then ran out of materials so the workers were called off-site onto another project. We’ve been assured that … Continue reading →

The house project is making progress and we have our foundations in place ready for the timber frame to be installed. In the background is Dave and Lucie’s frame nearly complete. Our construction should start on Tuesday 17th September. We’re … Continue reading →

The house footings are developing. Dave & Lucie went up yesterday to the site and helpfully took some photos of our plot. The process is to build up trenches (made from orange plastic), place metal frames between the piles and then … Continue reading →

We are rapidly approaching the time when the timber frame will be delivered to site – week commencing 9th September (unless something dramatic changes). We have been surprised that FrameWise haven’t supplied details about how they will approach the project … Continue reading →

Our buyer has made two attempts to get a mortgage and has failed to do so. After waiting nearly two months we’ve decided to put the house back on the market. With the proviso that the current buyer would have … Continue reading →

We signed the contract for our house sale on 26th June and since then our buyer has not made any progress in getting a mortgage. We are now at the point where we have requested that the Estate Agent gives … Continue reading →

The pile driving has been completed. Some of them were driven in much further than the civil engineers had thought. We had been told they might go down 7 metres before reaching stable ground however some of them went down … Continue reading →

The house project has started with the top soil being scrapped off and the house being marked out. The piling for the foundations should be starting next week (w/c 29th July) as the piling on the Kew’s plot has started although it is … Continue reading →

After many weeks of little activity or at least no visible activity we can now see a slight glimmer at the end of the tunnel. We’ve signed the contract with the builders and they will be starting w/c 15th July. It will … Continue reading →

We spent a long weekend up on our Marker Rasen site to clear some of the ground under the trees and prepare a woodland walk. There were several piles of brush that had to be shredded so after Nick and … Continue reading →