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Following the fire at Easter (2022) we decided against rebuilding and instead went ahead with the sale of the property that had been agreed with the purchasers before the fire occurred. With the house went ....
June 28
Another Saturday shift as I try to get as much of the plasterboard up as I can before Lee and Jacq come to do the jointing. By the end of the day, the en-suite is ....
June 27
Guest bedroom finished so now I am doing the master bedroom en-suite. First of all I had to build a similar support system for the towel rail as well as organise the electrical items for ....
June 25
A bit of jiggery-pokery and some plaster infill sees the first window and reveals sorted in the guest bedroom.
June 24
Finally with the arrival of the vapour barrier and insulation I am able to get on with the external walls. first off in the guest bedroom I had to organise the support structure for the ....
June 19
While a load of item,s remain outside the main components of the kitchen are mostly in their place by the end of the day.
June 18
The kitchen units were bought 6 years ago from the UK (pre-Brexit!). This is the third time I have moved them (fortunately they just escaped the fire at the house). They are incredibly solid which ....
June 17
Moving day (well, for the kitchen). I hired a van that just fits through the arch with a bit of guidance from Andrew (thank you) which enables me to get it up to the front ....
June 16
En-suite for the guest bedroom is finished including filling in the gaps between the boards before Lee and Jacq arrive to do the jointing and decorating. Good progress also made in the guest bedroom itself. ....
June 13
Still waiting on the vapour barrier so only the internal walls can be sorted at the moment. The on going problem with the shutter over the front door, whose motor is effectively in the guest ....
June 12
I have redesigned to the fan and ventilation unit to get some shelving into the wall cupboard and it works quite well. The base unit has gone in but the outlet pipe still needs to ....