The builders are taking over, they now have a rather large tool shed on our drive. At least I think its a tool shed, I don’t think they have moved in and are living there yet! They didn’t get too … Continue reading
Nothing woolly to report this week; the builders dug out loads of soil from the barn and piled in up in front. This is making the place into a mud bath – we can’t go anywhere without traipsing mud after … Continue reading
We have finally started the building work on the barn. We had great plans to extend our house into the attached barn, however as you can see from this picture the barn is nearly as big as the house. We … Continue reading
We have now received planning permission for the next stage of our building works – the extension of the house into the barn. Plans can be seen on the eden local government portal. There are a few conditions – bat … Continue reading
Woolly things seems to be taking over, as usual. The biggest wheel is The Great Wheel, which was what Sleeping Beauty fell foul of – this one is missing the important bit though
The oak floor has been laid. We were going to lay flags but after it got this far we decided that a wooden floor would work much better.
With the windows installed they can start finishing off the interior. We are using 8″ of thermafleece wool insulation for the walls. Very easy to install and no protective gear needed. Followed up by plasterboard and plaster.
We were promised that the windows would be installed this week… look what happens when builders get behind schedule…