Well FINALLY we have got somewhere. If you remember our first set of blog posts from Feb 13th about the storm damage (here, here & gallery here) from this point it’s been like pushing water up a hill to get the whole insurance process sorted. And there are some lessons we’d like to share with you

Episode 4 is now live, and in stark contrast with Episode 3 we are actually really positive about what we have achieved. This episode really shows the importance of stopping and look at what you have “actually” achieved and not at my frustrations about what “hasn’t” been done

It’s no secret that I’m suffering from “waiting fatigue”. Being in the UK & the house in France the amount of time we have to go out there right now is limited for a few reasons. The main reason is that I’m self employed so i either work & earn or take time off to renovate & earn nothing. It’s a situation that

With some basic testing underway I wanted to share some early data with you so you can see the expected data read out and the software we are using

There are two podcasts coming this weekend to make up for it plus an extra audio-post all available from iTunes. The editing on the first one is a little rough and ready, it’s surprising how quickly you forget the editing basics Episode 3 podcast covers Why the delay Waiting for quotes A book recommendation and much more of me getting

This is for all the people that have requested a different way to listen to the podcast and audio posts we have started to produce. What we’ve done is now made an mp3 streaming version available at the end of each post (example below). This mp3 stream will play straight from your browser just click the play icon

So David @ Midwest Render again working his magic bringing our changes, dreams and desires to life. In this latest render we are now 95% complete to these being final “go live” plans, we need to make some small changes as one of the renders doesn’t show the chimney (small oversight) and the 2nd one misses off the new solar water

UPDATED : See the bottom of this post for an update and prototype pics So back in THIS POST i was continuing to get stressed that it seemed amazing to me that there isn’t a device out there that will measure and log the energy generated on a small solar panel so i could do a solar survey without having to pay

This week was quite a milestone for our mini renovation with my Dad spending the week at the house to complete the plastering so we can finally say goodbye to the awful state of the walls that were there and it’ll be ready to paint the next time we go out. Below is a quick reminder of what we originally