WOW! As we had hoped we’ve had a flurry of activity at the house & things have really moved forward. It’s hard to know where to start so i figured i’d give you a little overview while i write up the larger posts. So here’s what’s new : Bathroom now finished & painted, there’s even a toilet roll holder to

The latest Google SketchUp model has arrived so as usual we thought we’d share it with you by clicking HERE (500k) The model is not yet complete to the new specifications but we wanted to see a before and after, so they’ll be a newer version posted shortly. This will include extra Velux windows, the internal balcony overlook closed up

Finally after weeks of customs delays, parcel force loses and sitting on my hands today the Zoom H4N finally arrived! I’m dying to try it out so brace yourself for some very rough and ready recordings, the actually podcasts will come a little later when i know what i’m doing with it. With the Grand Designs show coming up in

UPDATE 13 April: I’ve had to correct some of my figures the the “Grange” isn’t the same size as house at all (sorry i rushed my calcs) so this has reduced the figures by at least 1/3rd however everything is still impressive and we’ll be pushing ahead. It seems no matter if you’re in England or France then Good Friday

When you’re renovating a public holiday isn’t a relaxing time for summer BBQ’s or lazy days it’s an excuse to load up the car, sprint to Dover and get ourselves our here for a long weekend of renovation. On the cards for these 4 days is a full program of painting, plaster-boarding, demolition, shower fitting, plan redesigning & meetings with

Here’s the full gallery of images for the kitchen removal and fitting of the new units. You’ll have to forgive some of the quality as that’s the iPhone for you but that said I’ve never had such a powerful renovation tool in my pocket You can read the full post

With the water off, the wall trimmed by 8 inches and the sink gone it was time to start to putting up some carcasses and see how it all starts sitting together. One thing to note is that due to plumbing issues on the opposite wall the kitchen is now in this location as opposed to it’s original place of

As the house plans are taking shape (see post on latest ideas) we are wanting to again do some solar surveys and this is turning into a bad case of Déjà vu and we aren’t getting anywhere, so here is my plea. What I’m looking for is a solar panel the size of an A4 piece of paper (21cm x

Here’s a brief post to let you know that finally after 3 month we have started to get the house plans through! I KNOW I am as shocked as you are and later we will go into all the trouble we have had but to get a first round of drawings through is very exciting for us so we thought