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

As promised here is the Google SketchUp model for you to play with. The model is the first bit of work we have from David who took the previous contractors ArchiCAD drawings and converted it for us so that we could pan around the property and get some sizes etc etc .  In time we will of course release the

PLAN, PLAN & PLAN, any renovation needs clear planning. If watching all the renovation programs and disasters has taught us anything it’s that “failure is not to plan; planning is not to fail” (sorry for the fortune cookie wisdom). We’ve watched in stunned silence at the way some people have run their renovations, with all the good will in the

Like many things we will be doing on the renovation it might be easier to explain to you or show you what we are doing rather than just write about it. To that end Dawn & I are going to be giving podcasting a go shortly to bring you bang up to date with everything that happened before we started

Now here is something that all of us should never be without and that’s a French translator. As with all these things no two (or three) programs are created equally so here is a review on the three apps that are currently available as of 13th August