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It’s been busy!
April 2, 2010 – 10:11 am | No Comment
It’s been busy!

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 …

Super quick insurance settlement!
March 20, 2010 – 6:36 pm | No Comment
Super quick insurance settlement!

Well that was a bit of a shocking phone call!
There was no paperwork, no inspection, no photographs just a chat on the phone with some figures from our builder with a cost to repair and …

Things are progressing nicely.
March 20, 2010 – 5:37 pm | No Comment
Things are progressing nicely.

Almost a week in and things are starting to shape up very nicely indeed.

Removing the infested ceiling…
March 16, 2010 – 11:37 pm | No Comment
Removing the infested ceiling…

Have you ever done a job that you’ve always known needs doing & once you’ve started it you wonder why you’d left it so long? Well the removal of the ceiling in the old bedrooms …

Winter break over & we’re back!
March 14, 2010 – 10:31 am | No Comment
Winter break over & we’re back!

Firstly: Thanks for hanging in there! I know thing have been more than a little quiet on the site and that’s simply because there’s not been a lot going on with the renovation, due to …

Old wooden beams – Free to a good home!
December 29, 2009 – 2:03 pm | 3 Comments
Old wooden beams – Free to a good home!

During the dismantling of the cow shed we removed 10 timbers that have stood for years. These are approximately 17cm wide by 8.5cm deep by 423cm long (all are approx. as these all vary a …

Cowshed gets dismantled
December 28, 2009 – 10:16 pm | One Comment
Cowshed gets dismantled

With the groundwork already done by Dawn & her Dad (Eric) (in this post : HERE) it was now time to get the tiles removed, the roof opened up and wooden beams taken down so …

Architect meeting & a stroke of good fortune
December 28, 2009 – 6:20 pm | No Comment
Architect meeting & a stroke of good fortune

As you’ll all know architects and architect meetings are the bane of my live and have the ability to get under my skin as i feel it’s a dark art that is often quite closed …

LDLines – like night & day.
October 21, 2009 – 1:03 pm | No Comment
LDLines – like night & day.

WOW! What a difference 6 weeks makes!

We first used LDLines back in Sat 29 August 2009 & I remember twittering at the time about how poor the service was and that they were obviously looking …

Renovation Week – Day#2
October 17, 2009 – 9:37 pm | No Comment
Renovation Week – Day#2

Today was always going to be a quieter day on the big achievement front as being the weekend we had the football to listen to and the F1 qualifying to watch but we did make …