The roof's on ..........

So, a week since the last post and the roof is on. We were expecting the windows and doors to be covered over and had bought torches in anticipation. But we were able to see the apertures and get a sense of the amount of light coming into the house. It does feel a bit dark in some places but hopefully we'll be able to address that with the lighting and by painting the walls white!

We want a brick feature wall but the wall we'd earmarked looks like it would be a bit insignificant, so we're going to have to re-think.

Julian thinks the roof light and the doors to our bedroom are not going to fit. Mr Angry's busy writing emails. So watch this space .......!

We went to Hampton Court Palace - ice skating today and met with our gorgeous niece, Daniela. Fortunately, we came away unscathed.

We've bought some art work for the sitting room gable, courtesy of Jayne's mum and dad's kind birthday and Christmas donations. Thank you!

http://oxleyart.co.uk/product-category/wildlife/

I (Jayne) have also received a fantastic shoal of glass fishes - love it!

https://jodowns.com/products/list/shoaling-fish

Front of the house

Sitting room looking through to garage

Dining room looking towards utility room

Back of house

Master bedroom

Family bathroom and bedroom 4

Walkway

False dormer above stairs. What to do with this?

Bedrooms 2 & 3 

Sitting room gable from bedroom 2 & 3

Shower room for bedrooms 2 & 3

Walkway and sky light

Looking towards bedroom 4 and our bedroom

The first floor is in .....

Front door and TV room

It's been two weeks since the last post. We've just returned from a week in Gran Canaria where it was around 22⁰ C to a chilly 2⁰ C in Cranleigh. Today was beautifully sunny though.

The progress hasn't been quite as quick as the first week the SIPs started to go up but the first floor is now in. So we can now see the walkway and the size of the bedrooms.

Despite the enormous window in the kitchen it feels a bit dark with the ceiling in. Hopefully it will feel lighter once it's painted.

The kitchen. The cooker will be on the left and the island about where Julian is standing.

Dining area

Looking towards the utility room with the TV room on the left.

Our bedroom will be in front of the two posts with glazed doors looking out onto the garden.

Bedroom 4

Walkway

Bedrooms 2 and 3

Kitchen

Back of house

Back of house - living room gable

We have walls ......!

The SIPs arrived on Wednesday and in just two days most of them are up on the ground floor. We can start to see what the rooms are going to look like and it gives a better impression of the size of each space.

The windows look huge, particularly in the TV room and in the sitting room - this one has a glorious view .... of a hedge!

Our favourite bits so far - the kitchen window, looking down the garden and the huge, double height end wall to the sitting room.

Front of house

Sitting room wall and view of hedge!

 

Looking down into kitchen

Kitchen window and patio doors on right

TV room window and front door

Our bedroom and kitchen

Looking into the garage

Kitchen

Julian on the roof

Looking down to front of house

Looking down into sitting room

Utility room

Posi floor joists waiting to be fitted upstairs

We also went to Didcot near Oxford to look at some limestone flooring today.