Sunday, 11 December 2016

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


Sunday, 4 December 2016

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