Roof update

Look at our roof now! Clive's been a busy boy - all the velux windows are in and he's started putting the tiles on!

Interior shot - the floor has been covered with hardcore in readiness for the concrete which arrives on Tuesday. Excitement! The higher level as you walk in the barn is going to be our living room, then there'll be four/five steps down to the rest of the ground floor.

The downstairs floor has been marked out for our bedroom, our ensuite and the kitchen walls. The red spraypaint is our bedroom and ensuite, the green is where the kitchen cabinets are going - its nice to finally see how much space we're going to have!

Visitors!

We've had a few visitors to the site from the UK (mostly parents!) and in this post I'm going to put pics of you all! Ha!

First up, Kate's Mum and Aunty Diana (the Dorises) having a cup of tea admiring the view from the farmhouse.......

It's been a busy old week!

Look at the roof! The felt and the insulation are on in readiness for the tiles - yippee!!

The inside has been dug out for the (sort of) spilt-level ground floor. Next step, hardcore then concrete before the lovely quarried tiles go down.

This is what we've been waiting for!! Two of the velux windows went in the roof on Friday and they look bloomin' brilliant - another 5 to go in. There's going to be a lot of light coming in.

Everyone wants a go on the Bobcat!! Clive does the proper work in the 'cat......

.......while Dave mucks about a bit before work

And Michael (D's dad) has a go too! They're all going to be so upset when it goes back....

Chimney!

Clive has built the chimney! Was a bit foggy that morning, but looks amazing, eh?

Sorry, sorry!!

OK, no excuses - we're just really slack at keeping up with this blog thingy. Oooops.

We marked out all the downstairs rooms with spray paint the other day. This is our bedroom with GIANT CAT!! Awesome.




Kate on the roof! I know I said I'd never do it, but needs must....

Clive has done a great job on the roof - all the wood is in place, ready for the tiles & veluxes!

More to come next week after the roof starts going back on! Yay!

Progress!!

Sorry it's been so long since our last post - we've been working!! More pics to come this week as Clive has finished putting all the wood on the roof and its ready for tiles and windows! Really exciting!

The roof is completely off & all the rotten old timber stacked ready for a huge bonfire on the 5th November! Looking good eh?

Pretty open to the elements.....

The interior wall being destroyed!

And its done..... just need to shift all the stone and sort it into size order for rebuilding....

Clive's arty shot of the top of the a-frames. Wouldn't catch me up that high frankly!

We've had some great ideas for this little window/cubby hole, but we've both agreed that it'll probably end up being a kitty seat. Tsk.

Interior Stuff - getting ahead of ourselves!

Oooooh, this is the wood burner we've chosen to keep us snug in the winter!




And these are the floor tiles for the whole ground floor - quarried, cut & polished right here in the Lot! They're a bit expensive, but our excuse is that they're an investment - ahem