Placing orders - this is the serious bit!

All those decisions we have been making in the last few weeks are now getting serious and turning into orders.  That means deposits to be paid and, in some case, full payment because items are for immediate delivery.  The budget is constantly monitored and updated as even minor changes can have unplanned financial implications.  

This also gives us storage headaches as we still have huge numbers of removal boxes yet to be unpacked (by the time this is finished some things will have been in boxes for 2 years!)  So we seem to be living in a gradually decreasing space and constantly moving things around to squeeze in materials, fixtures and fittings.

The biggest single item is the windows and these have now been ordered - long delivery time on these with delivery February 2016 and I believe they are being made in Poland.  The windows have been ordered through Olsen Doors and Windows based near Newark and they have been really helpful.  They are aluminium outside, triple glazed and wood inside so should look spectacular (from inside and out) and they should give us a really light, tight, warm home.  LINK HERE to the product.

The mechanical ventilation and heat recovery system will also be ordered shortly for immediate delivery.  This is coming from CVC direct who I first met some years ago a Grand Designs Live! Items for the two bathroom refits are also in the process of being ordered.  

So what progress have we been making on the build?  Well - the garden room roof continues and my next update at the weekend should have a good picture it the scaffolding removed.  

Garden room roof joists - these are now boarded over and about to be covered with waterproof membrane.

Inside the house we have been renovating some of the original 1960s features - remember our mantra is re-use, recycle, reduce!  There is some lovely wood throughout the house and this is being brought back to life using some magic stuff called Bald's Furniture Balm.  It smells gorgeous and the wood soaks it up and glows once it has been applied - it gets rid of marks and scratches too!

This original vanity unit has been restored with a new basin, LED lighting and a clean bright white finish

original wardrobes brought back to a gleam with Bald's Furniture Balm

Finally you just must have a blast of this soon to be removed carpet - it will have new life under the butyl liner of our pond but those 60s colours!!!!