Finished for the Christmas break..........

The builders have gone and all is quiet - phew!  Today we had a really good site meeting and planned the next 3 months starting on their return on 5th January.  It will be a crazy 3 months as they move inside the house and start linking up the new build with the old and strip out things like the old kitchen and bathroom. There looks to be a short period of time when we will have to cook on the little electric ring and cope with a downstairs cloakroom only for washing.  I think we will be inviting ourselves round to friends for meals and arriving with our wash bags! 

But heh! - It will be great when it is done.  The latest pics were from the top of the scaffolding today and the roof boarding is well underway. They have also cut into the main roof to connect the old with the new. (and waterproofed the join for the next 2 weeks!) In February the whole roof will be replaced with  slate tile (these old concrete tiles have seen better days).

  
After Christmas we will have our work cut out packing up rooms and ordering and ensuring things are here on time for the builders.  Key to this are the bathroom fixtures and fittings which, I must confess, I started organising and then stopped again as i ran out of enthusiasm.  The trouble is there is just too  much choice out there - do we want a drenching shower or an ordinary one?  Do we want tiles or panels? What sort of wash basins do we want - classic or contemporary?

Well it can all wait till after Christmas - So a very happy Christmas to anyone who is following this blog. - 2016 will be a very exciting one for us so watch this space.....