The house has been performing well, generating a profit so we are effectively a net No-bills home! You may want to check out Build It magazine, April 2013 for more pictures.
Hip hip hooray! Our house is a year old. The house is performing very well, the bungalow is a dim and distant dark memory. We feel very fortunate and happy. It has been a great adventure.
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Passersby have been wondering why we might have scaffolding up on our house again. Thankfully it is good news as our photovoltaic panels were installed this week. We have employed the same cont...
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We have had some snagging problems; such as the calibration of the rain water harvesting tank but that has been resolved now. There are some remaining problems with the mechanical ventilation wi...
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It's been a long time since I last wrote on the blog. The house hasn't changed much but we've started to look at the back garden. From a distance I was pleased because it looked like the law...
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Amazingly, just before Christmas, our newly moved summer house received a new layer of felt on the roof, thanks to our intrepid handyman, Harry. Despite the snow he managed to complete the j...
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Finally, it's pimp my garden time. It looks like it was a quick process but far from it, there have been days of preparation to get to this point. Tonnes of type1 stone have been whackered ...
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Just when things were beginning to be settled in the house, the scenes of devastation in the back garden begin. The rationale is that we don't want to bring muck from the back garden to the fr...
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It has been some time since I wrote on the blog as the project has nearly reached its conclusion. In many ways it is just the beginning as we grow more and more settled in our house. We have ...
The house is getting closer and closer to being complete. We still have a pile of sand out front and an interesting arrangement of grey stone whackered down by Gerry and Phil. We need to do ...
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A favourite view of mine; a digger in the front garden. Now that we're settling in, we have to settle the house into its surroundings. The level of the ground at the front is too high. Gerry...
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Finally, we have contact with the outside world! Now we are happy in our new home. The last two weeks since we moved in weren't without incident. The move itself was great, only one wine...
Sorry to disappoint readers but we still don't have internet connection or telephone links. Our mobiles only work when you stand next to the windows because the insulation in the walls is so good...
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Due to an unfortunate delay in establishing connections with the outside world, I've been off-line since our move into the new house. I will give you all a better update when internet connectio...
With our moving day rushing headlong towards us, everyone is feeling the pressure to get the work finished. Here Bob and Sam are tackling the shower in the family bathroom. They then installed ...
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A day of plumbing....Sam and Bob arrived to do the little jobs that remain, including the sinks. Here is the new shiny filter tap all ready for action, just waiting for the mains water. The ...
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This morning I couldn't help but admire the pergola construction. It now has beautiful looking guttering that matches the rest of the house. The plumbers came today. Bob and Sam have been bu...
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Yesterday, the doors to the house were removed and cleaned. Ebi called for troops as the pergola went under construction. Ebi and Sylvie had prepared the wood in the workshop in Germany and br...
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Yesterday started with the welcome site of Ebi's trailer full of interesting materials, including glass for the porch roof. Meanwhile, Neil, Steve and Matt arrived to continue their work. It w...
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Today was a busy one for the electricians Neil and Steve. They started by trying to find the conduit for the outside lights...it wasn't quite where they expected so they had to try a different a...
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With a couple of quiet days on site and nothing much to report on the house, we decided to take a quick trip to a certain furniture store, that we all know so well. It was not a good place for m...
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The kitchen has continued to take shape. The sink and the hob cut outs have been done; we still need to oil the worktops though so they aren't in permanently yet. The utility room sink has also ...
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Finally, it's possible to see the garage floor paint job. This is first thing in the morning before Brian started on the second coat. Brian had to wait a bit until the electricians had finished ...
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The details continue today with the arrival of the flooring company, they lay latex smoothing compound in both the upstairs bathrooms. Tomorrow they will return to lay the floor. Here is the e...
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Gradually, the house is emerging from wraps, yesterday it was the staircase and today it's the front door, the light is coming in despite the rainy weather. Ebi's workshop moves again, this t...
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