First Xmas and storm Frank

December and a little frost

We are still warm inside though.

The Front

The block work wall is yet to be rendered, but when the weather is better.

The majority of the Stone Building is still to be tackled.

You can see Ross Bay, where we used to stay,  in the distance 

The view from the back garden.

Nov - Photos of the main parts of the house

 
The master bedroom suite on the ground floor of the brick building is currently being used as a lounge until we finish the stone building
(2-3yrs)
Similarly the utility room is the temporary kitchen.
 
The hallway has become a great multi-purpose space with the kitchen and the rest of the brick building at one end and the doorway to what will be the stone building section at the other. The office and boot room also feed off of the hall.
 
Note the old electrical power switch for the saw mill is now the letter box.

 Bathroom with bath and separate walk in shower.

You can still see scaffolding for Phase 2 through the window





The View from another window Room for a small boy.

The Guest room is temporarily being used as the main bedroom, so we are making do without wardrobes for now

Aug/Sept views and area around

View from bedroom window (neighbours house can be seen on TV)

View from upstairs bedroom

The front of the house (faces East)

House from the North

House from field on North side of burn - note the stone building is still to be completed.

 

July/Aug - starting to unpack

The Hall way.

 The temporary lounge

 Fraser's Room.

 Walk in shower.

 Rest of bathroom

May starting to move in.

May - the plumbing is complete

The heating system is now plumbed up.
All we need is the commissioning
This allows us to have hot water and heat, then we can get the floor dried out, the downstairs doors fitted the kitchen fitted and voila! Phase 1 will be complete.

April - final fix starts

The electrician has been in and fitted all the sockets and the final finished floor surface is to start going down on Monday. 8 weeks to go...

March..

..and the plastering begins.

followed by building the plant room cupboard and painting the first coat.

 

February

Now the floor is complete the plasterboard is going up in the main hallway and the two small rooms of the stone building.

 

26th Jan The Floor

The Floor screed was poured today! 95cum of screed. Average 70mm thick over 90sqm.

Glenalmond were very helpful and easy to deal with - I would use them again.

No one can go inside for a few days now but it is a massive step forwards in the project and a bit of a significant milestone.

Even more satisfying was the fact that the levels throughout were pretty good with only a minor adjustment of 10mm required around the stairs. Not bad since we only had an old fashioned water level and a 5 year old boy to use for setting out.

Jan 19th

Well, we were supposed to have the screed poured today to form the floor over the majority of the ground floor. However we had to cancel on Friday due to the cold weather predicted. Glad we did as it was -2 all day. Pour should take place next Monday instead.

Jan 2015

A few views of the garden in the Jan sun.