Shopping list for bathrooms

Got to get the bathroom purchased…
o Miller bathroom cupboard – bathroomsuppliesonline.com £700
o qssupplies.co.uk – Kaldewei 1800mm x 800mm steel bath, no grips, no tap holes £335 with VAT and delivery
o Bathstore fittings:
+ Cutie tap for downstairs sink £129
+ 2 x Metro basin mono block mixer £139 (for two bathroom sinks)
+ Oki drencher head and shower arm £149
+ 3 way shower thermostatic etc
+ Bath filler with deflector for concealed hose
+ Concealed hose on bath
* — heated floor for bathrooms – research
* — AEG fridges..

New side-return plan

So after some frank and open discussions with our neighbours we realised our original proposal to extend beyond the existing rear wall of the house was pretty unfair (and honestly quite ugly) from their perspectives. It would have cut out a lot of light to one of our neighbours’ patio and been unsightly for the other.
So, we’ve decided not to extend beyond that current line – and will now just be putting a side-return into the “alley-way” with a sloping roof and squaring off the existing patio doors.
We’d like for the new glass patio doors to run across the entire width of the back of the house – but we’ll see if budgets and practicality allows!
The following drawings attempt to show what it would look like in the context of the neighbour’s houses (to the left and right):
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And a higher-level view for clarity:
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Back on track

The builders, an increased team of 5, have been back on site this week and made a remarkable amount of progress.
Two of the rooms upstairs are almost totally plastered and starting to look great. They aim to finish the whole 1st floor in the next three days.
Of course, there’s still a lot of work to do – although the electrics are mostly in, the central heating and plumbing is still to be done. The utility room design is next as this will allow them to confirm the boiler placement, install it and then roll out the radiator installation.
After that comes the window replacement and then the more major structural work downstairs.
In the meantime the bathroom design needs to be nailed down and ordered.
All good fun.