It’s been a while since the last update (stag dos, busy working schedules and hectic activities have conspired against us). Having said that the builders have been thankfully busy as well – and aside from a bill for some extras to swallow, things are going pretty well.

Our new bathroom design has worked out really well and the loft rooms are all pretty much there now – including plastering, doors, windows and the all-important roof.

You can see from the photos below that the roofers have done a very neat job – especially with all the lead-work around the windows and with the tiles on the “rear box”.

All that is left now is to fit the electrical sockets and lights and connect up the plumbing. Then the bathroom fitting etc.

We ordered all the tiles today (for both bathrooms and the utility room) and they should be on site Monday.

So everything is gunning for finishing the loft extension in the next week or so.

Meanwhile, we commenced the rear-extension project too and work on that (digging foundations) begins on Monday in parallel. Finally we sorted out a quote for the carpet today and are getting quotes for decoration.

Increasingly we need to get to grips with moving in in April or so – a very exciting prospect.

Here’s some photos of the progress:

Prior to plasterboarding:

Slates going on the rear roof:

And felt ready to go on top:

Plastering around the veluxes:

And the plasterboarded whole:

Detail on the rear “box”, note the leading around the window:

And the front roof, ready for tiling:

Door frames go in: (this one on the new ensuite bathroom):

And a pipe for air-conditioning in the future:

Re-boarding where they had to cut out for the steel beam to go in: (now all plastered too):

Plastering under the stairs:

Scaffolders, taking the roof off in noisy style:

Dropping the corrugated sheets. Neighbours not impressed:

Spot the “friend”, still with us:(keeps turning up, no matter how many times we bag her up):

Kickboards on the utility rooms:

Window in the bathroom:

Completed “rear box”:

Rear roof:

Just needs a wash:

Detailing on the felt and soffit:

More detail:

Rear roof:

Pointing?

Cement:

And corner tiles:

Englishman, castle etc

Chimney in need of attention:

Domelight:

Roof, flat:

Our neighbours have “vents”…. why? Should we?

Front roof:

Chimney:

Vent from the loo:

Two domelights:

Juliette doors:

Internal plasterwork drying out:

Doors and frames are in:

(glad we didn’t put a shower in there!)

Velux finished:

Door frame:

Domelight, looking up:

Builders’ tea-room