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Space (to build): the final foundations. These are the stories of The House. Its five-year six-year continuing mission: to explore difficult-to-obtain planning permission. To seek out demolition and new damp proof courses. To boldly get built where only one House has gone before!
We’ll be capturing build progress and events – warts and all – as they happen. Click the Blog button to see all the blogs (most recent entry first) or scroll down for links to the most recent posts.
Latest Posts:
- Aaaaand… It’s finished.So there we have it. 9 months to the day. Compare the timestamps in the pictures above. We have to admit, when our builder told us that he’d have the house built in less than 10 months (he actually promised 9½ months), we were somewhat sceptical. We’ve watched enough episodes of Grand Designs to knowContinue reading “Aaaaand… It’s finished.”
- All quiet on the home front?Apologies for the delayed blog update. We’re in the final fulong of the final straight of the build – but that doesn’t mean that nothing’s happening. It’s just lots of finishing off items getting done – but that doesn’t necessarily make for dramatic photos. One thing that has finally been done is the hole outsideContinue reading “All quiet on the home front?”
- Caged protruberances – and other itemsAs we enter the final straight in terms of the house build, with only a few weeks left, it all comes down to things being finished off and details being added. Of these, there have been some interesting cages appearing on the outside of the house. For example: If we’re honest, we’re not entirely sureContinue reading “Caged protruberances – and other items”