Grand Designs?

A blog to record the progress of our extension...

Wednesday, May 31, 2006

update (hopefully!)

hopefully this update will work and you can see the latest pictures taken over the last week... The plastering is finished in the kitchen and the glass is in. Next big job in here is the underfloor heating and then the screed and tiling.

















the new wooden floor has been laid in the living/dining area




up in the bathroom the plastering is done and they are getting ready to do the tiling...



The spare bedroom is getting the makeover treatment now... note the lovely wallpaper which we hope to save for posterity...

Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Online again!

Yes after a few week's absence it appears that photos can now be added - so here they are, of week 12 (I think). The main build has been looking pretty much the same for the last 3 or 4 weeks now they have got the roof on - the last bit is adding the french windows and the custom pane of glass above them.
The bathroom has been plasterboarded and we no longer have any floorboards downstairs as the old ones have been removed to make way for the new ones.
We also have a big trench in the front garden with a bright blue plastic pipe in ready to connect up to the mains, when Thames Water get round to doing their bit that is...



Looking up to the bathroom



The living room and part of the dining room



the back of the house - now the roof is fully on




the kitchen - Ali has a new lens so it looks bigger than it actually is....

Friday, May 05, 2006

visitors

as of today 3 people have looked at our blog! (note the nifty visitor counter over on the right hand column)

still even google had to start somewhere...

Tuesday, May 02, 2006

Slates and plaster

Well, some of the slates are on the roof and they have skimmed the walls in the living room so it's starting to look slightly more normal in there now. We climbed up the scaffolding last Saturday (still no stairs) to get to the bedrooms and discovered that the old boiler has been removed from the spare room, and our sofas are now immensely dusty....

For some reason my laptop is not allowing me to post photos onto the site - we'll get there eventually!

-- Update 4th May - now I can publish photos, here they are!

week 8

week 8 - looking from the back of the house



week 10



week 10



week 10



week 10