Grand Designs?: June 2006

26/06 update

Here are the latest pictures; getting ready for the final big push.

The hallway, ready for the final coat of paint (and the radiator)

Some views of the living/dining room where painting is almost finished.

a view of the stairs and also a shot looking through the double doors to the new kitchen

Some shots of the kitchen - units and worktops almost complete. Looks good now all the the building stuff is removed.

The new cooker has been delivered and put in place

The bathroom is making progress too - as well as the towel rail being in position the shower base is in place ready for the enclosure.

The spare room has been plastered too;

Bathroom and Kitchen update

Another week with lots of progress.

The bathroom tiling is complete and the bath etc are being fitted.

some pictures of the tiles...

The boiler installation has begun, but the new water supply hasn't been connected yet (see below for more details)...

The joiner has been fitting shelves in the alcoves in the living room/dining room (some of which has had the mist coat of paint too).

Work has started on fitting the kitchen and the new cooker should be delivered next week.

The downstairs cloakroom (the cheesedog's office?) is also making progress. All the pipes are for the underfloor heating.

Rate determining step now is getting the new water supply connected. Good old Thames Water eh? For £2K you get the benefit of being fobbed off by customer service and no communication on status of your order...

stairs and tiles

Our builders have made lots of progress over the last week. As you can see from the photos, the stairs are in

and the bathroom floor has been tiled.

The kitchen floor is now complete too - with the underfloor heating and concrete being finished late last week, the tiles went down on Friday.

This week the plumber will be in fitting the bathroom out and the kitchen fitting should start soon too... we may even be moved back into the house in 2 weeks, fingers crossed.