New Loft Hatch

New Loft Hatch, originally uploaded by Frickley.

How can anyone get excited about a new loft hatch... well I am! Sad eh? This week the chimney breast in the kitchen has been raised ready for a new extractor fan. The window in the bathroom has been bricked up and rendered. They have finished rendering the back of the house too.

The downstairs cloak room is ready to be fitted as is the upstairs bathroom.

We now have a target move in date! April 11th. Can't wait :-)

Back of house being re-rendered

Back of house being re-rendered, originally uploaded by Frickley.

What a difference a day makes! The back of the house is looking much better already. If you want to see more photo's you can either click on one of the pictures in the blog or go here

I've arranged the photo's so that the newest appears first.

Back of house minus the render!

Back of house minus the render!, originally uploaded by Frickley.

The render on the back of the house has been mostly hacked off. They did it in a day! They are planning to have re-rendered it by Sunday afternoon.

Most of the re-plastering inside the house has now been done too.

Hopefully the new bathrooms will be fitted next week!

Stud wall freshly plastered!

Stud wall freshly plastered, originally uploaded by Frickley.

We're getting there... the stud wall has now been plastered. This week has been a bit of a nightmare. The builders decided to "borrow" the insulation. Luckily our trusty decorator Dawn spotted it and we got the insulation in there before it was re-plastered. It could have been an absolute nightmare. Can you imagine watching football on Sky Sports only to hear Trinny and Suzanna in the background? It doesn't bear thinking about!

The roofers also decided to "borrow" our chimney pots! Again we spotted it and they are now safely stored in the garden. they are worth at least £50 quid each so it was more than a bit cheeky of the roofers to take them. Oh, and the new drain water pipes they fitted by the roofers were obviously facing the wrong way - you could see it easily by eye. Their excuse... "our spirit level is broken." Maybe they lost the bubble? Good excuse lads...