Blog posts in Lock Cottage Renovation
Happy New Year!
Phew! It’s been a busy couple of months but we did manage to have a couple of days off over the Christmas period. There has been a massive amount of progress. We are charging forwards, in an attempt to be...
It feels like we have turned a corner, I won’t say we are on the home straight but we are certainly moving forwards at pace. It’s amazing to finally be able to walk through from the new to the existing building….!
The building inspector...
Firstly sorry for missing a blog last month! I’ve had a number of complaints from family and friends who have been looking for the update. So……here is two months worth of blogs and pictures.
...Is it July already!?
Our bricky is back and moving the extension forwards again. We are working towards putting the roof on early next month….fingers crossed!
Steve has been progressing the joinery and we now have a complete set of...
Steve has seen it as a good opportunity to catch up on the joinery! All windows (new and...
Progress has been unbelievable this month. At the end of last month we hadn’t started the extension ground work and now we are out the ground! The reclaimed handmade bricks look amazing thanks to our...
We hoped by now we could report that the building would be starting to come out of the ground but unfortunately progress has been slow. The ground works are proving complicated due to an old brick well being very close to the foundations and poor...
I was really excited about starting work on the extension this month but every Monday I wake up with pain in my arms and legs and wonder what we have let ourselves in for! Focus this month has been on taking the old extensions down and we are...
Progress This Month
- Stud wall installed to separate the bathroom from the corridor between the bedroom and landing
- Roof has been insulated with 7 inch rockwool,
- Upstairs ceilings have been...
Despite the freezing temperature and heavy snow we have continued to work on the house. Aided by a wood burning stove, which has slightly taken the chill off!
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Still plenty of work to do on the existing building, recent progress includes:
- Installing a structural oak beam and steel box beam to enable an internal wall to be removed.
- Internal wall taken out
- A bridge has...
Progress has been slow over the last few months, but we are continuing to work on the original cottage:
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We fell in love with this cottage back in September 2009, and finally got our offer accepted in the October. It’s perfect and I feel very lucky to have a practical Joiner for a partner who will be able to transform it into our first home.
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