When I started to write this blog on the 10th of June, I got halfway through it and parked it to one side. We had seen slower progress on site, we were waiting for the remainder of the floor tiles to arrive, the remainder of the glass tiles for the shower room (we had 4 tiles that weren't square on the corners and www.stanstones.co.uk sent them back) and the kitchen water and gas carcassing to be carried out.
We took the opportunity to do some more painting (including a re-paint with slight colour change on the triangular areas over the beams) and organise the upstairs bathroom tiling. I've also had a chat with http://www.stuartcarterfurniture.com about the storage problem we have upstairs and so we could see what is affordable (triangular roof shapes, don't make wardrobes too easy). We discussed what we could do and what we were looking for and pricing and we commissioned him to build our upstairs wardrobe along with custom made doors for the storage under the eaves and for the upstairs bedrooms.
That leads on to the budget. I've also been looking at our numbers and whilst I am quietly confident we will still come in on budget, we are however starting to feel the squeeze and decisions will need to be made about what we can afford - at the most difficult time to keep a check on it. We are really happy with the decisions we have made throughout the build, but the money tree isn't fruiting and short of winning the lottery we need to keep the budget in mind. When/if we do manage to come in on budget, I'll be pretty pleased considering this is the first time we have built.
Since starting this blog everything has been moving along at 100 miles per hour, we've now got a fitted kitchen, shower and bathrooms, flooring downstairs, flooring upstairs, skirting boards and door architrave downstairs (and some upstairs), our LPG gas bottle is installed underground, we have a septic tank that is plumbed in and storm drains are pretty much sorted.
We really are just weeks away from being able to move in, but we are still hanging on to complete as much as possible without being tempted to move in before we are finished inside... whats a few more weeks after nearly 4 years in a caravan on site?
We took the opportunity to do some more painting (including a re-paint with slight colour change on the triangular areas over the beams) and organise the upstairs bathroom tiling. I've also had a chat with http://www.stuartcarterfurniture.com about the storage problem we have upstairs and so we could see what is affordable (triangular roof shapes, don't make wardrobes too easy). We discussed what we could do and what we were looking for and pricing and we commissioned him to build our upstairs wardrobe along with custom made doors for the storage under the eaves and for the upstairs bedrooms.
That leads on to the budget. I've also been looking at our numbers and whilst I am quietly confident we will still come in on budget, we are however starting to feel the squeeze and decisions will need to be made about what we can afford - at the most difficult time to keep a check on it. We are really happy with the decisions we have made throughout the build, but the money tree isn't fruiting and short of winning the lottery we need to keep the budget in mind. When/if we do manage to come in on budget, I'll be pretty pleased considering this is the first time we have built.
Since starting this blog everything has been moving along at 100 miles per hour, we've now got a fitted kitchen, shower and bathrooms, flooring downstairs, flooring upstairs, skirting boards and door architrave downstairs (and some upstairs), our LPG gas bottle is installed underground, we have a septic tank that is plumbed in and storm drains are pretty much sorted.
We really are just weeks away from being able to move in, but we are still hanging on to complete as much as possible without being tempted to move in before we are finished inside... whats a few more weeks after nearly 4 years in a caravan on site?
