As I write this post we are now officially in our new home. The Caravan has been re-homed approx 9 miles away (for another home renovation/building project), we've done the last batch of filming for our "Building the Dream" reveal and we have confirmed dates we'll be ont' telly (14th October at 9pm on More 4).
I've made some notes of bits I've missed to blog about, but will definitely come back to those at a later date - for those that are interested and also for our own records in time to come.
I can't tell you how amazing it feels to be finally living in our house, with luxuries like hot water (without the risk of gas running out), heating, a kitchen and dining table big enough to actually use and a bath... Fliss and I are delighted with how it has all come together (just in the nick of time) and it's a good job too because in less than 2 weeks we get married. We've managed to build and be in within 12 months of starting the foundations and to keep to our budget without compromising too much on the finish on the house. The caravan going has really opened up the plot and given us our views back.
It has been absolutely manic trying to get everything finished - firstly so the caravan could move on, secondly so we could actually move in and have bedrooms fully functioning so the kids can sleep in them and thirdly so we were ready for the big reveal filming session. I can't thank my Mum and Dad and also a few of the trades who worked tirelessly to help ensure we were ready for filming.
I also wanted to give a special mention to Stuart Carter of www.stuartcarterfurniture.com who selflessly turned up the day before filming to finish off a couple of jobs for me (with some oak architrave and an oak moulding for the stairs that he rushed through his workshop in the morning for me) and ended up being here nearly all day doing a "few little jobs more". You can tel Stu loves what he does, because not only are the wardrobes and doors he made for us really lovely - he also told me he'd "had fun today." Not sure everyone would have thought the same when they went above and beyond the call of duty.
I am going to try and give some pictures, without giving away too much for the reveal.
I've made some notes of bits I've missed to blog about, but will definitely come back to those at a later date - for those that are interested and also for our own records in time to come.
I can't tell you how amazing it feels to be finally living in our house, with luxuries like hot water (without the risk of gas running out), heating, a kitchen and dining table big enough to actually use and a bath... Fliss and I are delighted with how it has all come together (just in the nick of time) and it's a good job too because in less than 2 weeks we get married. We've managed to build and be in within 12 months of starting the foundations and to keep to our budget without compromising too much on the finish on the house. The caravan going has really opened up the plot and given us our views back.
It has been absolutely manic trying to get everything finished - firstly so the caravan could move on, secondly so we could actually move in and have bedrooms fully functioning so the kids can sleep in them and thirdly so we were ready for the big reveal filming session. I can't thank my Mum and Dad and also a few of the trades who worked tirelessly to help ensure we were ready for filming.
I also wanted to give a special mention to Stuart Carter of www.stuartcarterfurniture.com who selflessly turned up the day before filming to finish off a couple of jobs for me (with some oak architrave and an oak moulding for the stairs that he rushed through his workshop in the morning for me) and ended up being here nearly all day doing a "few little jobs more". You can tel Stu loves what he does, because not only are the wardrobes and doors he made for us really lovely - he also told me he'd "had fun today." Not sure everyone would have thought the same when they went above and beyond the call of duty.
I am going to try and give some pictures, without giving away too much for the reveal.
