July 2014, we were now frantically getting ready to move in. All the major works on the house were completed but it is amazing how much time the finishing (and preparing to finish) takes. July seemed to be a really good month for progress, with very visible things happening.
Starting with the upstairs bathroom. After watching the dry lining being done I decided that I would have a go myself in the upstairs bathroom and made the frame, fixed the plasterboard and tape and jointed. At best it would look alright and at worst it was in the back of the bathroom so wouldn't matter anyway! I don't think it ended up too bad and we have another useful little storage box.
A bit messy but looks OK, pipe work boxed in
Bathroom floor down ready for painting and tiling
Oak shelf, cut, fitted, oiled and ready for the bathroom suite and radiator
Tiling taking shape
Reclaimed toiled and sink plumbed in and fitted. Radiator sat on the oak shelf.
Bathroom feature wall
Josh's room all cleaned up and ready for underlay and floorboards to go down.
Nearly there, last couple of boards and Josh room floor will be done
Engineered oak flooring in Olivias room , starting to look like a home upstairs
We've put the same engineered flooring through the upstairs rooms
While the upstairs progressed, downstairs the Oak architrave and skirting boards also were being fitted. The oak was sourced from a local timber yard just down the road in Mortimers Cross (Good Brothers). We used them for quite a bit of the internal oak finishes as I found them very helpful and the timescales they were able to turn around orders also suited our build. I also hadn't forgotten how they managed to turn around the door linings within a couple of days earlier in the build, which meant the plaster boarding wasn't delayed.
Oak architrave and skirting boards downstairs
Mitred joints and screw and plug fixing
Caps ready to fill the holes in the oak
Oak ledge doors hung
The quartze worktop supplied and installed by Fontoura in Leominster. Just 7 days from the templating the worktop was installed and the kitchen started to feel like a useable space.
While the inside progressed a lot was happening on the outside as well.
The sceptic tank - we now have somewhere for the waste to go, which is the last thing that would enable us to move in.
Lighting up the oak and sitting area outside the french doors. When we have time for BBQs!
Outside lights by the front and rear doors. A bargain of the interweb.
Really happy with the Lindab galvanised steel guttering, especially against the roof tiles and grey timber cladding.
Thats it for now, thanks for looking! Tim
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