Finally...after two (+) weeks of waiting...

Ok then, finally we are back making some progress with the house again. When I last reported in the plumbers were moving in. Now they have come and gone having installed all the plumbing and heating, with the radiators now in place.

Externally, the roofing has now been completed with the last portions of tiling getting finished last week. The scaffolding is down as they have finished rendering the outside. Furthermore, the external paint is now being applied as you will see in pictures slightly further down.

Here's the usual front shot (click for a larger version) -



Taken late on in the evening just after sunset you can see the smooth exterior prior to the paint going on. The light in the downstairs right hand window is actually the sun setting through the french doors at the back. The digger is there currently doing the groundwork for the drive and gardens.
The garden will eventually encircle the whole house with the drive going from the position the photo was taken down the right side of the house as we look at it with a parking area in front of the house also.
The gravel around the house will be the base for a path that goes right the way around.



This shot is more representative of the finished article with the cream paint's initial coat being applied here. The wooden guide around the gravel I'm assuming is the extent of the path around but we'll see.
Finally back around the front in the fading light....



As you can see they seem to have run out of paint by the time they reached the front elevation. Off to B&Q for more then I'd say.

So that's the progress on the house itself. Internally we've been deciding on bathrooms, flooring (still) and tiles (don't know where to start).

At least the deposit is down on the kitchen which means there's no going back on that one, which is one less thing to worry about !

Once the floors are dry internally then the kitchen can go in and then the bathroom stuff. After that we'll need to paint the walls and tile the bathrooms and then do the floors, or whatever order it all comes round to being.

Progress once again, so that's us for a couple of weeks now. Don't forget to click on the flickr picture up there on the right to see what else we've been at recently (Charlotte's birthday for instance).

Bye for now !