Friday, 4 May 2012

Posh Pics

Nick and I visited site today to meet Ian before he heads off on holiday next week. We had a quick look through his final bill to check costs for the extra bits we've added on along the way - extras will add about 5% to the bill. Not too bad we thought and it means we've spent about half our contingency fund here and the other half went on re-building the rammed earth wall (roughly speaking). So we're more or less on budget.

Nick drew up a snagging list at the weekend - basically checking all the rooms and interior for any bits that need anything doing, gaps for caulking (filling) mostly, a couple of doors adjusting and that kind of thing. He and Ian talked it through as well.

Tom and Graham were setting our clay brick paths, working through the drizzle. We looked at concrete bricks which would have been quite a bit cheaper but Rigeons had a good deal on the clay bricks and they have the advantage over concrete in that they hold their colour, where the concrete will eventually fade to grey.

Our architects have commissioned a photographer to come and take lots of nice pictures of the house so they can use them for their promotional material. We'll get copies too so great news for us. Tim Rawl is the appointed man, he made his first visit to the house on Monday afternoon. His focus for the day was the stairs, earth wall and hallway and said he would visit again on a couple more occasions as the year goes on to get more pictures of the exterior once the landscaping is complete and settled. I managed to get the upstairs hoovered and the cobbles sealed just in time. Here's a few of his pics: