It's what dreams are made of and nightmares kindled: Most home owners aspire to it; some take a few tentative steps and fewer still are crazy enough to go the full hog! This blog shares some of the trials and tribulations of a major redevelopment of a 1950s home through a cataclysmic transformation which retains the best of the last Century while metamorposing the property into a design classic fit for today's living.

Monday, September 25, 2006

WEEK 28 - Time's marching on (Delay = 12 weeks)

In another four weeks, we'll hit a magic milestone. 16 weeks of delay, which equates to a total overrun of, yes, 16 weeks. Where this will end is the big question everybody, apart from the contractor, keep asking. The answers are not forthcoming, so we don't really know what's in store.

In the meantime, the rendering crew is due back on site this week, to start applying the white pre-coloured concrete to the external wall panels. Apart from that, the work with the new bathroom continues which, hopefully, means we can resume work in the Link. Plastering and fitting-out of this room has been held up considerably, as we couldn't install a new ceiling until the drains for the bathroom had been installed. Hopefully, with this bottleneck now removed, we can start seeing some real progress.