Are we winning?

I think we are. If the last few days are anything to go by, the project is picking up speed. We’ve seen some real progress this week, with one of the new stairs fitted; the new bathroom framed out; external walls being rendered and, today, the frame of the new garage door being installed. Even though they did have to remove the new stair for a few hours - after having used a sledge hammer to “ease” it in between two walls - we now have a beautiful ash stair, which is a great piece of craftsmanship in its own right.

Today, the crew has also started laying the ash floor in the new lounge and with both the rendering team and joiners returning to site tomorrow (Saturday) to continue the work, Week 30 could turn out to be the week when we made the most significant progress.

We can always live in hope!

Now the big DIY weekend challenge is whether to paint the new gable end wall, which was finished last weekend, or sand and varnish the rebuilt staircase in the existing house. Decisions, decisions…