Mark has a new work phone so we tried to take a picture of the roof activity, but not so clear at a large scale....

anyway - activity and builders and roof - wow.

More porch....

also, the very beginings of a roof appearing ... all but the very keen of eye might struggle to spot that there are two beams going across the roof space !!!

Lots of activity today, the old door to the kitchen has been blocked in and the small return wall built up...

More work is going on with the porch.... (Taz there, being the least camera shy of the builders)

And finally, I have had to clear out the back/clothes/junk room, in order for various important preparatory holes to be created for the immenent arrival of the roof.

No pictures today, but news that the issues with the roof have been resolved, the steels are being ordered and the builders should be able to get on!! Woo-hooo!!

More space revealed!!! The wall between the kitchen and dining room came out on Friday, that along with the enlarged hall is certainly giving us a taste for the space we will eventually have.

The dust and mess is reaching epic proportions, and I do have the feeling that we are camping out in the house now. It's a good job these photos are grainy as I couldn't bear a permanent record to be kept of what we are living in at the moment.

Time, again for the "where's M" competition, I do think he might try harder with his hiding places....

In other news, we got the paths completed around the greenhouse at the weekend, so all the gravel and paving slabs are down and it looks lovely and neat. We also made a start on finishing the fence posts off with their little caps. M bravely managed one side of the garden, but seeing as he had had his arm stabbed with various vaccinations for his trip to Kenya, it didn't seem like the ideal task for him. So he was swiftly re-assigned the job of propping up the sofa and reviewing the television, in which I soon ably assisted him...

The hall cupboard was taken out yesterday, so we can now get a feel for the size the hall will be when finished. Things are getting very messy and very cramped though as we try and hide ourselves and our possessions in the few "untouched" rooms left. But we'll not dwell on that this morning, instead lets have a game of "where's M?" with two photos of the hall from yesterday...

Enjoying our new windows...

The windows are in in the front and back bedroom, the bathroom and the bay window. Also the new kitchen and utility room windows are in.

We did have a "visit" from a neighbour to check them out... the old chap just wandered up to the front of the house and stood there having a good look, whilst I was stood in the bay window talking on the phone!! I don't think he approved, but never mind.

The veiws out are brilliant!

Windows have arrived and are going in, they arrived on Tuesday, here we have a shot of two of the 5 packages received, being propped up by Taz, one of the builders...

Fortunately the window fitters arrived soon after and took charge of where they needed to be stored and how to move them safely etc.

So now the bay window is in (sorry forgot to take a piccy this morning), and it looks fab! The bathroom window was removed yesterday and we were left with a bit of hardboard covering the hole. With a little feature gap left so that we could see the dawn sky while showering!