Cliff & Darren

Second summer : getting plastered

  It’s been one year,  two months and eight days since the house build officially began. It’s been six months since our last post in February when we still had bare bricks and … Continue Reading →

Is it warm yet?

Moving goal-posts

  It’s a gloomy, cold, rainy February day. And yes, we are warmer now. It’s been nearly three months since our last post on the house build, so this one … Continue Reading →

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Last push before the snow

It’s been a whole month since our last post and lots happened: small wins, big wins, progress on some fronts, hold-ups and delays on others, good stuff, not so good stuff, ups, downs… … Continue Reading →

Lady of leisure

Sleep-building

CAUTION : Julia is now a lady of leisure who has taken over the project management of the house build…. I have heard of sleep-walking but never caught anyone in … Continue Reading →

Grander Design

Grand(er) Design

Kevin McCloud would have loved us! We would have been the perfect Guiney pig project to televise. Kevin would have smirked and laughed and raised his eyebrow not once, not twice, but all the way through the one-hour episode! … Continue Reading →