5th December

Bernie was up this weekend and we went in and had a look at progress over the past days when we were not on site. He risked the ladder and went upstairs and took some photos. The  roof window is in in the bathroom. He took a shot of the bedroom window and although, at first, it looks like there was an intruder on the scaffolding, but of course he took a tricky shot of himself!!  He brought up another good book of roof gardens which concentrates on "finishes".  After the inspection we went down to the Honeysuckle Hotel with Bern and Jacqueline and there we saw the wooden handrail which we like.  On Friday evening I had a phone conversation with John, the electrician, who has found a good phone/camera/intercom system for the front door. We could see that Ian must have worked for ages on Friday as all the yellow TV cables are all in place already!

This week should be a big week on the build. The rendererd are apparently coming. The scaffolding for the AMP wall should go up and work should begin on that. The plumber will be on site and the kitchen electrical work will happen on Thursday. 

Bedroom window - with mystery person "outside"

roof window in bathroom

roof window - we can see the clouds!

Down the stairs

The hand rail ( and feature steet beam) at Honeysuckle Hotel.

Down the stairs - with Ian's yellow cables

These were the layers that stuffed the seat in the piano stool . Bit of history!

So, Christmas is only 20 days away. I did a bit more sorting on the homefront and today we farewelled Mackay  and Ben who are off to the UK for at least a year. It is a bit sad having to say that we will see them in the new place when they return. I get the feeling that whilst I can't wait to move, it is going to be sad to leave, really.