November 2014.......moving in!!!!

Well, the big moment arrived...after nearly 18 months of clearing the site and getting the relevant planning consents, followed by 9 months of building, we finally have a house to call home.

We have a lot left to do over the coming months (and years!) both inside and out, but we are thrilled to be in and its amazing to be finally be living in the house we have dreamt about for so long.

Its difficult to remember now what it looked like when we first bought the site (see posts from 2012/2013) with trees and brambles growing out of every building and mud everywhere, but all the hard work has definitely been worth it.

We really couldn't have done it without all our friends and family- so thank you all, you know who you are.. :-)

Cat and Chris (and Pumba) x

 

Coming down the newly laid drive to the front of the house

The Kitchen

The kitchen, looking into the hallway beyond

Bedroom

Ensuite with bath looking out over the fields

Pumba looking out onto the yard

Sitting room...flagstones still to go down

First night in, fish, chips and champagne with the Longdens!

Hallway- ready for the final flagstones to go down

Hallway into kitchen

The lights are on....finally!





September Update - Nearly There

We are moving forward on the project.  With the underfloor heating installed we have been able to bring in the screeding company.  We are now well into the second fix and have set our sights on moving in within a month or so.

Screeding lorry

Screeding in the utility

and in the sitting room

Tiling in the guest room en-suite

 The tilers have also arrived on site and within a week the bathrooms in the guest room and our room are complete ready for the plumbers to come into second fix.

Tiling in out en-suite

 With the Mill being over three stories we have had to fire proof the doors to comply with building regs.

Second coat of fire proofing

Painting in the Kitchen is complete

Painting is complete in the hallway and the roof light has been cleaned up inside

View out from the hallway

Bedroom 2 painting complete

 The biomass providers South West Renewable have begun the installation of the biomass system

Boiler room

Painting in our bedroom complete

And the tiling in the en-suite complete

First coat of paint in the sitting room done

Week (circa) 29/30!?



cedar cladding almost complete and the first coat of lime render on





cill cast for the hallway window








underfloor heating going in!



underfloor in our bedroom

plastering starting in the kitchen, looking through to the hallway and sitting room



Lovely new lintel and step for our glass panel looking out over the canal




damp proofing the back wall







the gable end with all the scaffolding down....first time in 8 months!



Week 27 Update - Weather Tight

The project has moved forward again, we have all the window in except on by fold door!  With the windows installed this has freed up more plastering for Tom and he has the kitchen and a couple of large sections in the hallway before the plastering in the mill is complete.

With the first floor and top floor bedrooms plastered we have been able to deploy the paint sprayer to apply the mist and first coats of the paint.  Whilst the preparation time for the sprayer is quite prolonged it does allow very quick painting of large spaces and a really smooth finish.

The oak scribes for the oak windows were installed by Graham at the end of last week and finally we can say goodbye to the scaffolding.

I have recycled some bricks from the original floor in the mill to create an internal step between the Mill and the Long Barn.

The stone mason have returned to start the lime rendering.

At the end of next week the power supply will be moved into the boiler room and we await the results  of our water sample test which will dictate the type of treatment plant we will have to install.

Stone flooring has arrived

Stone Mason's have returned to begin the lime rendering

Internal step using reclaimed bricks

First coat of the lime render complete

Kitchen fireplace plaster boarded 

Step complete

Guest bedroom

Guest bedroom

Master bedroom

View from the en-suite

One of the family bedrooms

Both types of window side by side

Oak windows - complete

Fence complete around the treatment plant