And we are in
By Thedreamer
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There was not much in the way of progress from the last entry as we were already close to moving in.
The plumbing was completed in the last entry and connecting some final electrical fittings was done soon after.
After a decade since putting in outline planning it was time.
Our furniture delivery has taken longer than anticipated and we are living with a bean bag for the living room seating and a mattress on the floor for our bed. But we are here.
The first few days were spend getting used to living in a new space. As a family four we had spent the last six years living in a relatively small space, it is now great to have a room for each of our children and an extra bathroom.
I am pleased with how the house is performing from an energy use point of view. We don’t typically get really high temperatures here and the external average temperature has been about 12c over the last few weeks, the house temperature has remained a comfortable 20c.
I have been monitoring our electricity units on a daily basis and we are using between 9 to 10kw which is promising as my hope is that we can go six months or so in the year without heating.
The real test will come in the winter as the electricity usage will probably be double, but we plan to make good use of our centrally placed wood burning stove.
Once we are furnished, I’ll post some more photos. For the moment just enjoying the new house with the family.
The next jobs are:
- Ordering decking for a small decked area and for our access ramp
- Spreading gravel around the house site
- Gardening
- Putting more material on the access road
- Order some down pipes
Thanks for reading.
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