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Love to see a really clean and tidy site

Looking good - fingers crossed all goes well for you.

Loads and nothing. I need to do another entry to clear out my head but my head’s too full to do a blog entry…. Plus I need a milestone like some visible progress to make me feel like it’s reasonable to do one. When you’re there every day it feels like so little changes.

They sound great. Just need to build a house with cladding now!

I'm pretty sure we have the same blinds and there's no flapping. They are much more robust than internal venetians. It's blowing maybe force 4 or 5 here at the moment and there's no movement. You can connect a wind sensor that will retract the blinds when it hits gale force 7 or whatever - we've turned ours off though, so the blinds have managed everything the weather has thrown at them for the last 3 years.

Hah yes, thanks Roger! Yesterday we ended up supplying cold zero beers to the roofers next door too. It was scorchio on their roof yesterday - we couldn't stand by sipping beers while they watched on roasting.

Aka an element of control freakism. I think we all try (try being the operative word) to stay within bounds of what we can/should do, when we don't ......there be dragons....stretch not stress and all that. Looking at your blog, you're motoring, so whatever you're doing/have done....it's working.

Hi Stoph, We used 50mm ducting for all the services - the electrician requested 100mm for PV panel feed or 2 x 50mm, so we went for the latter. They are all above the concrete footings with a lintel in the blockwork. You can see one on the right the attached photo (the other opening in the centre is for a waste pipe from what will be the kitchen). .

Loving the plans, sounds just what i hope to do when we can sell up and move. Currently looking after elderly parents so unable to make the move yet, but i still look for places we could move to. I shall keep your architects details as your plans would suit us too, and the spec is exactly what I would like. Will enjoy reading about the build - Good Luck!

Great progress. You'll soon use the ducts up so don't worry there. Better to be looking at a duct, than wishing you had one. Another 4' down and you'd have had a basement lol.

Including yellow rattle. It adds attractively to the mix and parasitises any grass that dares try to take over.

Any updates? I'm assuming next blog will be house up and moving in 😉