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Ours is just off white (we re k rend and they basically do a white white (polar white) and an offwhite which is what we have) - I would suggest going to see a house in the colour you choose as it’s such an important decision.

Sounds like your near me then!

I ve just ordered the mountfield one and it’s ready for me to collect- I will let you know how I get on. I only want it for some minor lawn strumming and hedge cutting

I could nt decide on whether to get one during the build or not - I ended up not doing it at the time as I was nt sure what the landscape/lawn would eventually look like. As it happens it generally a just an area out the back and would suit a robot mower - I m already fed up of the weekly mowing so think I ll get one. Although I m now thinking I ll make do this year and get one installed next spring

We re pretty safe st the moment as the thermal mass enforcer does nt seem to be around at present - I hope he’s ok??

Hi @daiking I have nt finished them yet - been gradually installing them over the last two weekends now that I ve planned what is going where. Should be finished sometime next week if my sparky turns up to wire in the transformer for me. I ve been burying my cable in small conduit under the lawn and edging. I m not sure its necessary, and they do offer a thicker rubber cable if you wanted to run it through gravel etc. The nice thing is they do offer a wide range of lights so I m going to put some uplights into my front door step, and a wall light by my front gate. I would say its not the cheapest system - the lights are nt too badly priced, but the cable and branched connectors certainly add up - they only come in 1,3,6,10m lengths so for instance I have quite a few places where I needed 3.5m of cable and therefore had to buy the 6m cable.

@Pete Yes, it is - I have some led strip lights to go in the front top shadow gap - it’s one of my remaining jobs when I get some time (and inclination). The blinds are motorised so I don’t actually need to get to any pull cords.

We recessed our blinds into a false ceiling like this to hide the mechanism and give us space for the handles....

I paid a day rate to my Tiler’s (they were trust worthy) - worked out at £30m2 for my outdoor tiles.

Meant to add - I rendered the walls at my last place, it was a retaining wall and I tanked it but I did notice it had stained in places when I went by the other week.

Bloody hell Lizzie, that’s nice - no wonder your over budget!

I ve always wondered how wel a white plaster/render wall would last in the UK weather. The biggest issue is water on top without some sort of coping

Agreed, it’s my biggest recommendation to everyone.