MBC build- a year later
At long last we are starting. 3 months late but at least the weather has improved.
Spent all week excavating the slab base.
4 days of digger hire, 260 tonnes of muck removed, 80 tonnes of type 1 brought in.
Mbc are laying the type1 as the slab has a ring beam around the outside so it needs to be built up first before the main base is laid
Another quick update
At long last we have finished the plastering. It has come up well and my decorator (wife) is getting on with the painting.
For those interested we used 270 sheets of plasterboard with very little waste to go to the tip ( so far two trips at £6 a time)
Kitchen cabinets are all installed. The island granite is on order and we are looking at oak for the rest.
One big improvement is the Oak porch and balcony. MBC provided these as
