A day we thought would never come.

[Moira Niedzwiecka]

At last, most of our scaffolding is down, 5 months later than planned.

In spite of all the trauma it has been worth it.

Our views are lovely and the house is looking better than I had hoped.

Guttering is arriving next week & a bit of finishing to the cedar & stonework & we are nearly there.

Outside anyway.

[Tennentslager]

Very, very nice, well done ?

[Nickfromwales]

Looking very nice, and super neat stonemasonry . 

I take it the pillars are to be wrapped in the same stone ? 

[Moira Niedzwiecka]

 

The support pillars are anthracite powder coated steel to match the windows.

I have wrapped them in bubble wrap to protect them.

We wanted them to be as discreet as possible.

We would have liked the dormer to have been cantilevered but cost was prohibitive.

The ironstone looks great.

The location is on the side of an old victorian ironstone quarry and is in the conservation area so we had to use it.

We kept it to a minimum because of cost.

Our existing cottage (the new house is in the garden)is part of an ironstone terrace & most of the village is built in it.

[Dreadnaught]

Wonderful news! Such a beautiful house, and country setting, which I have had the privilidge to visit.

Well done Moira and Henry! 

[Moira Niedzwiecka]

Thanks Tom.

We are starting to make progress inside as well now.

Just finished the cement slurry grouting of the beam & block.

Done the DPM & 800mm of floor insulation & 100mm perimeter insulation in the living area. Utility & hallway to do.

Started the acoustic insulation in the ceiling (horrible job).

MVHR arriving this week.

Henry is getting on with the joinery upstairs.

Most of the first fix electrics & plumbing done.

 

Edited May 28, 2018 by Moira Niedzwiecka
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[lizzie]

@Moira Niedzwiecka hurrah very well done. I’m thrilled for you. Enjoy your moment both of you it looks fabulous. x

[Moira Niedzwiecka]

Thanks Lizzie.

Hugely relieved to be at this point.

 

[newhome]

That looks fabulous! Must give you great incentive to get the inside looking stunning too. 

[Onoff]

Lovely clean lines on the roof etc. That triangular glass bit on the dormer I love.

[Ferdinand]

Looking very very good,

 

If it is Ironstone are you Northamptonshire way?

 

I recall visiting an ironstone church near the M1-Kettering route from Simon Jenkins' book that glowed almost orange in the sunshine.

 

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[MikeGrahamT21]

That is a beautiful house! Well done for all the hard work on it. And the area looks stunning too, very lucky people! ? 

[Cpd]

@Moira Niedzwiecka what a fantastic and modest house you have got there, if I could have done things diffrent then it would have been to build something like this rather than head down the renovation route.... but hay ho one always lives and learns and thank god for buildhub. (Though I wish i had found its predecessor 6 years ago..... ) looking forward to seeing the inside come together.  

[Moira Niedzwiecka]

9 hours ago, Onoff said:

Lovely clean lines on the roof etc. That triangular glass bit on the dormer I love.

Roofers were a nightmare but came good in the end. Glass on the dormer was a last minute change. It was going to have the glazing bars in to match the window below.

Really glad we changed it.

@Ferdinand We are on the Leicestershire/Rutland border, just south of Melton Mowbray. Lot of ironstone around here. It is a lovely warm stone with dark silver threads running through it in places, but very expensive. That's why we have render on the gable walls. Tried to match the render to the lime mortar.

@newhome Getting excited about the inside now But rapidly running out of money

[Pete]

Nice looking property and in a lovely setting.

[vivienz]

Gorgeous!  Another milestone passed - really pleased for you both.