jpinthehouse Posted December 21, 2018 Posted December 21, 2018 Hi Thought I'd post this to see what everyone is up to. I'm 12 months in will post some pictures shortly Jp
Triassic Posted December 21, 2018 Posted December 21, 2018 (edited) Today was my last day on site. I’ll be having a quiet week next week. The timber frame arrives on site the second week of January, then all hell let’s loose! Edited December 21, 2018 by Triassic
ProDave Posted December 21, 2018 Posted December 21, 2018 I will take "the day" off from working on the house. But I might keep an eye on BH from time to time. Usually go for an epic walk somewhere on boxing day if it is dry. Looks like it will be dry but cold. When you are living in your part finished new build it is hard not to just do a bit every now and then.
Ed Davies Posted December 21, 2018 Posted December 21, 2018 It's looking like the first run of decent weather here for months. I'll not be wasting it.
nod Posted December 21, 2018 Posted December 21, 2018 No chance myself and my wife were putting chamber joists in on Boxing Day last year
ToughButterCup Posted December 22, 2018 Posted December 22, 2018 I'm going to try not to do anything. Handcuffs and zip-ties will help in that respect.
joe90 Posted December 22, 2018 Posted December 22, 2018 5 minutes ago, recoveringacademic said: Handcuffs and zip-ties. Information overload Ian, hope you enjoy it?. I am just finishing the porch floor ready for Christmas but then again we are in and comfy, just don’t look out the window. 1
lizzie Posted December 22, 2018 Posted December 22, 2018 Time off is a dangerous thing....eating breakfast sitting in the sun streaming in through the windows this morning, counting our blessings and not the hole in the savings account, idly musing on the jobs still to complete to finish off here when up popped an e-mail ....it was for a barn to convert with fantastic views over fields and out to sea. It was in one of my all time favourite places in Wales too.......before we knew it we had pencil and paper out doing the sums! Get thee behind me I have to recover from the last 2 years here first!!! 3
ProDave Posted December 22, 2018 Posted December 22, 2018 It is very easy, when living i n a part built house, to just grind to a halt, accept it as it is and not make much progress towards getting it finished. That is a constant issue for us as the next thing we really really need to do is doors, but I am not sure we can actually afford them yet, let alone a joiner to fit them. So I carry on doing stuff that needs doing that is cheap instead. 1 1
vivienz Posted December 22, 2018 Posted December 22, 2018 1 week off, draw breath and rest properly, then the final push before all the other stuff that needs doing next year. 2
nod Posted December 22, 2018 Posted December 22, 2018 10 hours ago, joe90 said: Information overload Ian, hope you enjoy it?. I am just finishing the porch floor ready for Christmas but then again we are in and comfy, just don’t look out the window. My wife describe our garden as looking like Steptoe and son
TheMitchells Posted December 22, 2018 Posted December 22, 2018 7 hours ago, lizzie said: Time off is a dangerous thing....eating breakfast sitting in the sun streaming in through the windows this morning, counting our blessings and not the hole in the savings account, idly musing on the jobs still to complete to finish off here when up popped an e-mail ....it was for a barn to convert with fantastic views over fields and out to sea. It was in one of my all time favourite places in Wales too.......before we knew it we had pencil and paper out doing the sums! Get thee behind me I have to recover from the last 2 years here first!!! Details please! sounds interesting.....? 1
ProDave Posted December 22, 2018 Posted December 22, 2018 Looking for the next project before you have finished the current one is the sign of a serial self builder. Help is available. 1
PeterW Posted December 22, 2018 Posted December 22, 2018 Start looking at another in a different country... and you’re nuts ....! *and I don’t mean Wales or Scotland ... 1
lizzie Posted December 22, 2018 Posted December 22, 2018 52 minutes ago, TheMitchells said: Details please! sounds interesting.....? Its near Tenby 275k but it is a vast building for a single dwelling over 1300sqm would cost a fortune to convert. Think the agents were Birt in Tenby. When I read it intially I thought the plot was 1300sq m not the building LOL
ProDave Posted December 22, 2018 Posted December 22, 2018 This one? https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/47684293?search_identifier=5fc46c9efda757debeac1c888138d11d Planning for 2 dwellings
joe90 Posted December 22, 2018 Posted December 22, 2018 Frankly after two and a half years of building I am tired of 7 days a week plodding on with the same thing day after day (but overall I am very pleased). Went to a neighbours party tonight and was introduced as “the chap that built that wonderful brick house “ which was really nice to hear. I am looking forward to doing work in my workshop on my classic car and tractor, mechanics rather than building. Spring will see me landscaping and gardening which I look forward too. 3
lizzie Posted December 22, 2018 Posted December 22, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, ProDave said: This one? https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/47684293?search_identifier=5fc46c9efda757debeac1c888138d11d Planning for 2 dwellings Same property but details I was sent was for OP for a single detached residence....cant find my mail now as deleted. Still make 2 big houses! Edited December 22, 2018 by lizzie
newhome Posted December 23, 2018 Posted December 23, 2018 1300 m2! ? Imagine the hell to be had converting a space of that size! It would cost a fortune!
lizzie Posted December 23, 2018 Posted December 23, 2018 8 minutes ago, newhome said: 1300 m2! ? Imagine the hell to be had converting a space of that size! It would cost a fortune! Exactly! Im sure the email I got said planning for 1 but it makes more sense for 2 so may have been a typo, either way its vast!! Nice views though.
Onoff Posted December 23, 2018 Posted December 23, 2018 MiL coming down for Christmas day. I might make my excuses and start the grout! 1 2
ToughButterCup Posted December 23, 2018 Posted December 23, 2018 26 minutes ago, Onoff said: [...] I might make my excuses and start the grout! I dare ya! The sobs, the wailing and gnashing of teeth, the retribution, the sound of pots and pans bouncing off walls - why it will keep us all entertained for a good few weeks 1
Onoff Posted December 23, 2018 Posted December 23, 2018 31 minutes ago, recoveringacademic said: the sound of pots and pans Well that'd make a change...
lizzie Posted December 23, 2018 Posted December 23, 2018 6 minutes ago, Onoff said: Well that'd make a change... whizzing past your head......
ToughButterCup Posted December 23, 2018 Posted December 23, 2018 19 minutes ago, Onoff said: Well that'd make a change... Sore point perhaps? Oh dear, how sad never mind.....?
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