ToughButterCup Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Its that time of year when hope takes the foreground - at least for a bit. I hope to at least move into Salamander Cottage, it'll be messy, but we'll be in.... be more relaxed about the inevitable knocks enjoy the achievements more be kinder to @Nickfromwales (at least in public) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epsilonGreedy Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 (edited) I am hoping for a happy Swmbo. She got a flushing toilet in the static caravan for Christmas with an end-to-end continuously integrated disposal system (to borrow a few terms from software development), so I am off to a good start. Next year I hope to complete the garage which will deliver a proper office, temp utility room and storage. After that I will strive for a watertight shell of a house before the autumn rains arrive. Edited December 31, 2018 by epsilonGreedy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 My next target is get the house finished enough for a certificate of temporary habitation from building control by May so I can hopefully move onto an ordinary insurance policy rather than renew the self build policy for another year. Other than that, plod on with whatever we can afford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Feet Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 (edited) I am hoping to buy a plot in 2019. Obviously I will then be moving into the completed house before Christmas. Edited December 31, 2018 by Square Feet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottishjohn Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 hoping to get it started and water tight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Harris Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 I'm hoping to clear the final snag list and then start booking holidays... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedreamer Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Would like to be living in our house by July/August. Then I can plan the really exciting stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpmiller Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 steady progress with not too many dramas, and hopefully habitable by September. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Six numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vfrdave Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 a lottery win would be good. But I would settle for moving into the house in the first half of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeSharp01 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 I guess getting the frame up and watertight would be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizzie Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Ironing out all the niggles on the UFH and MVHR would be a great milestone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 1 hour ago, lizzie said: Ironing out all the niggles on the UFH and MVHR would be a great milestone! +1 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tosh Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Actually starting to build something after waiting for what seems an eternity for a green light for all the paperwork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Starting the build by knocking down the current old house (including the PD extension I had to build but I’ll save that for a blog post...). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newhome Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Returning home tomorrow and having a warm house after using ‘holiday mode’ for the first time ?. Beyond that getting the various odds and sods sorted including sorting out the loft so that I can get to the MVHR unit and change the filters, get the ST system working again. Always something to sort out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 No pressure there then that it actually works then @newhome..!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newhome Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 2 minutes ago, PeterW said: No pressure there then that it actually works then @newhome..!!! I have every faith in you! ? x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennentslager Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Finally finishing my Building Warrant application...work has been too too busy, universal credit and alcohol abuse = destitution, vulnerability and increase in detentions under mental heath act. Frontline social work is grim sometimes so I’m gonna knock a wall down??? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreadnaught Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Now that I have finally bought a plot, to get the new planning application through and start the build (and a BuildHub blog with it). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weebles Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Hopefully finish the house enough to move in before winter sets in again 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Davies Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Since I've got about half the amount done I hoped to at the beginning of 2018 I'm not nominating a pocket at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Harris Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 14 hours ago, Tennentslager said: Finally finishing my Building Warrant application...work has been too too busy, universal credit and alcohol abuse = destitution, vulnerability and increase in detentions under mental heath act. Frontline social work is grim sometimes so I’m gonna knock a wall down??? I don't know how you do it. My sister in law was a social worker in inner London for years, and I'm pretty sure I couldn't do that job, especially given the major failure of successive governments to understand the true impact of some of their policies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone West Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Do all the landscaping and driveway and generally take it a bit easier than last year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpd Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 With my health and energy returning from what has been a long drawn out illness and recovery I am looking forward to just being back on the tools without it being a massive effort. My main focus will be to get the shed sorted out, new doors etc, so that I will be in a position to move the workshop and associated materials....junk from the cottage I am renovating to the refurbished shed / workshop. But my first job will be the upgrading of the water supply before April as that’s when the first geusts start to arrive. new tanks, pipe and filters throughout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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