29th Sep 2012

Meanwhile the walls are still going up in between the rain showers. In the photo below, you can clearly see a 1st floor window on the original house, to the left of the grey blocks. This is effectively in the way as the new wall cuts straight across this window. I need to move the furniture on the inside of this window to allow the builder to carry on with the wall.

In the photo below, the problem with the window can be clearly seen.  To the right of the 2nd window, there is half a brick missing, this is where a long scaffolding pole was supported, which was used to raise the old garage room to keep things as dry for as long as possible. Now it is very much open to the elements, and  as the last few photos have shown, the sky was rarely cloud free.

We seem to have a few challenges at the moment, the next one on the cards is the satellite dish, this has been the subject of many of the builder and my conversations over a coffee. At some point soon, it really is going to have to move. We still don't have any firm plans, but a lot of ideas have been discussed.

A photo from the rear garden, the window positions are clearly defined by the builders frames as the walls are built.

The area used by the builder is fenced off from the rest of the garden, allowing the family to still use it, if we ever get any decent weather that is. He does keep things tidy though and minimizes the impact to normal family life during the building.