progress with photos

cleaning out the inside of the roof space. removing old bird nests. old insulation and treating all the timber

putting a new roof on the entire house.

AJ Sleep & Son.. Mike and Mino. have been working here full time from Jan to June. Exceptional fellas !

tons and tons of scaffolding used

Grenville the friendly farmer next door lect us his tractor and trailer to move stuff

not many people can drive a tractor through their garden

Len the log burner and chimney specialist inspecting the chimney

John the digger driver about to make a huge mess in the garden

Chris with lazer levels sorting out drain routes

the septic tank being deleivered on a huge lorry

Chris and Keith installing the poo tank

a very muddy garden after the excavation . the spetic tank is now under ground and you can see the manhole covers in the mud

this is the centre chinmey, which needed some repair and also repair to the wooden joists as when we stripped the roof we discovered there had been a chimney fire and some rafters were charred and burnt

jet washing the dirt off the exterior walls in preperation for painting

the barn was beginning to fill up with debris and old materials

the rear of the house

the front of the house

the muddy driveway

a view of our barns taken from the very top of the scaffold 

working on the cap right on top of the chimney and fitting the witches hats

Stevie.  Husband. Financial director and painter

Malc. gardener

Mino.builders labourer

Russ. plumber

Mike general builder who has done most of this renovation

the main staircase

Russ welding new copper pipes