Home improvements #27

After, a few years of 2 posts/year we've started a project that we feel is really worth recording for the future, and whilst Facebook is great for sharing photos and such, it's limited and not all have access. So, let's see if I can't manage keep updated on progress on "the blog"

I'll start with #27, because we've actually done loads in the house already, removed clay insulation in the basement roof and re-insulated, remove saw dust from the loft and re-insulated, a complete new electrical installation and fuse box (and all the walls still open after that process), the games room split into 2 bedrooms a new stove in the dining room and much, much more.

And so, onto more serious business, as the boys grow up, we have more and more missed a proper porch and a decent access to the garden to the south where the sun and the sand(pit) are (as well as the trampoline and kitchen garden).

To help us find a solution we found ourselves an architect, from the capital as it happens, not local!! Needless to say, what could have been a porch and a new door has turned into a 50 square meter extension and a set of drawings which leaves about 3 rooms in the house untouched. Here's a little taster.

Those of you who know our house, will see the change, this is just the outside, the inside changes are just as significant. As of today, foundations walls are complete, within a week or two, the front steps and internal floors will be concreted and construction will start. More later (perhaps!)....