Painting above front patio doors now complete
Doors on cupboard in the study have had another coat of paint, one more coat of the eggshell paint to go on the inner panel
Door into new family bathroom now varnished on both sides
Door into new family bathroom now varnished, this is the outside off the Utility Room
Old kitchen door now varnished, both sides, this leads into the new Sun Room.
Springdale nearly finished still with scaffolding. View from the back of the house.
Bedroom door now with architrave, also bathroom door both side complete
Cupboard handles on cupboard in study now finished
Looking down the new staircase – new handrail up and fitted on the right – pic 2
Looking down the new staircase – new handrail up and fitted on the right
Stair rail now with spindles all stained and treated, the rest to complete after work is complete upstairs
New staircase with the stained and treated spindles now fitted
left gable and new gutterings and downpipes
Old guttering now removed as an extra to the original work – old guttering was full of holes and broken in places
Old guttering removed
Vents complete under dormer roof
Dormer with vents below guttering just visible
Fuse boxes now all labelled up by Joe, Ballan Electrical
Old alarm wires removed, fuse switch removed and general tidy up of all wiring in utility room
Sockets relocated in the utility room, fuse switch removed from above by Joe, Ballan Electrical
Smoke alarm changed so will not be set off by cooking, just smoke
Old light which had been removed on a previous occasion by Joe now replaced with smaller light to match the rest of the sun room, also on the same circuit
new smaller light in archway connected to the lights in the sunroom
Skirting boards around bedroom now complete
Skirting boards around bedroom now complete pic 2
Into the final stages now as the outside is nearly finished with just vents and guttering to be completed. Inside the staircase will be finished next week and some new doors, which are extras to the build, will be fitted. Today 3 bat boxes were fixed into position as required by our bat licence.
Bat box 2, a small slit at the bottom allows a bat to enter
Bat box 1 – shadowed by scaffolding
Bat box 3 painted white to blend in with the house
Looking down into sun room from scaffolding
New guttering and down pipes from flat roof
New guttering and down pipes pic 2
New guttering up around the dormer window
Bathroom door now with handles fitted
Inside the new wardrobes – hanging rails and small shelf – perfect! thanks Steve and Luke
Wardrobe under the sloping roof adapted to fit
Wardrobe with longer hanging space for longer clothes
Wardrobe with panelling showing on sides and front – looks so smart
Wardrobe, one door open
Cupboard in the study over the stairs – now with fitted doors
New outside sensor lights for Springdale, wired and installed by Joe – Ballan Electrical
Outside Light at Springdale
Second front outside light at Springdale
New sun lounge – we now have light, thanks to Joe, Ballan Electrical
Staircase out of bounds tonight whilst extra supports are setting
Staircase – looking down, treads all covered with card to protect them till work is finished pic 2 Supports have now set
Cupboards built into sloping roof, now with handles
Handles for newly built fitted wardrobes and cupboards Close up picture
View of new wardrobes from dormer side of bedroom, corner not yet complete
Door to new bedroom with handles
Door to new ensuite bathroom, no handles yet
Door to study with corner piece cut out – this has been from a safety point of view. The door is safest opening into the room. Opening onto a small landing means stepping backwards which could result in a fall down the stairs
Door to study, corner cut off to fit inside sloping roof
Wardrobes – progress so far
View of all wardrobes
New cupboards fitted back into the sloping eaves, progress so far – brilliant
New cupboards fitted pic 2
Cupboard doors all fitted today
Cupboard doors all fitted today pic 2
Windows now with trims fitted
Window seals and trims all fitted to new French Doors
Trims fitted between beam and new doors
Steve and Luke, our builders, constructing our wardrobes – which they have made to fit the sloping roofs exactly
Double wardrobe under construction
Inside double wardrobe – progress so far
Cupboards under construction
Windows and doors have arrived for the front
Chris and Clive our window fitters – CWH Windows and Doors, Cardiff – an excellent job done on all our windows and doors!
Clive – the window expert
Clive, Chris and Steve, our builder
Finally the new French Doors for the front of the house have arrived. This is a sideways view until the scaffolding is taken away
French door with letterbox to the bottom right
New French Window Front Doors
New front doors from outside
New front windows and doors – fabulous
side view of new window pic 2
side view of new window
View from the ladder of the new window
View of the front from the side
Windows and doors have arrived for the front pic 2
Window units put in place today in the dormer, where the boarding up was, supplier sent the wrong size
View of the house with new front doors and windows
View of the house with new front doors and windows from a slightly different angle
New fitted cupboards under construction in the sloping roof area. Taking shape!
New large fitted wardrobes also under construction
New large fitted wardrobes under construction on both sides of the doorway. Looking brilliant
As an extra to the new upstairs build, and as recommended by our builder, we decided to have the rest of the roofing felt and battens renewed. The felt on the old part of the house was in a bad state,  so tiles needed stripping off first. In accordance with our bat licence we had two bat ecologists to supervise this part.
Roofers at work
The Bat Ecologists
felt and battening being replaced
New felt and battening for the rest of the roof that was not replaced during the new building of upstairs bedroom
New ridge tiles – ladder up from utility flat roof
roofers at work
small area of felt and battening being replaced on the right hand side of the house
Steve and Luke burning the old roof battens
view down to utility flat roof and skylight over new family bathroom
View from flat roof over upstairs bedroom to right side of house, new ridge tiles and new felt and battening
View over from new flat roof over the new upstairs bedroom down to the back of the house where 3 steep roofs now converge onto utility roof
View over roofs at back of house
view over flat roof of dormer, just visible
view to front of house from flat roof
View to front of house from new flat roof over the bedroom
View to velux side of house
window sill at dormer
New window sill in master bedroom
New window sill at small window
sun lounge – scaffolding for painting and ladders still the only access to the upstairs
New lights up and running in master bedroom by Ballan Electrical, 9 lights in total, excellent lighting
Study lights, 3, put in by Joe, and wood for new cupboard over stairs
lights over stairs
No stairs yet, access by ladder
Tiles above cooker before being grouted
Tiles after the grouting in kitchen
Tiling and grouting all completed, thanks Tony!
Preparing to paint new sun lounge
Kitchen ready to use
Kitchen finished! Just need to fill cupboards now!
Island unit for all our baking needs!
Wooden beam framework in old porch area to create a new floor which will be level with the old hall dining room.
wallpaper still to be stripped off on this side of new sun lounge
View towards the old porch, this room will be the new sun lounge, old red paint from years gone by
Old hallway now being stripped of old wallpaper and walls being levelled for plaster skimming. Lighter shade of plaster shows where a door has been at some time in the past
New framework to raise up floor in the old porch
plastering in the new study – wires visible from Joe’s electrical work for plug socket and Pipes for radiators that Marcus is fitting
plastering in the new study pic 2
plastering in the new study around the velux window
plastering in the new study around the newly created cupboard
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