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We thought that it would be a good idea to move the kitchen to a more central area in the house, ultimately giving us more space. With no design or building background, but plenty of ideas, naively, our plan has changed to more of a rebuild the whole damn thing. Kick off date has finally come. The family has moved out, with the help of many, and the builders/ demolishers are in... exciting times.

The cottage as you may know it.

The cottage as you may know it.
January 2010

Monday, 5 April 2010

The Point of No Return




The guys are doing a grand job in mass destruction, Rough cast is being removed,the roof is completely off, and the chimney stack, the only standing structure that was left in the house last week, has gone.


Little conversation I overheard between Maja and neighbours two kids."Maja your really lucky that your house is getting smashed down in the summer, because there is no chimney now, how would Santa get in?"


Majas reply "yeah, I think thats why mummy and daddy did it now." Pause....."MUMMY IS THERE A CHIMNEY IN THE NEW HOUSE?"


After a good number of dry months, it seemed that the moment the roof was removed we have had rain, hail and snow. Thanks to Richie and his team for having that great Scottish spirit, where the weather is concerned, they just got on with the job in hand. So in the middle of a snowstorm trusses and ceiling timbers were duly taken down. Richie was saying that they were all in the kitchen with snow falling on top of them. It is officially british summer time, surely the snow will abate now.



1 comment:

  1. Oh my, it IS a big job! What a lovely cottage and I bet it looks amazing when finished. x

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