Monday, 16 May 2011

Grass has grown

Artificial Grass rolled out



























Water feature added



















Wednesday, 27 April 2011

Anyone for Tea




Construction starts




















The Pod has landed











Olwen chills out in
Garden room












Monday, 18 April 2011

Father and son decking complete

Cars in garage- for first time . Small deck with lighting . Big deck complete

Sunday, 10 April 2011

Decking cont..

Olwen starts to plan and plant the borders



Framework for decking quadrant complete










Planks, made from re-cycled waste and simulated as oak, screwed down










Thursday, 7 April 2011

Now for Decking

Support post cemented in Weed matting installed Ground cleared
Olwen gets her first border

Monday, 4 April 2011

Gravel Drive

Tri-coloured chippings
Mixing the chippings and filling the egg boxes

Garage done- drive underway

Drive cleared and levelled


"Egg boxes" installed ready to accept gravel



Carport now slated and ready for occupation.










Tuesday, 22 March 2011


Cladding under way











Getting bolted down







Joining the old-fashioned way
Topping out!



Family lend a hand






Wednesday, 16 March 2011

Oak Carport

Start of Oak Frame assembly



Front fence finished
Drive base installed



Friday, 25 February 2011

Garage slab- fence posts

Enjoying a rest- Valentine's day










Fencing posts










up to the knees in ......

Tuesday, 8 February 2011

Work Started on Garden



Tree roots ground out
Getting ready for garage slab
Garden cleared and footing for fence posts installed

Wednesday, 12 January 2011

Doors Hung & Wardobes installed

Doors fit the openings- after a little modification!
Now they only require stops/architraves/handles/locks/staining

Ever seen beams growing out of a wardobe before?


Wednesday, 22 December 2010

Carpets & plumbing upstairs

our first hand basin
en-suite is fitted out
master bedroom carpet
landing all striped out.



Monday, 20 December 2010

Christmas has arrrived


Banbury Cross
Banbury Centre

House-complete with fairy lights

Ready for Carpets?

Staircase-ready for staining
Master bed- ready for carpet- and doors

Wow! we have a floor- having removed all the junk

Olwen- putting her best foot forward

Sunday, 12 December 2010

Attic and Staircase

Attic is boarded out(ready for storage)
with help from my little boy
banister rails and spindles installed
all we require now is carpet