The Well
Another small project kicked off last weekend – the well. The pictures tell the story far better than a few words from me. While the main well is stone and … Read More
Category: 2006
Invasion…..
well not quite….. but we did have 2 lots of visitors at one time! Sues parents stopped off for a weekend on their way back from spending 8 … Read More
Our First Visitors
We were pleased to welcome our first UK visitors on 8 April 2006 – friends from our village in the UK – Gabor, Caroline, Jes and Richard. They stopped … Read More
The Roof Tale
When we bought the house the roof was in a lot better shape than others we had seen but not great. We had hoped to make repairs, rather than replace … Read More
The Attic Story – Part 1
With the new roof in place it was time to start the work on the attic coversion. The plan is for three bedrooms and two bathrooms (one en-suite to the … Read More
Roof Finished
A couple of weeks ago we received the final 'bill' from the roofer, a sure sign that the roof had been finished after a very wet few months. A 4 … Read More
The Fireplace Tale
The fireplace has now received its final makeover (at least for now). The art of re-pointing old stonework has not been mastered, but at least the basic theory and practice … Read More
What a difference a few weeks makes…
… despite the heavy rain and snow! We visited the house again last weekend and were pleased with the progress despite many days lost to rain: While there we also … Read More
Progress report
Arrived at the house at 7pm on Sunday evening, the journey was eventful with the last 5 kilometres being through 4 – 6 inches of snow! As you can see … Read More