OMG - The Scaffolding Has Gone

The scale of what we have built has now been revealed as the scaffolding has finally come down. Without the driveway, raised borders, paths and steps, the house looks a little "elevated":

Of course, with so much glass in that hallway, standing inside the hallway feels wonderful - look how tiny Emily looks in this picture:

As you can see - she can't reach the ceiling!!!

The floor insulation has also turned up and has been laid in most of the downstairs floor area and it is tremendously thick. As the insulation has been put in place, so has the pipework for the gas - a pipe to the hob and a pipe to the gas fire in the front sitting room.

The house is almost habitable which means we have a significant number of decisions to take THIS WEEK! For example:

• Select stairs
• Select door handles
• Select floor coverings
• Select the covering for the "drainage channels"
• Select the paving material and pattern
• Select the light fittings

Phoenix Gas and Virginmedia have been given installation dates as have Stevenson & Reid (for the bathrooms) and McAuley's Kitchens (for the kitchen, unsurprisingly).

Financially, it's all a bit squeaky bottom but it looks like we will just about make it albeit we may be on bread and water for a few weeks!