Days 142 - 147: The house is complete (well almost !)

A weeks gap in posting here, but that's been due to me having this week off from work & all the work that's needed doing here.
Since last posting though we have managed to move into the extension, although there is still some work ongoing - though this is all outside in the main, so shouldn't be intrusive to us.


The carpets were layed as planned on Monday by Taylors (Banchory), and they made a fantastic job. The upstairs carpet was the biggest challenge, and it took 5 lads to get the 5m wide roll in there. The difference in feel to the house now that the carpets are in in amazing though, and the downstairs one's work well in letting the heat come through from the underfloor heating.

Jenny got moved into her room on Monday, and the following 2 days involved getting furniture built & the room sorted out for her. She's got it looking really good. I also managed to get moved into the study, though this had to wait until Thursday due to other things on the go. Still got loads of boxes to un pack - all the stuff that hasn't seen the light of day since we moved from Stonehaven !

Tiling was completed in the laundry last Friday, and following that I got the room painted calico to match the rest of the house. Looks much bigger now. Also did the flash coat in the utility room before all the new skirtings & facings went up. We've still to stain the wood, but will do that ourselves.
The sparkies returned on Wednesday and completed their snagging list, which included the mirror lights in both the wetrooms & the extractor switches. All working fine now, though they still need to come back & fit a down lighter & the correct spec switch in the garage. No big thing though.

On the joinery side it's mainly been Henry here, though sometime 2 of them. The structural work has been completed now in the attic (fair sized beam !), and the insulation has all been installed up there too (you notice a difference downstairs now !). The lads also replaced the shower screen in the ensuite, along with installing a proper finishing strip on the bottom of the glass screens in both wet rooms. Looks much better now.

Outside the weather hasn't really been the best, however the ground has now been graded around the new rear entrance, and the landing areas at both doors is now ready for tiling. Just need to hope the frost stays away !