The clock started on Monday on the 40 weeks our main contractor, Qube, reckons it will take to get the build done. No pressure, Qubists. They look quite relaxed, anyway. The first task is to get the aerobic digestor up and running in the front garden, as the old septic tank is shortly to be [...]
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Groovy Groofs
While we’re waiting for the Planners’ prognostications we’ve been beavering away getting a few things sorted, including the roof. I’ve been interested in green roofs (“groofs”) since a trip up to Sheffield in 2010 and it was a given that we’d include one in the design for our new house. Groofs have come a long [...]
A Heated AGAment
It might seem odd to make this the first topic in the story of our new build, but the most important room in any house we live in is the kitchen, and the most important thing in the kitchen is the range. Years of wet rugby boots and freezing mornings, Christmas dinners and Yorkshire puddings [...]
Batman
One of the first things I wanted to do at the new place was a bat survey. There’s a practical reason ahead of the planned demolition, but I was also intrigued to find out how many bats there were about. Bat numbers have decreased so much they are one of the most heavily protected animals [...]
