Move on up

( Curtis Mayfield, 1970)



Another week of progress.  The contractors have been working their way upwards from the foundations, and the garden room now has walls and a ceiling,...

.. windows looking out to the garden, ...




.. and a doorway, which is always useful.



It also seems that shitty kitty has returned, though this time leaving only a few paw marks in the concrete.



Meanwhile, the garden has - rather as expected - become a wasteland of concrete and junk.  We are very pleased that we covered up the earth with old lino and carpets.



But it's still touch or go whether the hydrangea will make it.  After a narrow escape from a stray shovelfull of cement, we have wrapped it in pink ribbon, in a vain attempt to identify it as something to preserve.  We have also sent a message to the contractors, so hopefully that should do it.

From the ground up

It's suddenly getting hard to keep up with the changes.  I just miss a week of updating the blog and am overtaken by events.  So, here in brief is the news from last Saturday. 

The most visible change was that, under the blue tarpauline, the foundations for the garden room have been laid.

Access to the drains and the cistern has been provided for.

On the left is the corner will be where the laundry will be.

And here, against the far wall the staircase will come down from the kitchen to the garden (you can just make out garden ground level on the right) and the garden room.

And the new beam above the door of the garden room, which will be supporting the weight of house.

The only thing which is not looking too happy is Mum's Villosa lace-cap hydrandea, which had a narrow escape from a shovelful of rubble.  It's going to need some protective fencing until the leaves come out and it is less camouflaged...