Our House in the Middle of Our Street!!

Well it's done. the house has grown from a muddy patch of land which we basically reserved on the 5th February this year to a complete 4 bedroomed detached house. The pictures below show how the house has grown from the ground to its final completed state. I do hope you like the pictures.

So the site was purely just a muddy sandy plot of land. We could only really see it by holding the camera over the fence, as above, we needed a lot of imagination to believe and see our home.

The house was actually started during the month of April, so every single saturday from February would see a trip to the plot, a round trip of almost 100 miles, just to see a muddy patch. But now, on a sunny day in April, we had started. You can see above the damp course being laid, our house was starting to grow.

The house quickly took shape and the ground floor grew and grew, but then it stopped. Nothing happened during the month of June, nothing!! it was frustrating to see no progress and we wondered when oh when will it be finished.

So in July the house was ready for a roof, so this is what happened.....

Progress, as you can see.....

 This is what we have today, our house completed, as designed and as bought off plan. This is our home!!

COMPLETED

The house now officially has been completed, the house now is legally ours!!! I will have some pictures tomorrow but this time has taken almost 9 months to complete. There will be some further work done to it in the garden, which I will update the blog for all to see, but the day has arrived when I can at last say...........BUILD COMPLETE!!!

One Week To Go!!!

So the time has come to start to pack. We have one week to go and we will move in. The whole process has seemed to take ages, yet the house build has seen so many changes over the past few months, especially over the last 4 weeks. The furniture removers have been booked and time off work has been booked, we are now so excited about the big move.

The pictures below show some of the features which are now complete and ready for us to move in...

This is the Kitchen :-) we are very pleased with it. Although, the floor is covered at the moment as not everything has been completed.

So more pictures to come as we enter into our final week!!

A Hidden Message

Well I have been away from the site for a long week and our update on the build has been limited. Yesterday we drove down to the site to check on the latest. Strangely enough I received a text on the way down, as I was driving then I didn't read it and waited until we arrived. I parked and we walked to the site office, reading the text which stated that our carpets and flooring would be fitted on 28th Oct and our supplier asked if this affected our moving in?? What a very strange text to receive....was this a message??

In the office we were told that our CML was being carried out on 14th Oct which means that the house should be ours by 28th Oct!!! The supplier knew more about our house process than ourselves!! This was great news, the long wait is almost over and that will bring so much relief to our current commute and lack of space in our current rental.

There is not a lot of pictures to show you. The house still has a considerable amount to do. there were "brickies"building our garage, the roof joists should go on early this coming week and the roof needs to be finished soon after. inside the house there are a number of rooms which still need tiling, so there is plenty to do. the cooker and toilets still need fitting so as you can imagine, time is short and I think that there may be some overtime this coming week.

Carry on working guys!! You are helping us achieve our dream house now :-) only two more weeks to go!! The countdown begins.......

Its Almost Done

Its almost finished. We have spent some time last weekend down at the house. We now know that it will be completed and owned by us before the end of october. Can you believe it? At last the time is coming and its almost done. Take a look at the pictures!!

Here is the kitchen, as you can see, the units have been fitted, no floor tiles yet although I do know that they have probably been fitted now as this picture is about 7 days old.

The bathroom and the en suite have the tiles fitted also, albeit, there is still some work to be done in here.

The garage hasn't been built yet but it wont take long. This is my one and only blog for September, I have been traveling non-stop, so, lets hope October brings the finished house.

Windows

The house is really making progress now. We drove down on saturday morning. After seeing it during the week we knew the house was moving forward but it was still a really welcome sight to see all the windows in place. The outer fence has been replaced by a wire fence, giving a much more of a complete view of the house. The pictures below show the front and the rear of the house. It really is now looking like a home that we saw and dreamt of.........Can't wait now!!

Will update when there is more. The inside of the house will now start to take shape, so there may not be a lot to show you until we have the kitchen, carpets and floors completed!! Keep Watching.

Another Quick Update

Have been down to the house during the week for the first time. The progress of the house is now taking large steps in quick time. The pictures below show the progress. We are still hoping for an October finish.

I will update as we progress. Its certainly now looking like our house.