It has been a while… Things have been very busy here this Spring. We have had our relaxation retreat, the Highland wool festival and weekend courses. Alex is also back building the house. The shed and garage are now up and the foundations in. Next we have to harvest more trees to finish off the … read more…
Category: Our Self Build Home
The shuttering breaks…
What do you do when the shuttering breaks?! Start again and mix an awful lot of concrete by hand. Thank-you to Julie, Lorraine, Craig, Sam, Rob and Paul who all worked their socks off, in horrible weather, to help us get this sorted. Thank-goodness we decided not to mix the whole lot by hand. … read more…
The Foundations
Finally the foundations are done. Many thanks to everyone who helped…. It started with Alex digging the holes and making the shuttering, then the help came, along with a huge lorry full of concrete. We had 6 wheel barrows and seven pairs of hands. The concrete came thick and fast, down the shoot. The pourers … read more…
Landscaping the site
The site the house is going to be built on, is a little awkward, sloping and rocky. With help from Ian and Julian and their diggers we have managed to put a beautiful access track in, create a patch of garden (grass already growing!), terrace and dig down for the foundations. Julian and his 20 … read more…
Digging the site
We finally have both our planning permission and our building warrant through! As we had never submitted building plans before, neither of us knew what the warrant would entail, but luckily Alex found his way through and we are now approved and the site is moving on…we definitely saved money doing it ourselves, but maybe … read more…
Milling the wood for our house
We moved to the woods over 3 years ago, since then we have been working towards building our house. We have taken our time so far, as we have been having children, running the business, sorting out planning and building warrants and all the other bits of paper needed! The first part to all of … read more…
