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House build progress

It’s been a while since I shared anything on the housebuild itself, so I thought with the onset of the new year that it was time.

There’s been only slow progress on the house over the last few months, due to a number of factors like the move, setting up the caravan, problems with the caravan, supply delays, and to be honest, things that we have discovered need remedying before we can go further with the build.

Whilst we’re in dialogue with the builders to check a number of things, husband has been able to work on improving the air tightness of the construction by sealing every gap and then foil taping all the wall seams to ensure that we can be as draught-free as possible.

That work is slow and painstaking, especially in the 6m high gable end of the house, necessitating internal scaffolding, and has taken a number of weeks. It’s only now that we’re nearly ready to start applying insulating foil to the walls.

We had originally hoped to be ready for underfloor heating and screed by now, so we’re running about a month behind our original estimates, but to be honest with the new Covid lockdown restrictions and Brexit, I’m just happy to be able to be able to make any progress at all.

I’m sure that there will be many more delays to hit us yet. Never was there such a bad time to work on a house build from a building supplies perspective! 🤔

We’re not despondent, though. It can’t be helped and we will do as much as we can within the constraints that we face.

In the meantime, we continue to be awed by the sheer beauty of the landscape around us, and are serenaded by our raven from the old Scots pine as dawn breaks every morning, complaining that it’s time our sorry asses were out of bed.

It really couldn’t be much better.

13 Replies to “House build progress”

  1. That roof pitch is definitely built to shrug off the snow 😉
    At least you’re starting at the worst possible (hopefully) time and will move slowly into better times. Much better that way.
    You will sit watching the go down on August 2022 with bloody great grins and wonder what all the fuss was about 🤗🙂

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  3. I guess one major benefit of taking it from here yourselves, is that you can make sure everything is done just right, so once it’s all done, you know how it’s put together!
    it’s so frustrating even getting to the point where you can make things look nice, as all the “boring” jobs take up the most time!
    The caravan will be an adventure you will never forget!!!

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  4. It is always the most important jobs which are the most time consuming and tedious. You will not regret the care you take. Some of us are still hunting down the draughts caused by careless builders!

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    1. Just what my husband says 😊. The good thing is that we’re not under any time pressure, other than not wanting a second highland winter in the caravan… 😊

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    1. Live each day. Nothing else is certain. Enjoy the small stuff and be as much in the moment as you can. It’s the only way for us. I’ve wasted too many years planning long term and agonising over things that I can’t control, so I’m learning to slow down, and trying to be more accepting. X

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  6. Sorry to hear that you’ve had a few issues, but I know it’ll get there. Just the nature of building a home, I suppose. We are about to begin construction of a garage edition with rooms above. Our first real foray into building. I’m both excited and dreading the inevitable hiccups.
    I’m thinking that your card may have gotten lost. Will continue to keep an eye out for it. 🙂

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