Week 30:  Update

The non-material amendment for the new stone cladding has been granted so thankfully we are all set to go when the stones arrive in the new year.

Century Stone, bless them, refunded every last penny we had paid them for which we are very grateful and doubly sorry that we weren't able to give such honorable people any business.

On Saturday I went to the Homebuilding and Renovation Show at Shepton Mallet - where we first saw Ecohaus Internorm 2 years ago.  This time, Internorm were represented by a London agent - Internorm Windows UK Ltd.  After talking to them on Saturday and double checking my facts today with the London office, it transpires that their windows come fully protected, with a film over the powder coated aluminium.  The Internorm windows are great - our only issue is with the lack of protective film, so if anyone out there knows of anyone who is considering Internorm, please make sure that they go to Internorm Windows UK Ltd and not Ecohaus.

David has now been away for over a week.  Sadly last week Reeves' men did not appear at all but today they have started on the soffits and fascias:

However, in their absence Tony and his gang plaster-boarded as much as they could internally.

In David's absence, the only people who have really objected are the delivery men.  It did take quite a long time to off load the entire selection of bathroom goodies and the chap delivering plaster board was decidedly unimpressed - however I did manage to win him over as I just lent into his truck and picked up a 20 kg bag of adhesive so then he warmed up and we had quite a jolly time unloading the board together in the end.