Week 46

Most of the action this week occurred behind the scenes. Lots of planning and sorting and choosing more than cutting, sticking and building. We've chosen a fireplace, paid bills, decided on tiles, placed thermostats, chased electrics, considered ironmongery and built-in furniture, and we started thinking about wardrobe build-ups, kitchen pendants, sofas and curtains. I thought …

Week 34

Not many visits to site this week, but that doesn't mean work isn't occurring. James, Josh and Terry have been busy putting up the facias and soffits. They've been organising to have the flooring put up in the loft and the space is looking really good. I'm so glad we decided to rebuild the front …

Week 32

Mid-November means two family birthdays back to back. Happy birthdays to oldest and youngest. A slow week onsite, but much activity with choosing fittings offsite. The roofers had no end of trouble from the wrong stuff arriving to fix to the roof, to a blowout on the A3 coming up from Portsmouth, the combination of which …

Week 28

I had the great pleasure of going to Aveqia in London to check out a demonstration of the new kitchen appliances. It's a tiny venue specialising in cooking demonstrations for the corporate crowd. It's only off of Blackfriars so I decided to walk from Waterloo. At one point during the morning I overheard that The Apprentice …