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DRAWINGS
2026
Q4 2026: Cladding!
Q3 2026: Driveway and cladding (still)
Q2 2026: Balcony and cladding…
Q1 2026: welcome Adam (+ hip op recovery)
2025
December 2025: hip 2
November 2025 – demolishing of the old bungalow continues
October 2025 – a bit more demolition and then a break until late spring
September 2025 – moving Marj in!
Aug 2025 – Marj’s flat, workshop and balcony…
July 2025 – Marj’s flat and the staircase…
June 2025 – change of plan!
May 2025 – first fix downstairs
April 2025 – starting on completion
March 2025 – moving in!
February 2025 – second fix – shower tiling, electrics, painting…
January 2025 – more plaster boarding, plastering and….
2024
December 2024 – First fix. Plasterboard…
November 2024 – mvhr, studwork, doors, electrics, plumbing…
October 2024 – downstairs floor and starting studwork upstairs
September 2024 – Upstairs floor, wrong X, front doors.
August 2024 – electricity, roof, windows, bridge and upstairs flooring.
July 2024 – roof membrane, rooflights, windows and water supply prep
June 2024: roof construction, electricity supply and the tool of the year.
May 2024 update – finishing the Nudura walls and, hopefully, starting on the roof…
April 2024 – update
March 2024 – update – first floor slab build
February 2024
January 2024
2023
First slab pour…
22nd November update – slab prep
Nov 8 – drains going in
9.10.23: First Nudura in
19.10.23: Foundation wall pour
October 9 update – foundations pour
October 8 update – the day before the foundations are poured…
September (16th) update: Site levelled and strip foundation trenches started
July (19) update – lots of digging and more delay with planning approval.
Crusher day – part 1
June 2013 Pt. I: Outbuildings demolished
C2: Day 1: May 27 2023: site clearance
26.5.23: The day we got planning permission…
THE NEXT CHAPTER BEGINS…
March 2023: Hayter Lovers
March 2023: Culvercroft 2: the plans are in
Happy New Year
2022
It’s Christmas!
RIP Lilly 1994 to 2022
Prepping for Culvercroft II
Jerry
Culm meadow 2022
Tracy’s knew nee
2021
Storm #1
Time for the boys to have some toys
2020
Ralph + Jeff arrive
Giselle arrives
2019
The pools
Lilly arrives
Mungo arrives
Culm Meadow preparation
Sheeps
2018
In the beginning…
The Pool Shed
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THANK YOUS
DRAWINGS
2026
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Q4 2026: Cladding!
Q3 2026: Driveway and cladding (still)
Q2 2026: Balcony and cladding…
Q1 2026: welcome Adam (+ hip op recovery)
2025
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December 2025: hip 2
November 2025 – demolishing of the old bungalow continues
October 2025 – a bit more demolition and then a break until late spring
September 2025 – moving Marj in!
Aug 2025 – Marj’s flat, workshop and balcony…
July 2025 – Marj’s flat and the staircase…
June 2025 – change of plan!
May 2025 – first fix downstairs
April 2025 – starting on completion
March 2025 – moving in!
February 2025 – second fix – shower tiling, electrics, painting…
January 2025 – more plaster boarding, plastering and….
2024
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December 2024 – First fix. Plasterboard…
November 2024 – mvhr, studwork, doors, electrics, plumbing…
October 2024 – downstairs floor and starting studwork upstairs
September 2024 – Upstairs floor, wrong X, front doors.
August 2024 – electricity, roof, windows, bridge and upstairs flooring.
July 2024 – roof membrane, rooflights, windows and water supply prep
June 2024: roof construction, electricity supply and the tool of the year.
May 2024 update – finishing the Nudura walls and, hopefully, starting on the roof…
April 2024 – update
March 2024 – update – first floor slab build
February 2024
January 2024
2023
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First slab pour…
22nd November update – slab prep
Nov 8 – drains going in
9.10.23: First Nudura in
19.10.23: Foundation wall pour
October 9 update – foundations pour
October 8 update – the day before the foundations are poured…
September (16th) update: Site levelled and strip foundation trenches started
July (19) update – lots of digging and more delay with planning approval.
Crusher day – part 1
June 2013 Pt. I: Outbuildings demolished
C2: Day 1: May 27 2023: site clearance
26.5.23: The day we got planning permission…
THE NEXT CHAPTER BEGINS…
March 2023: Hayter Lovers
March 2023: Culvercroft 2: the plans are in
Happy New Year
2022
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It’s Christmas!
RIP Lilly 1994 to 2022
Prepping for Culvercroft II
Jerry
Culm meadow 2022
Tracy’s knew nee
2021
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Storm #1
Time for the boys to have some toys
2020
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Ralph + Jeff arrive
Giselle arrives
2019
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The pools
Lilly arrives
Mungo arrives
Culm Meadow preparation
Sheeps
2018
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In the beginning…
The Pool Shed
