What a big week this has been in the process: finally seeing the whole house without its external scaffolding, which changes the whole perspective. Lovely to have full daylight in all the rooms. Quite a transformation. We are now officially weather tight, with lockable doors for the first time in six months - hooray! The plasterers were not able to get on with the outside rendering this week (although the walls are mostly prepped with a special glue), but that is hopefully on the cards soon to complete the outside appearance.
The impressive extension glazing is also now complete (picture below taken too soon!), although unfortunately one pane of glass fractured over the weekend and will need replacing. The window company is thankfully sending a replacement window after we had reported, during installation, that it was such a tight fit and they'd told us not to worry.
The internal scaffolding from the extension has gone, giving us a clear view through from our bedroom, and a sense of the huge space revealed - hopefully with a great acoustic for future music-making. The tower has been rebuilt in the hallway where Alan has boarded out the huge vaulted ceiling there, ready for plastering. A massive undertaking. (Having visions of great open spaces is all very well until you think of the practicalities of building them!)
We have Adrian's mum and dad staying for the weekend which is great to have extra pairs of hands to help. Decorating pictures to follow ...
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