Our First Flat

Day 3 of the dramatic changes

Today was exciting as I managed to choose some slabs to go on top of the concrete. I chose some grey/green slabs in a riven pattern. They look bright in the dry and dark in the wet. Perfect. We're not allowed to walk on them until Sunday though. The guys are leaving for the weekend now and will be back for more punishment on Monday when the retaining walls will be built and the door will be put in. Nearly there now. Tom even suggested the same thing for the bathroom as we were going to do, with no prompting I might add!

Day two of the building work and there's more digging to be done.

Tom and Shaun have done a great job in terms of digging a hole. But there was still more to be dug, including this lump of concrete! Tom got his breaker and starter annoying the neighbours at 8am. He was pleased though to find that it was only about 20cm deep and about 50cm wide. So that was good. He then carried on digging for England and we now have 12 steps up into the garden. They end by the wall but relatively level with the end of the extension. That was done by lunch!

After lunch the fun started. But Shaun was called away, so Tom got on with the concrete by himself. We've got a splattered wall and window at the moment, but that will change because its all coming out next week. We must keep remembering that. Its still very difficult to imagine what it will look like when its all finished and not be the irritating woman who keeps changing her mind or going for the most expensive option :)

Building work begins in the garden.

Last night Mr. Jenkins came round and said that he could start tomorrow. So we said OK and at 7.45 in the morning the builders were round. They begun digging straight away. And we ended up with a great big hole where the flower bed once was. No more weeding for me!

The steps are beginning to form with some landings as well. It seems like we're going to have space for a herb garden and a water butt right near to the back door which is great. We weren't sure as to what we were getting in terms of the steps finished look, but I kept hearing talk of concrete. Henry and I had a chat and have decided that was rubbish. So we're having some slabs instead. Haven't chosen them yet but they've still got to get the concrete out of the garden before anything else happens.