House nearly gone!

It is so hard to believe that after all this time things are moving so fast. The contractor anticipates he will be finished by next Tuesday. Just two walls and there will be only the ground to clear.

It was so reassuring to be told that we have made the right decision as the woodwork is full of woodworm and the roof trusses took no effort to destroy. The house has also suffered with subsidence as one end and had been reinforced with concrete but not very well done. The house would have required constant work so we are so relieved that we made the decision to build a new one.

Demolition

At long last we finally feel as if we are getting somewhere. The run up to Christmas was extremely frustrating, the demolition contractor had been in touch with the council for the relevant permits so that he could make a start and that it could take four months for them to approve. The local council decided that they had not received the arborial plan and other information they required with regard to the conker tree and stated that on no condition should work begin. The architect had hand delivered the plans etc. to the council offices two months ago and they stated that they had not received them, clearly they are stuck on a desk somewhere in an unopened envelope. After contacting them and convincing them that they were at fault they promised they would look at them straight away providing the architect re submitted immediately. Permission was given but the contractor has to inform them once the conker tree is protected and they will be out to inspect. The contractor has moved onto site and the work began today. After all this time we can finally believe things are happening.

Work would normally take a fortnight but we are having to allow for the weather therefore the builders have been told that they should be able to commence at the beginning of February.