A momentous day! After 3 (sometimes hard) years of building the extension I’ve just had the final inspection. There a couple of tidy-up tasks to be done but I’ve been granted my completion certificate with praise on the work. Apart from the length of time it took, all went well and pretty much to plan. A very big thank-you to all that helped out, without this I might have been still at

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Yet another job removed from the task list – we agreed on some tiles for the en suite floor and I spent the recent weekend laying them. The rear garage door was fitted a couple of weeks back and looks smart.

Garden now put back together again – side of house now no longer looks like a building site with new wall, couple of plant troughs and some Cotswold gravel. A couple of jobs left to do before I can get the official sign off (I hope!) from the local council which should be done this coming week or so.

In order to mark the occasion we plan to ‘celebrate’ on 4th August with a B-B-Q. Hopefully the friends and family who’ve lived through the experience (and especially those that helped) can see what became of it all.

We’ve actually been living in the bedroom for around 9 months now and the garage completion just has the rear door to arrive. Couple of tidy up activities outside and it’s all complete!

Where are these months going? Hey, good news is that the garage floor is laid. It’s definitely not as smooth as a professional could have done but I’m well pleased with the result. I seemingly (once again) over ordered on the concrete but the driver from Ace MiniMix was fantastic – patiently let us lay the floor in stages and sorted out a bit of what was left. All I’ve got left to do before inviting the building control man back for final sign off, is to order/fit the garage rear door.

Hey! another year wanders by and what have we achieved? The interior remodeling and decoration is all pretty much complete. I’ve yet to try very hard for some laminate flooring for the en-suite but that’s about it. I must get around to sorting the window and door for the garage but it’s a tad cold to be working outside when I’ve had so much to do inside…