slowly we're getting there!

Not that our house - wonderful as it will be - will look like this! This is another timber frame building - The Globe Theatre, taken when we did the "Heaven & Hell" tour.

Since our last post we have received planning permission for the new design.
We have made a number of decisions, although all of them have yet to be implemented - we have to wait until the planning conditions are discharged, which we are now doing.

Our bricks will be "buff" - the colour echoing the local stone. There will be a small amount of decorative brickwork - the quoins & a side waistband in red brick. The clay tiles on the roof will be a dark red, we're still deciding exactly which one.
We don't have to worry about fitting in to the local design - one of our neighbours' homes is red brick, the other pink render, and we are opposite an old stone cottage.

We have chosen our under-floor heating: Nu-Heat who impressed us at the house building shows. They will also install 2 solar thermal collectors on the South East (facing the High St) roof. These will provide some of our hot water.
We are hoping to cover the South West roof with photovoltaic cells, but we have yet to choose a provider. There will also be a couple of sunpipes that bring daylight down to the landing.

Our main heating will be a wood burning stove that we have yet to select, and the heat will be circulated by a mechanical heat recovery pump. We've ordered one from Villavent, and they will also install a central vacuuming system.

We've also been sorting out insurance & warranties and learning a lot as we go.

Still no firm date for breaking ground - but our own house is now on the market.
Last weekend at Duncan's & Katie's wedding, there were so many guests who had known each other, and Duncan & Katie, since early childhood. We are so glad to have brought our children up here, and loved our family home - but now, time to move on.