Don't be alarmed!

The grass is not looking so good!

Stephen and Nicola spent some of Saturday this weekend up the site sorting out the grass and patching it. We also had a visit from our neighbour opposite who saw Stephen out the front and wanted to have a look around. He was a nice gentleman who informed us that he had already met Sabrina.



Whilst on our little day out to our new house we also set off the alarm. Having never had an alarm before this was a steep a learning curve. We have also found out that you cannot get a mobile phone signal in the electrics cupboard inside the house. As while on the phone to Mark to sort the alarm problem Nicolas phone kept cutting out. With the instructions coming over the phone fast Nicola failed to keep up.


So this resulted in a call out to the electrician (Uncle Robin) who sorted the problem swiftly on his arrival. Something to do with trip switches, fuses and the alarm battery apparently.
 Anyhow the neighbours never came running to our aid, even if before this incident they were happy to nose around the house.


Inside things have moved on loads since the last set of pictures.


Firstly Sabrina’s place she has chosen some glass cabinets in her kitchen to display the china Nan has given her.

 

Sabrina's kitchen







She has chosen blue for the hallway which looks light and airy. I quite like it.
 

Sabrina's hallway

 

Sabrina's hallway



Sabrina’s living room painted in neutral colours.

 

Sabrina's Living Room





Sabrina's bathroom



Sabrina's En suite with heated towel rail





Nicola has not chosen glass cabinets in her kitchen as everybody who knows Nicola, will know her cupboards are usually crammed full of rubbish and she organises things in her own messy way. A good choice for somebody who is very organised in a scatty 'I’ll find that later' fashion.


Wright's Kitchen




Nicolas lovely pink living room wall as she has chosen pastel colours throughout the house the kitchen will be apple white. This picture also frames the pastel blue shed well I think.



Wright's pink living room



Wright's hallway



Wright's master bedroom



Wright's Hallway



Here is what was on the window is previous blog picture. The painting instructions of course!





Wright's second bedroom



The drive way is now finished!

Shedding it!

So the shed is up although we are still waiting for the roof . Stephen and Nicola had a little shed painting session last Friday night. Of course we were not allowed to paint the shed Cuprinol sweet pea pink so instead we opted for combination of forget me not  and barley wood.



concentration!



We have left a little space down the side of the shed for composting and water butts, very fitting for the eco friendly theme!




The grass is ok but still a bit patchy some of it hasn’t rooted well but there is still time to work on this and the grass has enjoyed the rain this week.

The boilers have gone in as have the outside taps.

The retaining wall out the front is finished.The drive is being block paved and looks amazing.

Still no photos of inside yet folks but apparently the pink in Nicolas living room looks good!


The furniture previously ordered is beginning to arrive and is being stored at mums house which is full to bursting with boxes!


So much to update each day! We are so close but still so many finishing touches to go.
Here are a few pictures of our new neighbourhood so those of you who don't know the area can see the houses look and how our fits into the look of the street. Look out new neighbours!

Let me shed some light on it!

At the houses things are moving along both inside and out and on Thursday night Stephen and Nicola have been to the site to await the arrival of the shed. This of course was a month late. We were delighted when we got the delivery time ‘Your shed will be delivered between 8am and 7pm’ we would like to thank Homebase for the quality service and convenient and precise delivery time. So we waited and as promised the shed was delivered at 7.10pm minus the easy fit roof which is of course out of stock! On the plus side the easy fit roof will delivered, we have been assured of this. The delivery driver suggested we fit the normal roof and then fit the easy fit roof over the top when it arrives. The system just seems so easy!

The lads have been building a retaining wall out of the front of the houses which looks fabulous and has made large flower beds for the girls to plant lots of plants. This will of course now require a lot of reading books and selecting appropriate plants and shopping for them. Nicola has been saving up her garden centre vouchers for ages and the first purchase will be the Worcester apple tree.



Turf after 1 day



We have acquired some turf and this has been laid in the back garden and at present is requiring a lot of TLC by the men on site. Mum has also sprinkled lots of seed on the brown bits and it seems to taking up residence slowly.


Turf after 1 day






Turf after a week

 

The plumbing is being fitted by Granddad and he is making progress. I will try and upload some inside pictures soon but haven’t taken any of inside in a while. Sabrina’s choice paint colours look good. The hallway looks spacious in Broadway blue.



Boiler Hole

 





‘Cats are dangerous companions for bloggers because cat watching is a near-perfect method of blogging avoidance.’


Found this quote and liked it, so thought I would share it.




The Tree in leaf.