You've Been Framed

This week the frame arrived. Despite our request (and payment!) for rigid vehicles it all arrived on arctics which meant unloading in Hartley Down - the main road and...

How can you not like a cheery Welshman in a cheery bright yellow lorry on a dull rainy morning?!

Especially when it says 'Mr & Mrs Goacher' - 'House'!!

....ferrying it all up by tele handler.

That tree needed pruning anyway...

Left a bit.....right a bit.....nearly there.....

Purely a supervisory role you understand..

The bad news was that this meant falling out with some neighbours we'd not yet met, but after a little explanation Joolz ended up making new friends with several of the residents of Hartley Down.

Scrape went the trusses as they squeezed under our Walnut  tree..

Phew what a day's work. S'alright lads...it's a tea break . Welsh cake anyone?!

One garage, plus a roof (well trusses at least)

Wahoo! It's a house Mummy!

'Oooo ooo'...Roxy thought our utility room is a tree to swing on....

OMG.....we have a first floor...well... al fresco...

In just four days, the majority of the structure is complete and something resembling a house is beginning to taking shape.

A luxurious fully kitted out lounge, as you can see. Pull up a chair...

I'm a Lumberjack and I'm Okay!

At the bottom of the plot in our new neighbour, David's garden, there were four HUGE fir trees. We were a little concerned about the amount of evening sun that would be shaded and asked if he wouldn't mind us  performing a little tree butchery, sorry I mean surgery!

'Who's nicked the house?' Scaffolding but no house...wierd?!

With John's help, Rob's chainsaw (again! - huge thanks again) a little brute force, ignorance and luck we managed to cut off the top third or so and create a bonfire worthy of heralding the arrival of the Spanish Armada!

Heeeeeave....Crack.....Timber.......

A big thank you to my Dad again....

Dad nonchanlantly pulling down a tree top...

Julie checking out the view....sorry er preparing the tree  for  chainsaw man...

Facing bricks and a garage floor..

The rain finally stopped for enough time for the bricks to do their magic and we have 3 lovely courses of blue bricks all around the house ready for the scaffolders tomorrow..

Meanwhile...Barry & Jason set out the mesh on the DPM ready for concreting

..and wait for the lorry to arrive...

An extremely late delivery of concrete meant that Roxy, Marcie & I got to watch the concrete being poured for the garage floor.

Mum 'it looks like chocolate jelly!'

Get in there...I was impressed. One smooth garage floor. I'm sure the girls wanted to join Barry, but somehow I figured not the best of ideas! But lets hope the foxes don't venture into it in the evening...could be interesting.