Yesterday we heard that the electricity supply is going to be dearer by “a few thousand pounds” because the owner of the field the electricity company wanted to go through has refused to give permission – so we have to go down the road – much more expensive to do.

But we have found a plumber who doesn’t think we are made of money – his quote works out at about half of the previous two, and he can start Monday! whoopee – that means we are back on track work wise, and not bankrupt, money wise.

The ceiling plasterboard goes up tomorrow, and the walls on Friday – with good luck and a following wind. Today was finishing off the roof and putting in the soffits. We can now carry on staining the roof woodwork, probably this weekend.

Today we took down the scaffolding at the back of the house so that it was clear to fit the fire stops and soffits. It was the hardest mornings work we have done – especially May who carried poles and planks to the back of the plot to be more secure. She must have made about 80 round trips of about 60 metres.

The rest of the tiles arrived today as well so we are all set to complete the roof. Good job we over-ordered though because about 10 tile have been damaged in transit.

We have set 3rd December as the date we have to move in by – mainly because of the lease on this flat – so we have to plan what we do carefully to focus on making it habitable.

Tomorrow its a second coat of stain on the woodwork, unless the weather gets in the way.

 These sheep suddenly appeared in the adjacent field. They seemed interested for about 5 minutes then got bored and focused on the much more interesting grass.   Brian and Grant, meanwhile were still hard at it and by the end of the day had completed one side of the roof and a lot of the other side – enough to put ridge tiles in place. It might not seem exciting to you but we love it!

 That is a day’s work. The tiles arrived yesterday afternoon and Brian & Grant started this morning. With good luck and a following wind I will have ordered enough tiles and we will be truly watertight by close of play Monday.

In the meantime we have ordered the cooker hood and freezer for the kitchen – that means we have now bought everything for the kitchen.