Blogging up
Hadn’t realised just how long ago it was since I updated this. Thanks Irene for reminding me!
Well, what can I say?
On the build there has been progress, mostly with paperwork and some slight movement on the plot. We now have a fence! and I have photographic proof that we have an access road (well of sorts) and work has started on the foundations.
Of course I did chose the coldest winter since 1914 to build the house so I shouldn’t complain if progress is kind of frozen.
But as you’ve all guessed we did in the end get planning permission but what a fight.
The planning officer is of the opinion that horizontal cladding is urban, and that we should use rural vertical cladding! Never heard anything quite so stupid but then…
He also decreed that roofing should be black. I could go with that apart from the fact that when I look at most of the buildings visible from the plot they have grey roofs, just like what we want!
In the end though, after no small amount of argumentation and lobbying, we got permission for a grey roof and horizontal cladding with just a splash of vertical on the visible road side.
We also have a contractor, Portree Slaters, everyone I met said they are the best!
- At last work in progress