Tattie holidays & week 5 of ‘The Big Build’

The first week of the ‘Tattie’ holidays is over.  We haven’t done much this week but Lewis & Charlotte have enjoying chilling out at home and playing with their friends Zoe & Luke (who are also our neighbours).  Lewis & Luke are usually on the computer or X-Box and Charlotte & Zoe tend to make a mess everywhere with sewing, sticking and colouring.

John managed to get a loan of someones football season tickets so has taken Lewis & Luke to Pittodrie this afternoon to watch Aberdeen v Hearts.  This is Lewis’ first time so I am sure he will be really excited, I hope Aberdeen win.

This is the end of week 5 of ‘The Big Build’.  We had a very noisy couple of days when the builders were taking down the block wall between our existing house and the extension.  They left the wood framework and plaster board so that all the mess was in the extension and not in the house which was good.  We have now moved all Lewis’ stuff into the main bedroom and only thing still in his bedroom is his bed.  He will have to move out on Monday though so they can break through (very exciting).  They are going to leave the kitchen for the time being as this will be the most disruptive.  The windows and doors are also in at the back of the house (see photo).

back windows & doors

I have finally decided on the shower room furniture and fittings I want and will hopefully be putting in my order on Monday.  Have decided to go with gloss white units with black gloss worktops and black ‘showerwall’ panels in the shower instead of tiles.  Should look really stylish and be very easy to clean.

The bargain ex-display shower enclosure I bought turned out not to be a bargain after all as there was a crack in the tray.  Also it wasn’t going to be dismantled until the end of October so I decided to get a refund as I didn’t want people trying it out in the showroom for another month after I had paid for it >:(.  I will be ordering a new (more expensive but better quality) shower enclosure on Monday.

I don’t have any more photos of ‘The Build’ as most of the work has been taking place upstairs in the extension and you can only get in by climbing up the ladders and in through a window – I did this once but it was a bit scary and I don’t really fancy doing it again.  I will take photos of the upstairs next week when they break through.

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