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6 May 2012

Chapel Joinery

Ian Cappleman (Ian the Wood) is doing our carpentry jobs for us. So far, we've set him on to create replacement windows at the front. They will be all made from Iroko hardwood and stained using Sikkens three coat micro-p

6 May 2012

Fiddler Construction

Sean Fiddler (Sean the Concrete) is doing all our concrete related work, which is quite a lot! All the new structural elements are made from reinforced concrete, and our board marked concrete walls etc etc. Fiddler Const

6 May 2012

Luke Arnold Construction

We're using Luke Arnold (Luke the Brick) to do all our brick related jobs. We were impressed by previous work and even more impressed by the work he's doing for us so far! Luke Arnold Construction T: 01427 874986 M: 0754

18 December 2012

Luke "the brick" Arnold

We've had loads of brickwork on our build, what with the new garden walls, the pool house, the cappings, the pointing at the front etc etc etc All this has been done by Luke and his team, and he's done a great job! Cheer

4 March 2013

Concrete, Cladding and Render

This is the junction between our bedroom concrete fireplace, the rendered wall and the cladding up to the roof. Absolutely beautiful. Jem's architectural design is shining through.

4 March 2013

The render is on!

Well, after waiting since November for a gap in the weather, the render is finally on and finished! Kieran and the lads have done a brilliant job, we can't be happier. This now means that we can get the cladding on, the

6 May 2013

Virtue Electrical Engineering

Gary Brown of Virtue Electrical Engineering is doing all our electrical work, including power, lighting, audio-visual, thermostat control, burglar alarm, fire alarm etc - everything. What I like best about Gary is the am

3 August 2013

Carl Lindley Decorator

Carl has been a great part of the team, quietly transforming a building into a home, tirelessly decorating our house from top to bottom. From the seamless white walls and staircase, to the rich but light stain of the iro

20 August 2013

Shelly's finishing touches...

We were really struggling with our interior finishes until, by recommendation, Shelly Horridge of Aspire Interiors came to our rescue! Shelly has done our window box seat, lush velvet bed head as well as all our curtains

29 August 2013

Rich Wilson, superstar builder...

We had a great team building our house, from our labourers to our architect, but we've got to say that Richard Wilson is our superstar! I remember the point in time when I stood next to Rich on the gallery seating in the

5 September 2013

Suppliers and other stuff

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