Almost ready to start

Today we met with the builder and architect to finalise the contracts and discuss how the project will be managed. At long last, and only just in time, the planning office has issued the building warrant. So all is set for a start to be made next Monday (5th July).
We are feeling excited and apprehensive about it all. Stage one will be the demolition, giving some good photo opportunities I'm sure. Between now and then we have a little more work to do to complete the emptying of the old building.
And if the satellite dish doesn't get relocated PDQ it will be demolished along with everything else next week. Mind you, a few weeks without TV wouldn't be too bad...

Before we begin...

This is the 'before' state - three views of the corrugated iron extension that was on the house when we bought it five years ago. The big black doors open to a basic storage/workshop area. The other half is used as a bedroom.

By the time this project is finished, things will look quite different.

We have been planning this project with our architect for about a year - going through all sorts of fun stuff like planning consents and building warrant applications (We are still waiting for a building warrant to be issued...) Now we have selected our builder and we are hoping to see work start early in July.

The final product should be a rather more solid extension than this one, to include a bedroom, a shower room, a utility room and a workshop. The work is scheduled to take about 20 weeks, so we ought to be finished before the end of the year. We'll see...

However fast or slow the progress, I'll be updating this blog pretty frequently once things get going.