From Car Port to Comfort

Jun 062019
 

This is the rags to riches story of Fieldfare Lodge, from a “bedsit” (draughty, dirty) and car port to the holiday let annexe it is today.  Our builders (Acton and Mudd) and Plumbers (Mike Percival) and Electrician (Gerald Scott) turned a junkyard into a little jewel, and we cannot thank them enough.

Click on any photo to start the show!

April 2016 - The ghastly gates
April 2016 - Looked quite tidy on the house brochure - bedsit and carport
We filled the "bedsit" with junk - as you do...
...and shoved a good deal of stuff in the car port...
...which had to be moved (several times, in the end!)
January 2019 - we take the plunge and a big delivery
Acton and Mudd, in the freezing, wet cold
The old back door - gone
Pretty draughty at this point
And look! A brand new frontage
Beautiful brickwork
This will be the bedroom. One day.
Nightmare electrics
The old door has been bricked up
Existing shower being used as a dumping ground
Waiting for the doors to be delivered
A hole in the wall for the bedroom door
Yes, a drain for the sink would be good
The mess continues
March 2019 - Poor chickens - never seen the river break the banks before
The boiler used to be in the car port
Now the boiler is outside, the pipe can go outside too
Re-routing the oil feed pipe
Thank heavens for good weather
Lovely builders
Lovely plumbers
Lovely electrician
New door - looking a bit more likely
Plastering happening
Plastering happening
Guesswork about the sockets
New floor in the shower room
Just need to paint...
Time off for the steepest sprint of the Tour
The stuff had to go somewhere...
The world's tiniest stove
We need a chimney, shame about the roof having to come off
Fabulous flooring
Are the holes in the wall in the right place?
Choosing outdoor furniture
The kitchenette begins
Getting there...
The wrong paint. Again.
Interested animals next door
The bed arrives!
Sparkling (at last)
Kitchenette -
Lazy chairs...
...to watch tv
Wardrobe and drawers - good old IKEA
Comfy bed
Lovely new gates

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