6 inches of water to clear out of our basement,luckily no major damadges as plasterboarding was just about to start

Disaster strikes on 2nd Febuary. Before the building is water tight the site and BASEMENT floods

Steel mesh laid ready for the screed on special plastic chairs,thre steel helps heating distribution

Pipework set to return to manifolds to give zoning and control to each area

Our bedroom finally constructed as a shell with great views

Pipes installed with a tighter ratio and concentration for more efficient heating from the solar panels

Under floor heating is installed on a special thermo insulation

Polishing starts on the basement floor 

Special screed poured so it can be polished

Basement floor prepared for screed

Roof application starts with the special fibre-glass mesh

 Our office has double window aspect

Land cleared and levelled on back elevation

Inside of the hood constructed from steel and plaster

Bookcase finished

Terrace column details

A layer of water proof plaster then applied to all the roofs in preperation for the plastic roof paint

Basement tanking completed

Large bookcase is constructed in main lounge

Finished 4m high ceiling in the Lounge

 Old Sabina heads used as lintel details over doorways

The fireplace hood starts to be constructed

Detail cross joint of sabina and capital

 January 2012 and the front terrace starts to take shape

Rounds are added to the roof pelmets to soften facade

Internal tanking sprayed by hydraulic machine

Basement being prepared for internal tanking

The top bedroom roof is ready for the concrete pour

Each claraboya has insulated returns to prvent condensation and heat loss

Conrete levels formed to give falls to the roofs

Interenal walls constructed in blockwork

Insulation and metal caging starts on the roofs

The view from the front ,looking at our bedroom

The view from our bedroom window

Stair void installed with 2 light wells above

Ceiling claraboyas to create lots of natural light

The beam had to be cut in situ to fit perfectly

An 8 metre main lounge sabina was craned into position

Kitchen sabinas finished

Nat's pilates studio starts to take shape

Shell completed December week 2 ready to start internal fit out

Our new home starts to take shape

Gary finishes preparing the sabinas

Tricky work pouring concrete into each pocket

Sabinas notched into blocwork walls

The main sabinas are lifted into place

A special cleever is used to sive the terrain into top quality topsoil

Top floor starts to be constructed

Land being cleared for pool area and landscaping

Window shape mocked up with rustic render appearance