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| 2001 | ||||
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January | Viewed the building and agreed a sale. | ||
| March | Moved in, used a gas barbecue for cooking and installed a (temporary) chemical loo. | |||
| April | Fosse (septic tank) installed for us by professionals. | |||
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May | We made good camping in the open upper floor. Ed popped his thigh muscle on the open stairs, and spent some time on the camp bed downstairs. | ||
| June | Kitchen electrics, cooker
and units fitted. Bathroom water heater installed. |
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| July | Hall and Bathroom
floor laid, temporary door fitted between lounge and hall. Hall door raised, lounge part clad. |
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August | Lounge doorway raised and widened. | ||
| September | Doors finished. | |||
| October | Guest room floored and plasterboarded. | |||
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December | Stairs fitted and old stairs blocked up. Insulating - waterproof membrane fitted upstairs. |
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January to April | Kitchen - Shelves put up,
extractor fan installed. Lounge - Hall/lounge floor raised. Decorated, furnished and carpeted. Guest room - Part complete (clothes rails fitted). |
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May to August | Exterior - Front of the
house painted. Garden - Front patio and steps made, driveway gravelled. |
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September to October | Office corridor plasterboarded. | ||
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January to May | Bathroom - Fitted and tiled
- cork tiled, decorated and finished (door to utilities cupboard fitted). Central heating fitted. Corridor - plasterboard jointed. Hall - lined. Guest room - Decorated, carpeted, cupboards fitted. Garden - Side patio and lamp. Patios all finished. |
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June | Hall decorated and finished. | ||
| July | Exterior - West wall raked out and remortared. | |||
| August | East wall painted. Kitchen - Laminate floor and panelling fitted. |
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September to October | Main bedroom and en
suite bathroom started and completed. Single bedroom - Walls built. |
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November to December | Office corridor - Floor sanded, walls decorated and finished. | ||
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January | Single room finished. | ||
| February | Garage - Site cleared. | |||
| April | Garage base laid. | |||
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May | Garage walls built. | ||
| June | Gables built. | |||
| July | Roof finished. | |||
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October | Garage rendered and finished. | ||
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| 2005 | ||||
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January to May | Visiting Britain. | ||
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June to August | Garden - Trellis,
moving rocks, moving muck, shed put in. Lounge - Tiled floor. |
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September to October | Garden - Herb garden and birch trees planted. | ||
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November to December | Visiting the USA and Britain. | ||
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