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LATEST ARTICLES ( 78 )

• Pleasedon'tfallonmyneighbourshouse

  

  It's been a busy and exciting week. We've had some proper builders in to speed things up and get vaguely back towards schedule, and most importantly to get in... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2012 ARCHITECTURE, HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• I'm Not Panicing, Honest.

  

  I've been doing a lot of this lately: It's quite fun but I'm still finding the amount of internal bungalow demolition quite alarming. Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2012 ARCHITECTURE, HOME

• Strawbale Courses

  

  Progress on site seems to be quite rapid now. Lots has been done in the last few weeks, aided greatly by having temporarily hired a labourer so I'm not working... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2012 ARCHITECTURE, HOME

• Schedule?

  

  10kg demolition hammer made much quicker work of the stubbornly solid chimney breast. I had hoped to have most of the roof work done by now, but instead we... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2012 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• More Progress

  

  A more wordy blog will come soon, in the meantime here's some more photos. Scaffold-board platform on the rafters, to get at the middle section of the second... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2012 ARCHITECTURE, HOME

• Finally Started Work

  

  I've finally started work on the main bungalow. Currently in the destructive phase, which is slightly alarming but still very satisfying to know what it's... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2012 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Some Photos and Some Anxious Thoughts

  

  There's a written blog below but if you just want to look at pictures: here's some of the bungalow pre-works, with a couple of rough artists impressions of... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2012 ARCHITECTURE, HOME

• Roof Diving and Asbestos

  

  It's been an interesting week or so. I got off to a good start, finally beginning actual physical work on site. Starting work on demolishing the old sun-room I... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2012 ARCHITECTURE, HOME

• Machines, Boxes and Holes

  

  This exciting image is what I've been tackling this evening. The spreadsheet was provided by the ever brilliant Kuba (project designer/strawbale consultant... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2012 ARCHITECTURE

• Preparation and More Bureaucracy

  

  Twelve days on from receiving planning permission I feel like things are starting to move in the right direction. I'm swinging from excited to terrified, but I... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2012 ARCHITECTURE, HOME

• How Disabilty Living Allowance Helps

  Back to the Welfare Reform Bill today, and in particular the changes to Disability Living Allowance (DLA). This benefit (which is not an out-of-work benefit:... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2012 HOME

• And the Answer Is...

  Back to the strawbale side of things for this blog, though I hope to post a follow on to my last blog about the Welfare Reform Bill and its potentially... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Overwhelming Consulation Responses to DLA Changes Ignored

  Today's blog is very much removed from my usual topics, but it is about something that is extremely important, concerning changes to disability benefits. Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2012 ARCHITECTURE, HOME

• Why Not Just Fill the Cavity, Then?

  When I've explained our plans to wrap a bungalow in strawbales (even when I just say "externally insulate it") a number of people have asked why we don't just... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2011 ARCHITECTURE, HOME

• Planning Permission Progress Report

  Yesterday we got official confirmation that our planning application has been received and registered. The full details (all 20 documents of application... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2011 ARCHITECTURE, HOME

• Are Free Solar Panel Offers Any Good?

  There's nothing exciting to report about the bungalow plans; our planning application has been given a reference number by the district council but not yet... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2011 ARCHITECTURE, HOME

• Planning Application is In!

  

  Wahoo - planning application is officially submitted! Before it gets looked at properly by the planning officers it needs to be validated - checked to see if... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2011 ARCHITECTURE, HOME

• Solar Rush

  Our plans for planning application are virtually complete and now only lack details of solar photovoltaic/electric (PV) panels, and solar thermal (hot-water)... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2011 ARCHITECTURE, HOME

• Of Bats and Bureacracy, Part 2

  Brief summary of Part 1: the bat man checked for bats and found bat poo indicative of one bat, but couldn't rule out the possibility of there being more bats... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2011 ARCHITECTURE, HOME

• Of Bats and Bureaucracy, Part 1

  The last week or so has been a flurry of fairly stressful activity. I haven't felt so stressed about the project at any point so far. Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2011 ARCHITECTURE, HOME