Welcome to our blog.

This blog will follow the ultimate in home improvement: demolish and rebuild!

This is our starting point: a 1930s bungalow. While not a bad house; it is too small for us with three teenage children so what should we do? A full storey extension versus complete rebuild - ultimately the stronger eco-credentials and more certain finances of a new-build helped to guide our choice.

For a number of years we've been trying to find the right route for us to build an eco-friendly, low energy home. We tried various architects and building companies and have eventually settled with a German prefabricated build. The new house will be nearly to passivhaus standards (but not quite due to budget constraints). In any case, the house will be heavily insulated and airtight.

As a family, we have not built a house before so everything is new and exciting but the risk of making a mess of things is quite high!

This blog aims to outline the day to day steps involved in our build.

Tuesday, 11 May 2010

Shutters away

Hooray! Floorslab is looking good!

The shuttering has been removed, revealing beautifully smooth sides.

Thankfully, none of the neighbourhood cats have got stuck in the slab or left little paw prints.

It's really exciting ...just waiting for the inspection from the building company and then the arrival of the house!

Not long to go now!


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  1. Lyn Austin16 May 2010 at 08:21

    Nick says " very nice slab " xx Lyn

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