Pete Goes Cottaging

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Fri Oct 21, 16 10:01 pm

Well, this is possibly the slowest thread on the message board.

At last, after 6 1/2 years, we FINALLY have a KITCHEN!!!!

Julie and I cooked a Stir Fry together on a real cooker!

She has been absolutely brilliant putting up with living in a perpetual mess and building site.

She has never complained, and she has just got on with it with typical Northern grit. What a girl! I love her to bits!

Massive thanks to Roydon and his family for all their help and skill on building the extension.

As a bonus we got heating today too! The simple pleasures are often the best.

Pictures to follow at some point....

Turnip · Post by **Turnip** » Sat Oct 22, 16 9:47 am

Well done the pair of you.
A proper milestone

Will be awaiting our diner invitations

GJUK · Post by **GJUK** » Sat Oct 22, 16 12:19 pm

That house looks awesome.
Can relate to some of this as our house was built in 1850 but no where near as old or aesthetically pleasing to look at as yours.

shovelheadrob · Post by **shovelheadrob** » Sat Oct 22, 16 8:28 pm

Glad to hear that, what's next?

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Sat Oct 22, 16 8:59 pm

shovelheadrob wrote:Glad to hear that, what's next?

Bananarama! - still lots to do, then get on with the Challenger, then the Shovelhead....

db · Post by db » Sun Oct 23, 16 8:11 am

Well done Pete, hell of an achievement!

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Sun Oct 23, 16 4:21 pm

Thank you all for your kind words.

At last I had the camera with me as I went off to the "Thunder Road" event, so I took a couple of small snaps of the (nearly) finished build:

Probably not what you expect on a cottage but it makes it much more easy to live with....

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Sun Oct 23, 16 4:23 pm

...and from the roadside:

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Sun Oct 23, 16 4:24 pm

Notice the 2 Skips on the Driveway

Also built a little garage, but most of the toys are now sold to pay for it, how ironic really....

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Sun Oct 23, 16 4:27 pm

...and a couple of pictures of the afore mentioned kitchen and also the conservatory....

DaveBishop · Post by **DaveBishop** » Sun Oct 23, 16 6:35 pm

Pete that looks very similar to my drawings

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Sun Oct 23, 16 6:54 pm

DaveBishop wrote:Pete that looks very similar to my drawings

I wonder why???

DaveBishop · Post by **DaveBishop** » Sun Oct 23, 16 7:24 pm

I am please for both of you a lot of problems but it looks fantastic worth it in the end

XP29 · Post by **XP29** » Sun Oct 23, 16 9:34 pm

Looks really nice!

mopar_mark · Post by **mopar_mark** » Sun Oct 23, 16 10:03 pm

After the previous events, it's really nice that you can have dinner together.
Good job all round