Out of the blue

We'd resigned ourselves to starting the build next year, due to our preferred builders not being available till then. Things have changed!

In the last few days we've signed the contract with another builder who has had several projects cancelled and as of today has his groundworkers available. So I got home after work today to find that our garden has disappeared to be replaced by two blue JCBs and a huge pile of earth! They're not hanging about, especially as the weather forecast is good for the next couple of weeks.

Inline with our eco ethos we're keeping as much material as possible - with piles of bricks, flagstones, paving slabs and top soil already set-aside in the garden for reuse later. A large amount of clay and other spoil will end up being removed offsite but there's not much we can do with the house backing into the hill.

At long last the build is underway!