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Livy drove all the way to the Wood and back today, so that we could see what building a house in midwinter in the Highlands looks like. Wet. As you can see from the pictures, there is a frame covered in a green plastic bag. This does little to keep the wood dry, in the present circumstances. There are some wonderful huge holes in the walls which will eventually be vast windows.
The main roof timbers are up and Stanley the joiner was damply balancing on the scaffolding constructing the lean-to roof at the back. When we arrived at lunchtime he had put the timbers for the shower room, the entrance hall and the utility room. As we were leaving he was beginning the bit over the woodstore, the water cupboard and the piano. There was sarking and roofing felt and windows in the south slope of the roof. Water was still penetrating around the edges there, though.
We were allowed in, which we thought was kind, given that the site belongs to the builders for the time being. The kitchen seems absolutely huge. The sitting room does, too; and there is room for two pianos in the piano extension. The downstairs bedroom seems to have plenty of space for two single beds and other necessary stuff. The ceilings seem nice and high, though this is a bit hard to gauge when the floor is an unknown amount below its final level and the ceiling consists simply of joists.
I am not totally sure that the right Velux windows have actually arrived; and I did rather wonder if gathers in the external plastic bags is something done in the best circles; but this is not something about which I can comment. (Though I suppose Mary might.)
In general, I was very happy to see the actual more or less final shape of the house. It seems very tall and long; but the builders said it will seem smaller when it is finished. I think it is an elegant asset to the glen: not outrageously imposing; respecting traditional shapes; sitting well in the landscape.
The road was wet and churned up but the builders have not had any difficulty getting up and down it. We have taken several pictures of it for Janet to remark the drainage and so forth.
See the captions to the pictures for my other comments.
More photos (those taken by Livy) below:
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11 comments:
Were these two sets of photos really taken on the same day?
Yes. Your point?
It looks rather nice green- can you leave it like that?
The point being- I think - the difference in light.
Cecilia has a cataract. That's obviously why hers are darker & fuzzier.
The weather had got into my camera. I was rather depressed by the green, I must say. It didn't seem to be doing a very good job of keeping things dry. Though, to be fair, it was a pretty challenging day.
Actually, the cataract makes things look more like Livy's photos - a dazzle of misty light.
"I stood on a hill by the old oak tree and this is what I saw" sounds like the beginning of a game of the my aunt went to Paris type
then she tied a yellow ribbon around it - a process that I have never fully understood.
This is so EXCITING. The house is really coming along, and the pictures are great- really get a sense of the space and dimensions. I don't like the green much but golly the place is really springing up! And Cecilia I am delighted to see you were your gorgeous funky hat. My favourite shot is the piano one. :-)
love
Kylie x x
I do of course mean WORE your hat, not WERE it. I'll blame the drugs, shall I....
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