Slight Panic??!

Our neighbour contacted us urgently last night, she had passed by the cottage and spotted a "for sale" sign standing prominently in our front garden. 

Now this is the first thing that we knew about the cottage being advertised for sale, true, it has been in our minds over recent times, as the cottage was first purchased with the view to renovating it and then selling, before moving onto a next project, but I think that as we have carried out all of the work, we have built our hearts into the renovation and are now very reluctant to move on.

After an email message to the estate agent, it became clear that the erection of the sign was a genuine mistake; it appears the company who fix the signs may have been given the wrong postcode for an actual house for sale, and they have guaranteed to the remove the sign very soon.

It will certainly give the neighbours something to gossip about!

Rendered Walls are now finished

Lots of tidying up done, cobbled yard washed down several times, and garden bench and plants back in place, and it all looks lovely, very pleased with the render finish.

Outside Rendering Works - ongoing

The rener materials were delievered on a rainy afternoon, and we spent next few days ensuring that they stayed dry under the storage.

 

 

The first two coats of render material are plastered onto the wall quite thickly, and allowed to dry for approximately four hours. 

 

The finish is then "scratch coated" to give a smoother finish, and the walls are then allowed to dry.

 

Rendering Outside Walls - as work commences

Finally, after being postponed due to rainy weather conditions, the Plastering company has finally made a start to prepare for rendering the outside courtyard and rear parking area walls.

The walls are a mix of stone, brick and breeze block, and we wish to have the same cream effect plaster finish on them all. We are told that the material they are using comes with a 25 year guarantee, should see out our lifetime!

These pics are of walls after first preparation with "glue" to make render adhere more easily.