The yellow submarine is on the move, to its final resting place. 

The weather has been very kind to us yet again and it has been full steam ahead this week.  We can see the rooms downstairs - their size and exact position.  I find it quite difficult to imagine these things from a one dimensional plan, but it all becomes clear at this stage.  I’m very excited about the kitchen - although after 55 years of marriage I’m absolutely sick to death of cooking. I’m having a bifolding window along the entire width of the back wall of the kitchen - around 4 metres.  It will give a fantastic view out to the garden.  One of the main reasons for the move is to downsize, but also to future proof the house to meet any needs we might have going forward.  So I’ll be saying goodbye to my lovely range cooker and hello to an eye level oven, alongside a combi oven/microwave.  We don’t have mains gas where we live, so there will also be an induction hob.  

So next week the ground floor should all be blocked and bricked in and the scaffolding in place to start on the first floor.  The roof tiles will be delivered in October and the tilers are booked for November.  It’s happening quite quickly and that means lots of decisions have to be made quickly too.  Where do we want power points, lights etc? What sort of doors do you want?  What sort of handles?  It goes on.  But the luxury for us this time is that we only have to make these choices.  We aren’t doing any of the manual work ourselves thank goodness.  One of the benefits of being older.

Weather is set fair for the next week, so the gods are still smiling on us. Onwards and upwards.