We have had one or two problems in the last couple of days - some of which have been resolved.

The gap between the wall tops and the roof was quite large in places because of the uneven granite walls

This has been filled with many tons of mortar.

The gable end was leaking quite badly in the kitchen

The leak was traced to a crack in the pointing just above the granite lintel. The whole gable has been repointed and hopefully the leak will have stopped.

There has also been a hitch with the piping for the under-floor heating. I think that when the piping was put in, on a freezing cold December day. The workers just wanted to get the job finished and go back to their families. The pies stand away from the wall by 200mm. This is making it difficult to box round them with the dry lining wall.

You cannot imagine how terrifying it is to find the workers attacking the concrete around the pipes with a heavy duty hammer drill with chisel on.

The final problem has not been resolved yet and might be one that I have to learn to live with.The door handle in the opening bedroom door/window is ludicrously low. I am unsure as to whether the door has been put on upside down or not.

The good news is that the floor for the study is in.

This has actually led to a change of bedroom for me and Phil. We were gouing to use the upstairs bedroom as ours because of the spectacular views down towards the fisheries. The walls are higher than we had imagined and this is the spectacular view that I get.

The "Bridge is now in place linking the study and the upstairs bedroom and the first of the insulation is in.