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It takes a lot to make guttering on-site
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Installed
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Billy terminates the old wallpaper with extreme prejudice
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We have stairs
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20th January: A better view of the shiny new gutter
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Cunningly concealed in the valley of the roof
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Yet more pebbles
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Stairs in place
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24th January: this may slow things down a touch
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Almost a work of art
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Soakaway coming soon
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26th January -- the house looks rather naked without (some of) its scaffolding
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The arch behind the porch
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31st January -- new garage door incoming
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A bit fancier than the old door
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It might make the place a bit warmer?
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Oak floor -- coming soon to a house near, well, me actually
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Yet another lintel
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Central hoover point
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There was an awful lot of plastering to be done
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Previously covered by some rather tatty carpet
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8th February -- yes, scaffolding still here
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9th February -- the Leylandii have no idea that their doom is upon them
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Chainsaws of doom
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Going, going, etc.
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And the tree surgeons said 'Let there be light'
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Feeling chipper
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The fanciest garage in Epsom takes shape
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February 15th -- the replacement windows are all done
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(See, Mum? Looks good, doesn't it?)
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The old and the new
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Tweaking the porch
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Plaster priming
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Bizarrely shiny plaster (after a coat of PVA)
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The skeleton for the (tiny) garage roof
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21st Feb - Old hot water tank before being replaced
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25th Feb - starting to conceal the Very Big Beam
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The utility is taking shape
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That revolting cork-tiled floor bites the dust
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Nicer than the old yellow windows
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28th Feb - all the kitchen units in the world are delivered
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He managed to get his lorry down our road...
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3rd March - the front
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About half a driveway plus the back patio
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The kitchen in boxes... it's just like moving house all over again
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New plaster in the dining room
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(no, really, this is a lot of boxes)
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And plaster in the hall