You might have guessed we’ve been very busy. Today we registered Catrin Birth in Stevenage and have been doing some odd jobs on the house. O’h the house is looking good and the builders have finished just leaving us the task to paint and tile the kitchen. Don’t forget to look at the new pictures of Catrin under the ford family in the gallery. Here are the latest pictures of the house extension.
We’ve had some fun with the builders and would recommend that you know exactly what your architect has designed. Luckily all our designs were drawn by Dels brother-in-law Bryn and we owe him a massive thanks for all the help he gave us with planning and building regulations. My biggest learning curve was trying to keep to budget. My advise would be to add a 10% contingency fund and ensure the builder is unaware of this. Our biggest issue with the build was the time the builders took to complete the job. We expected the project to be completed in 3 months, however, it ended up as a 6 month job with many days with no builder on site. I regret not having a penalty in the contract for late completion. Nevertheless, I would recommend NCS Building in Ware, Hertfordshire as their finish was very good.
