Day 40 - 23 July 2007 - The End of the Beginning

Week 8 - 16 July 2007 to 20 July 2007

Week 7 - 9 July 2007 to 13 July 2007

Week 6 - 2 July 2007 to 6 July 2007

Day 29 - 6 July 2007 El Corte Inglés

Day 28 - 5 July 2007 Jack Dempsey

Day 27 - 4 July 2007 Independence Day

Day 26 - 3 July 2007 The Devil Made Me Do It

Day 25 - 2 July 2007 Horseshoes & Hand Grenades

Week 5 - 25 June 2007 to 29 June 2007

Day 24 - 29 June 2007 Can You Dig It?

Day 23 - 28 June 2007 Mister Ng

Day 22 - 27 June 2007 Calvos of the Underworld

Day 21 - 26 June 2007 The Final Countdown

Day 20 - 25 June 2007 On the Borderline

Week 4 - 18 June 2007 to 22 June 2007

Day 19 - 22 June 2007 All Things Come

Day 18 - 21 June 2007 Summer Solstice

Day 17 - 20 June 2007 The Eve of Destruction

Day 16 - 19 June 2007 Keep on Truckin'

Day 15 - 18 June 2007 The Book of Worries

Week 3 - 11 June 2007 to 15 June 2007

Day 14 - 15 June 2007 Grey is the Colour

Day 13 - 14 June 2007 Weather or Not

Day 12 - 13 June 2007 Radio Ga-Ga

Day 11 - 12 June 2007 Preparation Shrinks Piles

Day 10 - 11 June 2007 No Rain. Yet.

Week 2 - 4 June 2007 to 8 June 2007

Day 9 - 8 June 2007 T.G.I.F.

Day 8 - 7 June 2007 It's a Holiday

Day 7 - 6 June 2007 Hallmark Found

Day 6 - 5 June 2007 Hearth Attack!

Day 5 - 4 June 2007 Let there be light

Week 1 - 29 May 2007 to 1 June 2007

Day 4 - 1 June 2007 Breast reduction surgery

Day 3 - 31 May 2007 The sweet smell of success

Day 2 - 30 May 2007 The destruction of the bathroom - and our finances - continues

Day 1 - 29 May 2007 Let the chaos commence!

Day 0 - Photos of the rooms before work starts. Plans and preparation, finding some materials.

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Over the next two to three weeks (REALLY, that's what the builders told us!) we are going to go through a period of destruction and re-construction that should see our single bathroom transformed into two smaller bathrooms. At the end of this journey the larger bathroom will have had it's shower and bidet removed, the bath (with internal shower) and sink relocated and the toilet turned by 90 degrees.

The area where the bath and shower were will then be divided by a wall, this area becoming the new en-suite bathroom, accessed from our second bedroom. The only problem here is that a doorway must be knocked through the central, load-bearing, 60cm stone wall.

In addition to this work, we are having the chimney-breast removed and a freestanding woodburning stove installed. This in itself will be no mean feat, as the breast is 150cm x 120cm, rising to a height of 5 metres. (Or, depending on your accent, 5 feet x 4 feet rising to just under 17 feet). No matter which way you look at it, that is one big breast!

We are also having the entrance foyer tiled, matching the same tiles that will be placed under the new fireplace.

Each day we will add to this site, photos and commentary showing the progress of the works, which are due to commence on Tuesday, 29 May 2007. Bookmark us now and check back daily!

If this is your first visit, why not start with DAY 0 and work your way through a day at a time? As each page has a link to the next day's page, you won't miss a single riveting moment!

I'm getting far too much whitespace, here, now. Obviously I must have thought the works would have been concluded sooner!

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