Today they started on the walls of the first floor, and got on very well. We were originally going to build in terracotta blocks but the price was too high. The objective is to have a house with the minimum energy consumption so any green objectives in the build had to be balanced against our age. Currently, for instance, the cost of photovoltaic cells are unlikely to ever be recouped by someone of our age, but solar heating is. Anyway, the picture below shows where our bedroom extension will be along with the french doors onto the balcony.
As you can see it is a glorious day, although the thought of doing block work when it is over 32 degrees in the shade (and there's no shade there) doesn't appeal.
The second picture is from downstairs. The kitchen is being extended towards the road as well as into the extension. For the former part to be done they need to put a reinforcing beam under what will be the new wall. The cutting out for that was done today too.
As you can see it is a glorious day, although the thought of doing block work when it is over 32 degrees in the shade (and there's no shade there) doesn't appeal.
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