mellangoosefarm

Our Farmhouse Renovations

Renovations to our farmhouse started in August 2019. Images will be added to this diary over the coming days and weeks.

We’re extending the farmhouse to create a family living space

August 2019

Before the foundations for the family room extension could begin, we needed to remove 90 plus tonnes of rock and earth from the terraced garden which rises up at the back of the house. This meant loosing about 3 meters of our garden.

The gabion baskets containing about 45 tonnes of rock are retaining the garden terrace wall
Foundations for the walls of the extension being laid
Wet weather has forced work to start on ripping out the inside of the farmhouse. Upstairs, the old plasterboard has come off before all the original stud walls are removed ready for a new internal layout.
The stairs are being moved into the extension to give us bigger bedrooms and bathroom
New stud walls are going in to create the new upstairs layout
Plasterboard on the new stud walls upstairs
The concrete slab was pumped on to site for speed
The old kitchen has been ripped out ready to create a new kitchen layout that will include a pantry and utility
The snug has been ripped out and we’re trying to decide what to do with the fireplace
The foundation walls are ready for the timber frame to start to go up
Day 1 of the walls going up
The roof joists start to go on the extension

January 2020

Steel frame work goes in and work begin to start closing up the space
Fitting the velux roof lights before we can finish the roof
Ben prepares the new opening between the original building and the new extension by putting in the steel lintel before knocking out the 3 foot thick granite wall
The view from the extension into what will become the hallway and snug has opened up for the first time
Creating the opening between the kitchen and the new extension
The kitchen taking shape with the pantry and boot room off to the left
Looking from the kitchen through to the new family room extension
The triple glazed windows were extremely heavy
We have stairs for the first time in almost a year
The groundworks team work on the drainage and new terrace
Approximately 20 tons of rock that had come out of the walls in the house had to be removed
Never happier than when helping Dad with his tools and tape measure
The ikea unites heading into position in the kitchen
Prepping the floor before tiling
The larch cladding complete
The finished family room and kitchen
The snug
The perfect bedroom for an 8 year old

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