Simon has been out in Germany for a few days this week, and returned today.

The outside of the conservatory is now finished (Apparently) and the plastering work has been finished also.  Still to do the flooring.

Issues currently stand at the door by the existing decking is the wrong way around (opens the wrong way) and also that it does not clear the deck – so opens about 4 inches before being stopped dead in it’s tracks 🙁

Also, the roof (while seems watertight) is hardly a work of art and needs attention as well as a significant portion of the trim work – it is clear that somebody was rushing to finish – hardly a quality job.  Let’s just hope that the conservatory supplier / fitter is willing to sort it out – else we are going to be complaining  for a while 🙁  Typically Simon is heading out to America again on Sunday so will miss out on the potential fireworks there….

Well, Simon is home again, and the conservatory framework has gone up today – it looks awesome 🙂

The weather is still baking hot – would you believe thought that Simon spend the majority of last week in and around New York City, where the temperature was 35 to 40 degrees every day – it wasn’t until he came home, spent and afternoon in the garden and burnt his back 🙂 Idiot.

Apparently the frame and glass for the conservatory will be all in by the end of Wednesday – hence why Simon was out yesterday getting the audio cabling done for the surround sound system that he would like…..

Writing this from Columbus, OHIO, waiting for a flight back to sunny New York city.

The flight is delayed (again) and the Wendy’s Baconator is a callin’ 🙂

Vicky has been conducting some research on some cool storage options for Elliot’s gear in the conservatory and has found some really smart stuff:

i.e. http://www.kidsrooms.co.uk/range.aspx?RG_ID=98 and http://www.gltc.co.uk/fcp/product/-/storage_tables_chairs_toy_boxes/Multi-Tray-Toy-Storage/846

More later – the plane has just arrived…

The footings are in…… the brickwork is almost complete and the concrete base etc is done.  These guys are fast and are incredibly tidy 🙂

We are expecting the sign off on the groundwork next Tuesday and then the actual conservatory frame building can commence.

It is incredibly big and amazingly we still have a very useable garden space left over 🙂

Vicky got a call this morning – the conservatory people asking if they could start work today… Great result.

So Simon has just spent 5 minutes over his lunchbreak watching two guys leering into the 7 series….  It was left out in full view on the driveway today – think it will be parked safely in the garage from this point onwards….

Not sure what these guys have actually done, but my guess is that it is to do with brick matching etc.