the builder #1 came and looked at the conservatory, and suggested starting again for 7k. the job too much of a nightmare otherwise. hmm, chris to ring listed buildings and discuss! its not as if the conservatory is partic grand is it. the vine obviously would be saved!!
library day for the girls. I believe they then went into town to get brazils to chocolate, and there were none at all!! didn’t do the banking thing either.
SB did another bit of chapter 1 galore park Junior Science Book 1
SB swimming lesson. we had lots of chats around various things. i love listening to SB and how she thinks an what interests her from what she has read or listened too. she was telling me all about the burghers of calais that she has listen to on our island story [well, i am fairly sure that is what it is] and it is clear she was swung by the heroism angle!
i had migraine, but did read to BB and we all watched the first of the 2 parter where Rose goes. BB ecstatic over both cybermen and daleks in one episode! mind you, she also said how good it was that not many people had died. i suspect more might in the next episode!! she did cuddle me lots tho.
Chris and SB play long game of rummikub. SB was rather happy to win.
I think the d is playing up on my laptop, and i don’t get tomorrow off work either. work sucks atm. getting close to battlestar galactica finale. BSG has helped me get through some v crappy work times!
We had one like that at our old house and had to replace it as it became really dangerous.
Wow! That conservatory is potentially great. I can understand the builder’s point of view and I guess it would be much faster just to start again. Lovely to have such a space for play and entertaining.
When (if?!) we replace our conservatory, our vine must go…
The complicating factor is the Listed building dept, who would need to agree replacement. Originally we talked with them about repairing, but that was a couple of years ago – lots more paint has fallen off so showing more clearly the extent repairs that would be required.
Dave – why must the vine go? certainly intend to keep ours.
Listed shouldn’t have problem if you do a like for like replacement.
especially if you say you couldn’t find a builder prepared to do refurb.
£7K? That’s not bad for a new one. Or is that just the cost for taking the old one away?
Michelle, hopefully it won’t be a problem, but you never can tell.
Joyce, 7-8K was is the off the top of his head standing in the garden estimate for a new one putting up a new one (remember we have walls, and floor etc. already)