New house-build – day 14, 31st August

Hooray, I’m up-to-date at last, because here’s the video that brings me up to the end of August, the month when the builders were all on holiday for the whole of the month. The video shows two events that occurred in August, the first on the 23rd was the laying down of the damp-proof course and the second and most important, the first delivery of blocks (‘briques’) in readiness for starting work on building the walls.

As the overhanging tree branches that might have hindered building work have now been removed, progress should start to speed up once work begins on the walls. It’s usual to continue non-stop until they’re finished, so who knows, the house might even be ready for Christmas!