THE DAY THAT I STICK TO THE SUBJECT (REALLY!)

Nothing too off the wall today, just a summary of where we are at. I think I owe you that as looking back at my blogs I see that on occasions I may have wandered from the core subject.

We are getting a little behind schedule at the moment as we still have not started the en-suites which do require a lot of decoration and new furniture installed. We do have the go-ahead from the planning office to run with two B&B rooms but the building regulation people have asked for plans regarding them before giving their go-ahead.

We will have the main bedroom ready within the next few weeks but are still negotiating and organising the plumbers with regards to updating the very old bathroom. It does not help that the bathroom is in the eaves of the roof and installing a shower is a little complicated but we aim to get this room completed as soon as possible so we can start taking in guests.
The second bedroom requires two stud walls to be removed and another small room created within it for the en-suite before the plumbers can even start on it and then I would need to decorate it. All of this is awaiting the Building Regulation teams scrutinising and so is on hold until this has been given passed.
As we will effectively lose our Family bathroom we are also requesting permission from them to create a new bathroom in a small bedroom near ours and so we are also awaiting this to be granted.

All of the above has meant that I have been drawing up plans and working on the request to the Building regulation office over the last few days and having submitted this all we can do is wait for their response. It will take about 3 weeks for any of the plumbers to start work when we do get permission.

We aim to make the annex a holiday cottage and whilst the Building Regulation guys have no problem with this the Planning Office have stepped up to the mark and need an official application for us to do so. When and if we do get permission to start that project then we will have to decorate it in a very substantial way and this all makes it a much longer job.

So the red tape and logistics are slowing us down but we are not daunted by it all and I for one am very much up for the challenge. We have already achieved quite a lot and we really need to get these bathrooms started so the business can kick off.

So if you could all cross your fingers for us (having first put down any hot drinks) then we would really appreciate it. Until the next time...........





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