Our first visitor to the house (at least whist we have been there) we tried to tell him to head away and back to the wild, but he was determined to see what had replaced the grassland that had been there 4 months ago. Was the food any better now there is no grass ?

Well we rocked up today (Sunday 1st May) not expecting any change from last weeks visit as its been Easter and we guessed the builders would have been on holiday all of last week. But looking at the progress they have made, they must have been there for a couple of days last week.

Withe the weather proof covering going on its starting to look a lot less like a shell and a little more like a house (not a home as yet). A view down the side of the house where we will be growing our own vegetables this time next year. 4 metres 60cm from the corner to the first window (15 feet) 1 meter 50 between the two windows (5 feet) and 2 meters 50 between the final 2 windows (8 and a half feet). Time to plan the veggie beds !

Strange (for me) the house has no roof, only the trusses to support the tiles when they eventually get there, but the builders have already gotten the guttering and the facia in-place.

How the bricks are going to be laid without damaging the facia I am unsure. Time will tell:

more than happy to get the builders to do it again if the facia is all bent and the guttering wrecked.

Hard to see the colours, the facia is 'cobalt blue' with the guttering 'rice white'.

Some of the pipe work 'in place' I say in-place but these are the hot and cold pipes for the bidets in en-suits 3 and 4, these should be on the outside wall and not on the adjoining wall ! Something else for the builders to change. Already contacted Porter Davis to let them know.

Just in case we forget who is building the house, every two meters is the name of the builder.

Something else I can't understand (amongst so many things) its a wooden house thats been built (to some extent) around the openings for the doors and windows so how can there be such a big gap from the window frame and the timber frame of the house ! (Its about 2-3 cm).

How these houses get any kind of energy efficiency is beyond me.

The defects so far (so I/we don't forget).

The size of the gaps between the window frames and door frames and the house frame.

Lets hope thats packed out with wood and not just insulation.

Pipes for the Bidet's in all bathrooms are in the wrong place (they need to be moved now).

We have contacted Porter Davis to get them to rectify this and ensure the builders have the correct and upto date plans for the build.

The 3 problems our building inspector found (Metal post not bolted to the slab) too large a distance between the nails in the flooring and the L bracket spaces.

If the metal post is at the right hand size of the study, then its still not bolted down, Porter Davis have just covered the post with the weather proof sheet !

This also needs to be fixed !

Still to fix the slab 40 cm x 100cm of missing slab in the study, when will they pour more concrete here (Check once again with Porter Davis).

No fix no payment - Simple as........