21st June 2011 - First cut of the front lawn

From a distance the front lawn is beginning to look pretty good. Up close, it's monstrously patchy, but it's getting there...

12th April 2011 - Grass seed for the front lawn

As promised, now that spring is here, the groundworkers have come back for a day and made good the front lawn and the part of the back that wasn't finished. They broke up the biggest lumps, raked everything reasonably level and applied grass seed. I have covered what I can with some nettings and the sprinkler is now in action.

4th Feb 2011 - Larger ASHP installed

They installed a larger air source heat pump today (Mitsubishi ZubaDan). Previously, the smaller ASHP didn't have the capacity to heat the required throughput of water to the required temperature, and therefore, amongst other things, wasn't able to get sufficient heat over to the sunroom. Also, since it was running at 100% load permanently, that is a recipe for breakdowns.

Early indications are that the ZubaDan is up to the job. The sunroom is getting heat, the restrictor on the flow rate has been removed, and the pump in the garage is making considerably less noise.

We'll know for sure after running it for a few days.

The cost of this change were borne by the plumbing contractor.

1st Jan 2011 - Getting used to it all now!

Well, we've mostly unpacked and have begun to make a home out of Fairways. Builders will be back on 4th January to work through the snagging list, and finish up here and there.

But, in the meantime, here are some photos:

KITCHEN:

FAMILY BATHROOM:
THE HUB ROOM:

THE LOFT ROOM:

THE FRONT:

THE PLAYROOM:

THE LANDING LIGHTS (18L):

THE DOWNSTAIRS LOO (no mirror yet...):

THE SUNROOM (aka The Extension):