Update on the loft conversion ......................

The dreaded loft conversion project is continuing at a steady pace for various reasons, mainly difficulty at times in sourcing materials, and now Rob is having problems with his elbows which is the result of mixing up around 130 buckets of sand and cement then climbing 3 lots of stairs to render the walls and to his great sorrow is only half-way through completing the task!

All three rooms now have the roof insulation and either plasterboard or pine cladding fitted to the roof.
We then painted the cladding and plastered the plasterboard ready for stippling and painting. At this stage we decided to concentrate on completing the first bedroom as this was the only room where the walls had been rendered (apart from above the window which was finished off when the window was fitted). We had a new double glazed window with shutters fitted on the outside once the hole where the previous blinds had been bricked up the room started to take shape. Pictures showing the old and the new -much more pleasing on the eye!
Bedroom 1

More pics from different angles:-

So in bedroom 1 the ceiling and walls have now been plastered, stippled and painted. The floor has been tiled and we are now just awaiting some skirting board to be made (a more difficult task than you would normally expect to achieve as carpenters here seem rather difficult to pin down!). We ordered some wood to make door frames (from a local carpenter) but after waiting and waiting we gave up and went down a different route and finally achieved it ourselves by using MDF purchased from the DIY shop!!!! So once we have the skirting board and on site it will be fitted and painted and then we can finally hang a door and the result will be "FIRST BEDROOM FINISHED" !!!!!!!!!!!