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| Week
15
11/06/07 - 17/06/07 11 weeks over |
| Such slow
progress :( The
landing lights have been moved to a sensible position |
The other landing lights are now connected to a switch and can be turned off !  |
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Moving the
main lights |
And lights in the bathroom have been
sorted, including one over the shower |
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The
cupboard at the back of the toilet is complete |
Air con electric and electric / ariel
for the TV have been channelled in
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The main
beam has been modified to be straight |
The heating and hot/cold pipes have
been channelled in. |
This isn't related to the original loft extension work, but one of the things we've realised is that the new plaster and paint at the top means you want to decorate the area below, and below, and below until you reach the ground. So.. we're having the hall, stairway and landing replastered all the way up.
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Back of new stairs |
Bottom of new stairs |
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Landing of new stairs |
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No, the air con still doesn't work.
I'll wait until the summer, hire some scaffolding and bung a nice
reliable B&Q one up there. |
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The view from the window at night isn't bad either |
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I'm glad we had it done although I learnt a lot on the way, mostly from the completely unexpected, unfathomable cr*p that happened at the end (not on this blog!). If you're thinking of having a loft extension done, it's certainly worth seeing through and although there is a fair bit you can do to mitigate the risks of employing a shonky company, I think that reading this blog to be forewarned may give you sufficient knowledge of what to look out for. I'm quite sure the firm I used have many satisfied customers, just as the firm you're considering may direct you at satisfied customers, but I've had a lot of people contact me since this has been up and I've heard horror stories from what must be most companies out there. The best summarised advice I can give is in two parts:
1) Ensure the plan is
exactly what
you want before they start. Right down to every plug socket. It seems the most common trick for loft companies is to claim they've finished, you disagree, they leave the scaffolding up there until you pay them. 8 people have told me this happened to them... There is a lot of profit in loft conversions and this naturally attracts the more profit hungry element of builders, but even they can do a good job. It's not actually complicated after all! Be sure to read my "In hindsight" comments here ...
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