Building Blox: Week 20 – Plasterboards; Managing disputes and changes

What we did: Plasterboarding started This week we started putting up the plasterboards, but more on that next week when there is more progress. Unfortunately, much of this week was spent trying to manage an external conflict with the contractors, Read More …

Building Blox: Week 6 – Brickwork sees solid progress / The construction racket

What we did: Bricks delivery Beam and block floor installation Brickwork to ceiling Site management and Community service Whilst listening to the fantastic weekly property-technology podcast (warning: the theme-tune is weirdly catchy) I was reminded that… The industry is inefficient And Read More …

Building Blox: Week 1 – Site set up, demolition and start of excavations

What we did: Finalise contracts, Fence off site and set up facilities, Health and safety checks/notifications/signage, Demolition of existing garages, Site scrape, Surveyor’s setting out, Excavations (part 1).
What felt like a lot longer than a week saw some pretty solid progress! Read More …