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On budget so far as well
Impressive! Are you happy with your builders? We're going to need some this year...
Who's PM/budget manager? You?
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Builders been very good so far, they’re a new-ish outfit and are using our project as a showboat so have been very amenable to entertaining my wanky bullshit and trying new stuff out.
I’m doing the job of ‘architect’ (very strong word) and half of the PM job. Sourcing and choreographing bespoke materials has been the most challenging thing so far, followed by budget management and dealing with things like figuring out MVHR duct routing, simplifying and cost optimising the ASHP plumbing etc.
It’s fun, but all-consuming, and often challenging juggling this, work, a newborn, 10yo kid, sofa surfing between two places… I have to keep reminding myself that we deffo couldn’t afford paying an actual architect to do this.
ectoplasmosis
Loft structure basically done, gonna fit the Velfac next week. Hyped to get it watertight!
Ground floor masonry going up around the scaff, ground dug down to lowered floor level, half the floor slab poured.
Pace is accelerating and shit starting to look real. On budget so far as well…