On the left-hand side is where the basement bathroom will be, and the 2 long pipes in the center allow for cables to be run from the back where the electrical switchboard will be to the front for whatever purpose - outside sockets, gate intercom etc. Great idea from the engineer and will save us a lot of bother in future when we wish to add or change any such cabling. Of course, all I can think of is that it'll be the perfect way for Rats to get in as well, perhaps we should have made the diameter big enough to flush them through with a cat every so often.
With Monday being a bank holiday, realistically it will be Wednesday when the floor is poured. With that finished, we'll have finally reached a stage where we can access our mortgage, and fingers crossed that it will still be there. We have all the application signed and returned, but until you draw the funds it's still a little up in the air, and since we signed in January (with 30 days to draw down) its a little bit of worry in case anything has changed. Our broker & bank have it on hold, but who knows. It's a funny way of providing a build-mortgage, but you don't get any money upfront to start the project. As you build (and add value to the site) then the bank pays you in arrears for that value. This leaves you having to manage a tight cash flow, and all the unforeseeable extras serve to tighten the screw.
So by Wednesday I hope to have another milestone reached. Again the clock here is to get weather-tight by the end of September (I won't say Summer) to allow us to work inside over Winter.
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