The bathroom planning is coming on really well – I have some lovely fittings sourced with the help of our local suppliers Halmshaws. The bathrooms are going to look fantastic!
Just trying to decide between two different styles of WHB and then it is all sorted!
Next on the list? – planning the kitchen for the Granary. I have already planned and ordered the Barn House kitchen so just one to go!
We were amazed to come downstairs yesterday to find an Owl in the sitting room! We can only think that it came down the chimney but there was no sign of soot everywhere.
Steve caught the owl in a fishing net and he was released with no harm done! He was quite a big owl and thankfully had not made much of a mess.
Whatever next….
Its always nice to plan a new kitchen or a bathroom but imagine planning 5 bathrooms at the same time! They are all different in shape & size because we are working with old buildings so there is not a lot I can just repeat.
We are shortly to start the first fix plumbing on the Barn House and the Granary so the plumbers need to know exactly what we are having where. I am just waiting for the prices to come through from our local supplier so that I can finalise each bathroom. They will all look fab!
The Barn House has a ground floor wetroom, a spacious bathroom upstairs and an ensuite shower room to the master bedroom. The Granary also has an ensuite shower room to the master bedroom, a lovely big family bathroom and a downstairs cloakroom. They will all be finished with the travertine tiles that look so good in our existing cottages.
It was a lovely surprise having a white Christmas but it just seems to go on and on1 We have had 6″ of snow in the last couple of days, the roads are passable but the farm is covered! The cottages are nice and cosy, the geo thermal heating is supposed to be more effective in cold weather and it certainly seems to be doing the job. I’m pleased that we chose to install wood burning stoves, the cottages don’t need them to keep warm but is is so nice to sit in front of a fire when it is cold and snowy outdoors.
Our Christmas and New Year guests built a small family of snowmen in the paddock by the entrance and Lauren is out now building a snow fort! – I’m not quite sure what that is either!
Broadgate Farm Cottages wish everyone a happy & prosperous New Year!
We have a very busy year ahead of us with two larger cottages due to open in April. The structural work is all complete and the underfloor heating was installed before Christmas. Lots still to do! My first tasks in the New Year are to sort out the bathrooms and I have one of the kitchens left to plan.