A busy day ...

... began at our bank, where we waited in a queue for an hour before seeing an advisor to help us transfer the mortgage to our solicitor's account. Then found our solicitor hadn't given us the full account number. A quick call on the mobile found someone in their office that could help (the cleaner?) and we managed to complete the transfer.


So, off down to the barn with measuring tapes, big ball of string, a flask for hot drinks and a table and 2 chairs for our 'site office'. We noticed someone's taken a gate off our plot, and there's a few extra scraps of asbestos sheet appeared in the barn. As soon as we complete the purchase I'm gonna start locking things up!


First job was to check whether we can fit a garage in against the rogue fence - we now think we can - but whilst we were doing that our neighbour approached us to talk about the paddock. Started off OK, then veered towards we won't be offered any extra land ... (big debate ensued)... then came back to 'here's the land we've marked out for you'.


Out came the ball of string. Trailed it round the pegs, measured the lengths of the sides, tapped it into the calculator (from the 'site office') and - hey presto - agreed the area and price. Just have to get that agreement conveyed to the two sets of solicitors before any further changes of minds.

Then finally met our immediate neighbours Darren and Sonia, and had a look round the farmhouse that they've been renovating for the last 3 years. Gave us our first chance to look at the east wall of our barn from their side, and got a pleasant surprise - there's a gargoyle built into the stonework on that elevation just above the rear barn door. Might try to find somewhere interesting to place that. It's just above the door on this photo ...