Category: Building Gar Bothan diary

Week beginning 27th November 2023. It’s the beginning of a big week for us, Andrew is coming today and staying over so that he can do more work tomorrow. The plan is to start fitting the kitchen and if the weather and time allows, start erecting the balcony. It’s a beautiful sunny but very cold… Continue reading Week Seventy-eight

Week beginning 20th November 2023. Another week begins and we are aiming to get the floor finished by the end of the week. If all goes well with the polishing, the machines can go back on Wednesday and we can start the process of densifying and hardening the surface. Pete is getting on with polishing… Continue reading Week Seventy-seven

Week beginning 13th November 2023. Our main tasks for the week ahead are to prepare for the arrival of the floor grinder/polisher kit and then start the process of finishing the floor ready for densifying and hardening. Pete has to work this afternoon, unusual for a Monday but he has been involved in organising an… Continue reading Week Seventy-six

Week beginning 6th November 2023. It’s a very wet Monday morning so we are starting the day with trying to get a final decision on how we are going to finish the concrete floor in the house. Pete has just come off the phone with a company that supplies concrete floor sealants and has been… Continue reading Week Seventy-five

Week beginning 30th October 2023. Another week begins and we are keen to carry on with the cladding after making such an impact last week with all our lovely helpers. Jef is back for a few more days to do the Venetian plastering on the return staircase wall and finish a few other small areas.… Continue reading Week Seventy-four

Week beginning 23rd October 2023. Another week begins and Pete has changed his work days to support a colleague so he is away today. Molly is waiting for her sister, Ishbel, to arrive on the bus from Glasgow so that they can spend the day together. To make best use of the time Molly is… Continue reading Week Seventy-three

Week beginning 16th October 2023. We have had our grandchildren here since Friday afternoon. We had a lovely weekend with them going for walks by the river, night-time walks to see the stars, a visit to the community orchard, ice-cream in Inveraray, a swim at the pool in Oban and dinner at the Tyndrum Inn.… Continue reading Week Seventy-two

Week beginning 9th October. It’s Tuesday morning and we have just arrived back at Gar Bothan after two and a half weeks away. We left on Wednesday 20th September and travelled down to Edinburgh to catch a train to London the next day. Early on Friday morning, after an overnight stay in London, we caught… Continue reading Weeks Sixty-nine to Seventy-one

Week beginning 18th September 2023. It’s Cristi’s last day and she is busy making order of her artworks and tidying up. Jeff is busy setting up to plaster the vaulted ceiling in the double height space and we are helping him with making sure the scaffolding is set up correctly and is safe. With that… Continue reading Week Sixty-eight

Week begining 11th September 2023. It’s the begining of another important week as we move into the finishing stages of our build. We still have lots to do but the realisation of our vision is coming ever closer. Jef is up bright and early and is hard at it alreaady at eight. He has largely… Continue reading Week Sixty-seven