After just 2 days of digger work the difference is phenomenal! Here are the pictures as the latest phase gets underway
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The pile of bricks above is where the old farmhouse stood not days before. The powerful machinery reduced it to a pile of rubble in moments. |
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The diggers are in full swing here...180,000 cubic metres of earth need to be moved in order to level the area enough to begin the building work! |
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The picture on the left is the same area as the top photos on this page - where the house used to stand - it has now started to be leveled. The picture on the right is where one of the barns will go |
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Some of the machinery that has been used to transform the site this week |
19 Sept '05: Looking out from the driveway leading up to our home accross at where the barns will be. You can see the concrete that has been set ready to support the barn framework |
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19 Sept '05: A clearer view of one of the barn sites. This is taken as if you are stood with your back to our mobile home site |
21 Sept '05: 2 days later from roughly the same spot - the frame work is now starting to give an idea of the size of the barn |
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19 Sept '05: The site where our mobile home will be going in less than a month |
11 Oct '05: The base ready for the home to arrive |
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11 Oct '05: Half of our new home negotiating the tricky bends in the driveway - it was a tight fit! |
11 Oct '05: When the Land Rover has trouble pushing the home up the slippery slope Chris and Tracey the Tractor step in and lend a hand! |
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11 Oct '05: Once clear of the sticky slope the Land Rover has no problems pushing the home into place on the base....but I feel as though we're still missing something! |
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13 Oct '05: Aaaah that's better! Not quite so draughty looking! The completed home...On the right hand picture you can see the horses in the field in the background - what a lovely view! |
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31 Oct '05: The completed 1st barn! And we now have water and electric in the home - which means we can move in soon... |
21 Nov '05: The second barn well under way to being completed |
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25 Nov '05: The first barn covered in snow! |
9 Feb 2006: Both barns are completed now |
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