It really feels like we are motoring along now. The first joists have gone in for the first floor. And our first steels are now in place. Only another 10 or so to go.

And you can just start to see the size of the bifold doors that will be in the lounge overlooking the garden – if you try really hard that is – between the sets of the bricks on the left and the right…

And the same at the front, where you can begin to get an idea of how the house will look: