Category Archives: Barn Renovation

A great sense of achievement

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Paul

I’ve got a stiff back, dry hands, bruised thumbs and aching arms, but I really feel as though I have achieved something. After twenty years of sitting at a desk, tapping on a keyboard, and making phone calls I decided it was … Continue reading →

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Guttered

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Paul

I’m feeling very homesick, not for the Pennine hills, but for our little piece of Galicia. I keep getting reports of what is happening ‘back home’ and it makes me wish I was there, breathing in the clean air, eating the great … Continue reading →

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Our second anniversary

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Paul

Yesterday was the second anniversary of us buying the house…and I celebrated with toothache! It really is a full two years, twenty-four months, seven hundred and thirty days since, on the longest day in 2010, we sat in the smoky … Continue reading →

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There’s good news, and there’s bad news

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Paul

‘Bless me Father, for I have sinned. It has been three weeks since my last confession.’ A lot can happen in three weeks, unless you’re waiting for planning permission from the Xunta de Galicia. But that’s where the good news comes in. … Continue reading →

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Windows; it’s not clear

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Paul

I’ve only ever bought windows for a house once before. Back in ’98 when we bought our current house in Huddersfield, my memory is that it was a fairly simple process. We invited two reputable local companies around to give … Continue reading →

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