Pete Goes Cottaging

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Mon Mar 28, 11 9:54 pm

More boring barn renovation shots ahead as a result of work at the weekend (thanks goodness there was more daylight on Sunday.....)

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Mon Mar 28, 11 9:58 pm

The only solution was to set Julie on it....

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Mon Mar 28, 11 10:01 pm

More of the same, I'm afraid.....

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Mon Mar 28, 11 10:11 pm

What does that say on the ground?

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Mon Mar 28, 11 10:19 pm

What goes on in your mind, Dave???

It says "S.Pardoe 1996"

He was the previous owner of the cottage

Actually he did a brilliant job, as it was condemned and would have been pulled down without his care and action.

Where the garage is now located there was another cottage called "Cooks cottage" which was a serf's hovel and was pulled down in the early 1930's.

Another cottage was present down the bridle path but was also razed; and that gave credence to the affordable housing case as it was argued that the area had been developed in the past.................

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Mon Mar 28, 11 10:21 pm

...and you can see where the Corvette has marked its spot, it thinks its a Triumph Bonneville or similar..

db · Post by db » Tue Mar 29, 11 8:42 am

I take it by the Corvette's placing you're confident no more tiles will drop off the barn!
Nice work Pete, like the attention to detail

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Tue Mar 29, 11 8:48 am

db wrote:I take it by the Corvette's placing you're confident no more tiles will drop off the barn!
Nice work Pete, like the attention to detail

Actually one tile DID slide off whilst I was nailing the feather edged boarding on, but we have lots of replacements.

Both the Barn and garage are a mish-mas of incorrectly fitting tiles - I am amazed how many different profiles and sizes there are; and they are ALL up on my roofs!!

The Corvette is made of plastic, so they should bounce off

Nowhere else at present to store it, really................

Ivor · Post by **Ivor** » Tue Mar 29, 11 9:26 am

Now that's a nice shed!

You can't beat featherboard and pantiles, that's what I say...

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Tue Mar 29, 11 10:04 am

Ivor wrote:Now that's a nice shed!

That's no way to talk about the Corvette

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Tue Mar 29, 11 7:00 pm

Whilst looking for other files, I stumbled across this old picture of "Johnny Cooks" cottage which used to stand where the garage now is....it is certainly "airy".....

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Tue Mar 29, 11 9:20 pm

Pete wrote:Whilst looking for other files, I stumbled across this old picture of "Johnny Cooks" cottage which used to stand where the garage now is....it is certainly "airy".....

what a shame that is still not there pete,
you could restore that after and let your girls have it,

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Tue Mar 29, 11 9:36 pm

I like your style, chap

That actually was one consideration - to create an annex over the Garage, which is only slightly smaller in footprint than one of the affordable houses (I have the scale plans for them).

However, the budget has taken a bit of a kicking of late so having to consider the options.......

Ivor · Post by **Ivor** » Wed Mar 30, 11 9:38 am

Johnny Crook's lavatory is a bit basic isn't it?

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Mar 30, 11 1:59 pm

Ivor wrote:Now that's a nice shed!

You can't beat feather boas and panties, that's what I say...

Oh you are awful