Hello and welcome to our Jamieson family blog page! We have set up this site to allow us to record and share with friends and family our exploits as we (at long last) begin renovating the derelict water mill at Little Ennochie into what will hopefully be a fab and funky family house!! This has only taken us 3 1/2 years to get this far (and two bambinos!) .... so here's hoping this blog doesn't run for another 3 1/2 years !

As a bit of an intro, the mill is located on the outskirts of the village of Finzean, near Banchory in Aberdeenshire. The building sits on the banks of the river Feugh with great views of open fields and the hills, including Clachnaben. We have been slogging through Aberdeenshire planning and building warrants for what feels like forever, but we now have everything in place and the ball is rolling!

I will endevour to update this blog weekly with updates and photos so will see how that goes! Please keep watching and here's hoping this thing doesn't bankrupt us!

The Jamieson Family

Monday, 15 August 2011

Week 21 - An extension, wow!

Hello again folks,

This week has seen some real progress on the extension and ... wait for it ..... our first windows!  Roof structures went up really well considering the foul weather that has been hitting us recently - so much for summer!  We think it looks amazing now and the general shape of the structure is hopefully apparent for all to see.  The first windows that are going in are on the mill roof, with the conservation velux windows.  These are a planning requirement due to the historical nature of the building.  All the other windows are onsite now and have been painted the grey colour we picked - should look great against the granite and the wood when finished.  The extension roofs are obviously quite large and will be finished in profiled metal sheeting in case you were wondering (to keep the old building look) ... mill will be re-slated with the Scots slate we reclaimed from the old roof.  All in, one of the most visually satisfying weeks for us since we started!!  When can we move in again??? :-)

View looking east - the extension
The extension again ... we're not disappointed by the size!
The south-west corner .. these will be sliding doors opening to deck
Inside the main extension - looking from kitchen towards lounges
Photo from lower level looking up
South-West corner again ... this will be a fab opening from the dining room /  kitchen
East extension roof going on ... there will be two windows facing north
Looking towards office and store room
Looking towards utility room, cloakroom and plant room
A roof beam being secured into the main mill wall
One of the conservation velux windows now fitted
The rest of our windows on site ..... ready for fitting
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