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

Friday, 4 May 2012

Week 58 - Funky glass, tasty lights, and lots of floors!

Hi folks,

Well, another week in ... 58 down and counting!  This has been quite a rewarding week to see because it actually feels like we can see the end in sight now.  I think the fact that the deck is now finished, lights/switches/sockets have turned up onsite, more floors going down and the store is nearly complete, means that we are soon to be focusing on the details and finishes now rather than building stuff (ignoring the breezy entrance of course!).

You need to see the photo below for the wacky double glazing ... quite possibly the coolest windows I've ever seen!  I see how the template was made, but have no idea how these units were actually made.  These are getting fitted in next week.

We also played around with landscaping some more this week so think we’re almost there on that front.  Cedar hot tub has been ordered (see rustictubs.com), so space has been made for that bad boy next to the river!

Entrance getting ready for the glass - drainage and tiles
Edges for drive way and paths going in
Store coming together nicely (still needs extra cladding)
Decked area looking really fab now
A view West, upstream along the Feugh bank
Wood flooring arrived - Kahrs Oak  
Our lovely Caithness slate down in the utility
Caithness slate for the entrance hall
The coolest windows ever for guest room - check out the profile!!
View from dining space to the deck
Occhio Piu Alto LED lights ... a wee treat for main extension
Another Occhio treat for the granite wall inside the Mill - called Puro, these are so cool!
One of the external lights

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