The deep drainage is all but complete only 1 manhole to construct which is to start next week; we are on with the gully connections for the new roads and parking bays working our way out of site. We are starting the construction of a retaining wall next week to tie in with half term because the wall falls on the boundary of the site and the footpath, with fewer footfalls to the school we felt it was the right time to be working along that boundary.

Our first floor flats are ready to be handed over to the decorators, just got to fill the systems with water and check for leaks before decorating can take place, all first floor systems will be filled next week and boiler fired up for the first time, 2 of the 8 flats have had the electrics checked for faults and passed so fingers crossed for the remaining 6.

The weather has definitely been on our side this week and we have been busy with our drainage both off-site and on-site. We have already made our connection onto the existing sewer for our discharge for the surface water and are busy constructing reinforced manholes and laying 525mm dia concrete pipes. All the services are now on, the last was the electricity meters that have gone in today so we’ll have power to the plots so that the internals can be progressed a bit more easily.

We are getting very close for the first floor flats to be handed over to the decorators, just a final snag to go and then they can be given over to complete the flats. We have our floor coverings down in our bathrooms and kitchens ready for the wc’s to be fitted.