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Yesterday the wind picked up after lunch, so the crane had to shut down. Today the team were back to lift the windows into place and fit the last roof trusses. The windows are looking really good!

With better weather the crane was able to lift most of the roof trusses into position and bring a lot of the windows inside ready for fitting

With the weather settled again, the builders cracked on again. They got the first floor down and the crane lifted all the outside walls in to place.

Only half a days work, as a big storm is coming. Enough time to unload the roof trusses and windows. Hope it doesnt all get blown away!

The joists to support the 1st floor were put in. The zigzag shape leaves plenty of room for pipes and cables.

By lunch time on the first day they had put up most of the ground floor outside walls! By the end of the day, even though the weather turned wet and windy, they had completed all the ground floor outside and inside wall frames, as well as some of the steel work for the first floor. Which bedroom would you pick?

The scaffolding is up.....click for video From the scaffolding you can see what the view will be like from the upstairs living room

The foundations are in!

We are building a house in Wellbank Park, Cumbria. On the west side of the Lake District. About a mile from the sea. not really close to anywhere! Very beautiful though. A site with about 40 plots for self builders. We are not the first, but many more to come.