The next stage of the renovation has started.

This is the house next door. It’s basically the second half of the longere, the first half I renovated a couple of years ago and now live there. This part is basically an empty shell, 12m long by 6m deep. There is a central wall splitting the space in two, one end the proposed kitchen diner and the other the lounge. Upstairs there will be three bedrooms.

The gallery shows the starting point. The roof is new (replaced a couple of years ago) but inside there is nothing except the old beams. No flooring etc.

My first job is to stabilise the roof timbers. There has been some A-Frame spread over the years but it does not look like it has moved for a very long time. However it’s prudent to tie the supporting timber into the walls. I’ll also add some cross members later.

Once the ‘concrete boots’ are set in place I can start with cleaning up and treating the beams and laying the first floor.