Ahoy! Lil's Bar clientele, and others!

gramps that made me chuckle...x

soop, enjoy your plans! Dreaming up a lovely life for yourselves is just lovely

Thank you dear Bags. Mr soop is back in the loft. He has some brilliant ideas. Sadly, some cannot be translated into a do-able project either for lack of funds or super-strict rules regarding any new build in this area. Never mind, he's really cheerful. When he shows me today's plan, I know that I will love it. However, the final drawing will ultimately need to "conform"...in the meantime, we are thoroughly enjoying ourselves.

what a lovely time for you soop enjoy your dreamsxx

Littlenellie The last few days have been special. A little hope goes an awful long way. Bless you x

Soop , Mr P is a drainage engineer and an expert on percolation tests!

phoenix So... why don't you live just along the road? Mr soop is a retired architect. For almost his entire working life, he was sole practitioner. Ever since our friend offered us the orchard plot, we've been on cloud nine. Today, we've had to get our feet firmly back on the ground. Realistically, we know from much experience, that we're in for a long haul. Apart from needing to sell our existing home [in order to purchase the plot] we'll need planning permissions - building/highways/blah blah, which can take several months to be resolved. Mr soop is in the loft. He's already spent hours on end designing the wee house. I'm prepared to bet on the entire project taking up to 18 months...by which time, we'll both be 73. What we REALLY need, is a quick sale, so that we can kick start our plan into action. Pity is, we don't have any wealthy relatives who could help us on our way with a generous loan. On the other hand, we are extremely fortunate to have overcome all manner of setbacks and ultimately we've achieved the build of our present home.