The beginning of the end

The interior spaces are starting to look like livable rooms.

Mountain of plasterboard and plasterboard adhesive

Kitchen ceiling getting boarded out

Living room and dining room ceiling looking like a proper ceiling (almost)

Partition wall cavities getting filled with insulation

Bedroom wardrobe and cupboard taking shape

An awkward corner in the main bathroom

The airing cupboard, showing off underfloor heating manifold

Hallway cupboard

Now that the house is watertight - all the windows are in - and all the 1st fix plumbing and electrics have been done, the guys can start working on the interior walls.

There is a huge pile of plasterboard sitting in the living room and a mountain of adhesive and skimming plaster. Work has begun on plasterboarding out the house and it's starting to make the rooms look like real livable spaces.

Until now, all the walls have been breeze block grey and the ceilings have been raw timber. But things are starting to turn white, as the sheets of plasterboard are screwed to the ceiling joists and battens... and the boards are dot-and-dabbed to the walls with adhesive.

We did originally talk about wet plastering (is that the right term?) all the walls, to give a more solid feel to everything, but economics have dictated that we use boards instead, as it's quicker (cheaper). I don't mind that too much, as I know the guys will do a good job.

The bathroom is the most complete room at the minute and it's great to actually see a white room - almost how it will look when finished. The amount of light in the room, provided by the Velux roof window is much better than expected.

The next week or two is going to be a fun stage.