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Talisker at Cuil, Uig,
Name - Andrew Peters & Louise Pearce
Design - "The Talisker"
Location - Cuil, Uig,
Builder - Various. Andrew & Louise are project managing the build themselves.
Notes - The Talisker design has been modifed to develop the upper floor creating a three bedroom house with a study upstairs.
This is the finished house which Andrew and Louise moved into towards the end of 2005. The photographs that follow show the various stage of the build but we're now waiting to see what Andrew does with the garden since he does garden design for a living!
27th April and the digger has arrived so the site is looking a bit different now. Wellies definately required now!
19th May 2005. The truck has arrived (at last!) and work begins to unload the kit.....
4th June and the kit is up. In the background is a tower known as Captain Fraser's Folly which overlooks
30th June 05. The blockwork is now completed and the house is ready for slating and rendering.
This is Louise and Andrew's plot. The daily comings and goings of the Western Isles ferry across the bay at Uig will be a constant feature not only of the build but also of their lives in the future. Oh and the dog's name is Hamish.
A perfect Skye day to pour the foundations.
.....and then there's the trusses, which for obvious reasons need a truck to themselves.
18th June and the windows and doors are in place. The roof has been coated with breather membrane and the Velux windows put into place for the developed upper floor. As with most building sites, there is now a plentiful supply of blocks scattered around too.
22nd July 05. The house is now "wind and water tight". In some areas this is achieved at the point where the timber kit is up, but in places like Skye, we prefer to see slates and blocks before we suggest that the house is rain and wind proof!
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