There is a much wider path around the side and a log store is situated here – used for Council garden disposal sacks (paper!) to keep them dry.

The little silver turret is the new balanced flu for the fireplace, making the chimney redundant.

The traditional Kent “look” is often one of part boarded houses, with over-lapping planks. Indeed, the old house had the front gable over the old front door boarded in this way.  In order to go for massive insulation all around the upper story we have boarded the entire property – the boards sit over 100mm of insulation – in fact over 200mm of insulation on the old gable which we discovered was actually a single thickness black wall.  There was daylight showing between the blocks in the roof when we took the old cladding off.

Anyway – as a result, the east wall is now boarded. The colour is just a slightly off white, of course called “silver”!!

Sorting out this east side enabled the architect to install a new small patio at the sunniest part of the plot. It is accessible from a new French window at the front of the lounge (used to be a conventional window there).  The gardener will plant a low hedge to separate it from the driveway area.  It should be a lovely “morning coffee” area!