We’re changing a three-bedroom house into a four-bedroom with an extra bathroom and a big square landing.
Take a quick look around our house - and see our plans. Here's how we got on this week...

It's 22 degrees and the builders have turned up in their shorts to start the demolition. Dismantling our garage is a horrible job as the roof is covered in asbestos cement. I decided to hide indoors whilst the messy work was done but I popped out and helped double bag it before driving it to the dump. A bit of advice for anyone doing the same as us, give your tip a call before paying for any waste to be taken away. I was able to drive it down there and dump it completely free of charge. You just have to prove you live in the county.

The planning officer turned up and took away a copy of the structural calculations for the steels so hopefully they'll agree that the £1,300 we spent on an engineer was well spent. Then the drain man showed up. His job is to work out how we get all our household sewage and water to run uphill! He has a cunning plan but - surprise surprise - the pump we need is going to cost £1,000 more than we'd thought.

Nest job: decide on flooring for kitchen and bathroom floors. Am torn between tumbled sandstone and brushed sandstone. Any tips about these or other good flooring gratefully received below...