The site

 Here is the site plan - north is up. You can now tour our neighbourhood via Google Maps - Crediton has street view! Type in our postcode EX17 2DT and look for the big white gable. You will see what the place looked like when we bought it, but Karen has been busy doing a spring clean. No. 1 is the house, 2 the garage, 3 the timber green house we moved (for the second time) from Creedy Park with the help of Pete and Jo. Note bare Leyllandii hedge behind - demolishing ivy-riddled panel fencing was Job 1 for the scourge of Ivy, Karen.

. 4 is the site of the future studio - music and textiles, with possibly a black and yellow striped divided down the middle. 5 is the future sunspace (more on the house). Karen has been doing a spring clean, which included having a friend who's a tree surgeon remove 5 trees (see red circles). One was the really ugly yellow cypress tree you can see at the foot of the driveway.

Oh, and No. 6 is the sunken courtyard.

We were busy yesterday clearing the new site for the garden shed, which we hope to move next weekend from the studio site to a location behind the house. Tom is coming back from London and loves a little demolition project - he will remove the pergola gateway from the drive to the front lawn. Fun, fun, fun!