I have been procrastinating long enough and need to make a start on this before the parts start to become a problem. There are a number of things on the todo list, but none of them are real reasons for at least getting on with some of the basic steps that will not change. I've not decided on some of the fine details, and I also still can't decide if the approach that others have taken in finishing inside walls prior to their assembly into a whole is the right way to go, but I feel while it works for the basement unit, it's not practical for the main house. However applying some of the outside finishes may be easier before joining the bigger elements. Starting at the top and completing the roof section should be an easy starting point anyway and I've more or less decided on the finishes for that.

One job that I CAN get on with is painting all of the window frames and that will take some time. I've added a nice new folding table to the flat which gives me an area 1.8my by 0.7mt at a comfortable working height and I've already used it when building the firat stages of the Dalek. So I can pull all of the frames out of storage and get them laid out to start on them.

Paint has been fun, and I have some rather large pots of white undercoat and finish which were a lot cheaper than smaller pots of anything similar. At least I can use it as a base for all of the parts of the building. The colours for such thing as the terracotta for the chimney pots and the trim for the roof has been a little more difficult, but I do now have the start of an acrylic pallet of paints which will last for years.

I still need to make a start on planning each of the rooms, and it may be that I need to get started on a 3D model of the house. Getting back into FreeCAD is yet another project. When people say that they will have more time when they retire ... it's a myth ... it's just different things that eat up the little time you do have ... and now I need to get the days physio done and out for my daily walk ...