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My DIY Project
Rebuilding Pen-y-Geulan
Welcome to my little corner of the Internet. On these pages I will describe the fun that rebuilding Pen-y-Geulan has brought me and my family. The cottage is in rural North Wales, sat on the side of a glaciated valley, we are 1/3 of a mile from the road, in a very peaceful location.

When we purchased the place we got a run down 2 up 2 down farmhouse, that we planned to quickly turn into a place we could rent out & comfortably stay. Attached to the back of the farmhouse was a derelict shippon, this along with the old bakery attached to the side was to become our family house. There was not, and still is not a plan to get it done quickly, the original project plan was to have it done in about 10 years. We do not permanently live in the cottage, we have a normal house some 70 miles away.

The whole project has been great fun, and a very rewarding experience. I do about 1000 hours a year on site, plus all the project management stuff in front of the PC. I am an IT Technical Specialist, so spend my work life sat in an office typing and getting fat. This project has helped me fight the flab. The idea was to do a total DIY build. This has mostly been achieved, with some paid help to do stuff that I was lacking in skills to do at a reasonable speed.