First floor walls going up at our development of 5 new homes on Gospel Lane, Acocks Green, Birmingham

by Andy Evans, in Development News

It’s the end of our 15th week and we now have first floor joists and floor boards in place on plots 3, 4 & 5 with the first floor walls up to windowsill level on plots 4 & 5. Again we’ve been badly held up this week by almost continuous heavy rain on all but…

First floor joists go up at our development of 5 new homes on Gospel Lane, Acocks Green, Birmingham

by Andy Evans, in Development News

End of our 14th week and the big question is “Will it ever stop raining??”!! Tom our site manager is having to check the weather forecast almost hourly to plan activity to make the most of gaps in the rain! Despite the continuing bad weather, we have had a couple of clear days this week…

Scaffolding goes up at Gospel Lane, development of 5 new homes in Acocks Green, Birmingham

by Andy Evans, in Development News

End of our 13th week on site at Gospel Lane and we now have scaffolding up and the bricklayers are making great progress. Next week the first floor joists will be going in and the walls will be going up towards wall plate level. Watch the video update below to hear more and see how…

Bairstow Eves Land & New Homes appointed as selling agent

by Andy Evans, in Development News

It’s the end of our 12th week building 5 new homes on Gospel Lane in Acocks Green and again heavy rain has held up progress. This week we appointed Bairstow Eves Land and New Homes to be our selling agent. We kicked off with a photo shoot with Bairstow Eves Acocks Green branch manageress who…

Walls Going Up at New Homes Development on Gospel Lane, Acocks Green, Birmingham

by Andy Evans, in Development News

End of week 11 and despite more heavy rain we’ve managed to make pretty good progress this week on the new homes we’re building on Gospel Lane, Acocks Green, Birmingham with the walls going up on plots 2, 3, 4 and 5. Watch the video update below to see how our new homes development is…

Rain stops play at Gospel Lane

by Andy Evans, in Development News

What a week! – The Queens Diamond Jubilee celebrations bought with them a week of some of the wettest weather we’ve ever seen in June! As a result of the continuous rain we’ve ended our 10th week not much further forward than at the end of last week! That’s about 3 weeks lost to bad…

First Bricks Laid at New Homes Development on Gospel Lane, Acocks Green, Birmingham

by Andy Evans, in Development News

End of week 9 and we now have red engineering bricks laid to the bases of all 5 plots, taking us to Damp Proof Course (DPC) level on our new homes development at Gospel Lane, Acocks Green, Birmingham. This week we’ve also taken delivery of the site cabins and the materials required to get us…

Site Office & Storage Container Delivered to New Homes Development on Gospel Lane, Acocks Green, Birmingham

by Andy Evans, in Development News

Site Manager Tom Walsh takes delivery of the site office, storage container and toilet block at our New Homes Development on Gospel Lane, Acocks Green, Birmingham on the boarder with Solihull.

Ground Floor Slabs Finished

by Andy Evans, in Development News

End of week 8 and the ground floor slabs are now finished and stoned up ready for the bricklayers to start. Not a lot of physical progress to see on site this week, but a lot has been going on behind the scenes getting ready for the bricklayers to start work on the superstructures. This…

Ground floor concrete slabs power floated at Gospel Lane

by Andy Evans, in Development News

End of week 7 and we now have all 5 floor slabs concreted and power floated to give the final floor finish. Watch the video below to see the power float in action…