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…

Beam and Block Floors Finished at Gospel Lane

by Andy Evans, in Development News

Week 6 of the project and thanks to much better weather really good progress has been made. We now have the beam and block floors laid to all 5 plots ready for the floor insulation to go in and the concrete floor screed to be laid on top. We’ve also  now pretty much demolished the…

Beam and Block Floors being laid at Gospel Lane

by Andy Evans, in Development News

We’ve made pretty good progress this week, despite more heavy rain most days. The blockwork foundations have now been laid to all 5 plots and the beam and block floors have been laid to plots 4 and 5. Watch the video below to see more…

Foundation Blockwork Starts at Gospel Lane

by Andy Evans, in Development News

Progress has been slow in the last week due to the horrendous weather, with heavy rain showers nearly every day making it difficult or impossible to do much. You’ll see from my video update below how much rain has fallen!!

Foundations being laid at Gospel Lane

by Andy Evans, in Development News

The site has been cleared, the trenches dug, and concrete is being poured and levelled to form the foundations. The build is under way!