Inside finishes and external landscaping

Here are two images of the front door, with wood panelling on the left, and a large doormat in the later pic.

 Without a washing line and a compost bin no home is complete: here is the whirly in fine action:

 And the cardboard and carpet liner protection has finally been lifted to reveal the slate flooring.

 But the real progress this week was that I received back the chemical analysis of the soil to be imported, and it is considered to be of acceptable quality for covering over the contaminated ground. So a lorry load was rolled in, and 20tons spread over terram sheet with warning tapes on to a depth of 300mm, with the aid of Bill and his digger/dumper combo. The soil was pretty claggy, so the finishing was hard going on the poor long suffering body.