{"id":3190,"date":"2021-12-13T16:25:02","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T16:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shed.stjamesroad.co.uk\/?p=3190"},"modified":"2021-12-13T16:25:06","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T16:25:06","slug":"a-december-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shed.stjamesroad.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/12\/13\/a-december-update\/","title":{"rendered":"A December update."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Well it\u2019s been quite a year hasn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have had to contend with a pandemic, lockdowns, shortages of and rising prices for building materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are still not open for business (hopefully better news on that early in the new year) but we have spent the year preparing our building to open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This update summarises the progress we have made this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We finally signed the lease on our land and got permission to build the shed. We applied for, and received, several grants which have enabled us to make good progress with our building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had the concrete base laid and had the main shed building ordered, supplied and erected by Olsons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This was the \u201dbare bones\u201d of the building which was watertight and secure, but required us to do the rest of the work to make it habitable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n