I've got to finish off the pointing that I started 3 years ago, got about another 20 yds to do then it is finished, told her that there is a shortage of yellow river sand.
Am also going to renew the cast iron gutters and down spouts, they must be original to the house, don't want to replace them with crappy plastic, will be renewing in cast iron but they are very expensive.
My house is a detached old manse
so everything has to be in keeping, after all they don't have plastic gutters and downspouts on Buckingham palace do they