Sometimes it takes a bit of bad luck and a fresh set of ideas to get a project back on track.
Unfortunately for me, the bad luck had come in the shape of a period of sustained illness and some costly errors from an unscrupulous plasterer.
Forced to take some time away from my business and the build, I handed the reins over to my dad, Geoff Copeland. He chose to speed up progress by recruiting more professional help on site.