The Height of Luxury

As the title of this website states, we are supposed to be living a Simple Life of Luxury here in West Wales. I think we are achieving that. To add to the luxury we are currently fitting a new en-suite shower room to the house. We’ve been planning to do this since building the house in 2003, but time and finances have only just allowed it.

The room at the back of the house, that we call the ‘Beach Room’ has always been seen of as a spare room come outdoor room. The floor is tiled, it has large double french doors and the idea was that I – or anyone else for that matter – could come straight in from the beach in my wetsuit and straight into the shower. Luxury indeed!

Much of the plumbing and electrics were already in place, but to achieve this we (read my Dad!) have had to block up an internal door, create a doorway in another wall, put up a partition wall and then install the shower, basin and toilet. The walls need tiling and all the finishing touches need adding and then it will be ready to go.

We do use the room as a spare room, so visitors will have their own private en-suite. However, most of the time the room has until now been used as a bit of a dumping ground. Hopefully this will change, and with the en-suite shower room it will make a perfect little gym! Actually, I doubt we’ll go that far, but my turbo-trainer will be in there most of the time and I will of course use it when I get back from bike rides and surf sessions.

I’m looking forward to it being finished already.