Neil Gibson came to Beech on April 2 to show off the beautiful Ridgeback South African wines he helps to import. A select few guests were given the history of the vineyard and Neil’s connection to them, along with explanations of the various bottles for tasting. We started with a delicious ... Read more
Beech Village Celebration Ball: tickets available
Finally, it’s happening . . . The Beech Village Celebration Ball! Come join the fun and celebrate the end of lockdown at Beech Village Hall. The ball will be on Saturday 02 October, from 6.30pm – 11.30pm. Enjoy a welcome drink and a gorgeous 4-course dinner, and then dance the night away to the ... Read more
Painting…
Painting is almost finished... this is our new look cloakroom... it is missing some minor things, like a sink but they are in plan... And this is the new entrance area, Brad is working on the units to be installed in the cloakroom and the kitchenette: And this is our main room... The only ... Read more
Fitting
We almost have a new front door.... well we have the frame in... and next week we well get the door and add the new smart lock: We have POWER! And now we juggling multiple 'trades'... we have started painting and the heating team are in installing the air source heat pump - And 'most' ... Read more
Beech Village Hall Chair’s Report 2024-25
The Chair's Annual Report for the year to June 30, 2025 was accepted at the Annual General Meeting on October 17. In summary, ... Our community hub makes great strides During 2024-25, our village community hub has continued its transformation by delivering a record amount of social, culture and ... Read more
Plastered and drying out….
Thursday 16th October and our plasterers have completed the internal skim coat.... Now we have to wait for the screed and the plaster to dry.... We have also completed the detail design work on the kitchenette ... and cloakroom sink: Next week is 'second fitting'... electrics, plumbing, skirting ... Read more
Colour
Time to decide on paint colours.... we reviewed a range of palettes with our potential users and settled on a small number to test... many thanks to Jo Kirk who advised us on potential options and combinations and to Jo Curtis who painted our walls with test samples.... we have homed in on Wattle V ... Read more
Underfloor heating
Things are warming up now we have our underfloor heating pipework installed... The pipeworks covers all of the annexe from the entrance area into the cloakroom and main room: This picture from the main room out into the reception area highlights the difference in lighting now we have the ... Read more
Roofmore
Our roof has now been re-felted... and you can now see the raised area where we will install a new skylight for the entrance area: And the pitched roof to the rear has also been refelted along with new ridge tiles... We still have 2 items to finish on the roofing: Guttering Installation of ... Read more
Roofless
Work has now started on insulating our roof, installing a new sky light for the entrance area and re-tiling the front and fixing a leak. OK, nothing to see here... underneath the tarpaulin is new 100mm insulation laid on top of the existing flat roof, awaiting a new felt finish. This picture ... Read more
Plastering…
We are now in week 4 of the 12 week project and the team have made good progress: Completed most of the the internal plasterboarding and started plastering, we cant finish plastering yet as we still have to replace the windows: Finished first fit electrics... do you want another photo of wires ... Read more
Counting chickens…
Today marks the end of the first 3 weeks of our project of 12 weeks, we are 25% done. We had a meeting with Nick Carey-Thomas, our volunteer architect, and Sam Orbell, Flint Construction project manager and we reckon we are actually ahead of schedule.... but... everyday has a a new surprise waiting ... Read more
