Finished boarding the other window Wednesday. I've had more van troubles, the vacuum pump for the brakes went, so have had to fix that before getting on with the house, found a part at a scrapies though so it's done now.
The taps I purchased from Le Bon Coin (a sort of french ebay) arrived on Wednesday and the sink arrived today, I'm very pleased with both. I just need a wash stand of some sort to put them in.

 Mum demonstrating how to use the copper sink.