Nice build mate , I've got my garage build in the garage section .
I bet that's costing a small fortune as my garage alone will end up around 16k.
That's why my builder didn't want to use a digger for the footings lol , they are very wide and the bucket really does mess the edge up , I wonder how much extra concrete that's cost you?.
Also with the size of your drive you wanna get black plastic down and dump soil etc and get a grab lorry . I pay £120 for 10 tons taken away so half the cost of a skip hire.
Lovely house , you thought about rendering the stone work as I think it will bring it bang up to date and maybe change the arched window?
Good luck and keep us up to date with the build

Cheers paul