Things finally seem to be building up a solid head of steam & are starting to move forwards….! Bedroom 1’s new plaster’s nearly dry and we’ve made inroads today into getting the room finished. The carpet’s been pulled up to reveal a floor that has tons of potential if sanded & varnished; skirting has been…
Haven’t posted anything to here for a while, but work is needless to say very much ongoing! Since the last post bedroom 1 has been replastered (and is still currently slowly drying out before we can paint it!); walls & ceiling in bedroom 2 have been repainted; walls in the “en-suite” have been repainted and…
Ripped out the window seat to find a hole in the plaster – complete with filling in the form of a copy of some pages of the Eastern Evening News from April 15th, 1976! Definitely the EEN… It’s a “Late Final edition”, presumably from the days when two editions were actually produced (!), complete with…
Just a quick update: Lounge has now been completely wallpaper stripped & prepared for replastering. All looking a touch bare at the moment but that should hopefully start to change rapidly now. Next stop is to tidy up what appears to be a patched-over serving hatch (!) and to remove a window seat/ cupboard…
While waiting for quotes from our plasterer, we’ve made a start on wallpaper stripping in the lounge. The walls in here appear fine at first glance, but looking again reveals niceties like a badly-patched serving hatch & poor quality plaster repairs – all of which are only going to disappear if the walls are reskimmed….
It was long & drawn out… but the built in wardrobes are no more. (Start to finish in about 4 hours !) I don’t think I’ve ever seen such an over-engineered construction in a bedroom! Today’s flat-pack offerings are positively fragile in comparison, but on the plus side if you decide you’ve had enough…
First “real” task on the agenda (after yesterday’s clean etc) is to strip out a er, lovely built in wardrobe. Looks like it was knocked up by an over zealous chippy when the house was built – complete with a fine example of 1970’s wallpaper for good measure. Definitely has to go…. Only question is…
Well, despite having had the keys for less than 24 hours we’ve hit the ground running on day 1! With the aid of a massive amount of help we’ve made a start on cleaning the house from top to bottom, cutting back & clearing up the garden, starting to strip back the lounge to prepare…
Finally, after what seems like several months, contracts were formally exchanged this morning! Next stop, completion… hopefully on Thursday….
