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…

Feels like progress.. Got home to find that we’d gone from grey vinyl tiles to a nearly finished new floor in the space of a day! The cat’s a little unsure about the changes at the moment though…. Much more to do yet however. The rest of the floor needs to be fitted by the…

Just to finish off the last post, here’s a picture of the nearly finished front garden; snapped in this morning’s sun.

The day has finally arrived…. Our new kitchen is in the building – in bits though! The new room is nearly ready to have the bits fitted and with luck, will acquire floor tiles & necessary plumbing tomorrow with the kitchen going in next week. All building work has now been completed; walls & ceiling…

All building work’s now been completed and the kitchen is finished (bar a tiled splashback). Here’s how it was supposed to end up, according to the plans: And this is the finished result! For a look around, have a look at this “PhotoSynth” of the finished kitchen! http://photosynth.net/embed.aspx?cid=c2be9062-406b-4fc2-b870-a67425e452c3&delayLoad=true&slideShowPlaying=falsePhotos: Full credit has to go to Upgrade…

Today saw the start of work to transform our house’s original kitchen into what will hopefully end up being a dining room / additional reception room / somewhere to relax with a book / we’re-not-entirely-sure-just-yet room. Our electrician’s been busy all day removing dodgy old wiring for cookers & an excessive amount of badly-fitted additional…