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…

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…

With the flooring prepared, joists strengthened & route prepared for the waste pipework; the first major task in the bathroom build was to install the shower tray on the required mortar base. Given the size, shape & weight of the tray this was no easy feat – and as a result, not many photos were…

Needless to say, life’s been a bit busy over the last few months. We’ve moved in, and have just about got everything “straight” now. There’s lots and lots more that needs doing like ripping out the remaining bits of old kitchen, refitting the “family” bathroom, and sorting out the remaining bedrooms. That’s all before we…

Having finally had enough time to make a start, the rest of the old kitchen’s stay of execution has expired. The remaining cabinets put up a surpassingly tough fight considering the state of them but it didn’t take too long to remove them. Based on the delights found previously in this house I wasn’t particularly…

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…