Progress is happening – sloooowwwwlllly… Framing for the boiler box-work is complete and a door’s been hung. The flooring, skirting & architrave are all complete, and we’re now waiting for the plasterer to arrive next week to cover up the boiler 🙂 Next stops, more door hanging; reskimming over a couple of holes in the…

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…

The new pre-lagged cylinder was first fitted with all the various bits and pieces needed to connect it up – new hard-water suitable immersion heater went in first: Followed by a specialised Salamander S-Flange for the domestic hot water take off & dedicated air-free supply to a pumped power shower, yet to be purchased or…

Just a quick apology for the complete lack of any updates over the last few weeks. We haven’t given it all up as a bad idea, but have just been busy getting things done. I’ll post a fuller update later but for now here’s a quick pic of the rather wintery view we currently have!

The new dining room is really taking shape now, and it’s finally beginning to look like a completed room rather than a building site. As the floor nears completion however we realised that we needed to get some door bars to join the flooring under hall door, across the threshhold into the lounge and where…

One of the distinguishing “features” installed by the previous owner was a wood-panelled ceiling.    Perhaps not quite to everyone’s taste… and definitely not to ours…! Unsurprisingly, this wasn’t particularly well attached and soon parted company with a little persuasion to reveal that it had simply been put up underneath the original plasterboard ceiling, which…