Getting underway

Sorry, the break between blogs has been a little longer than we'd hoped. We'll be trying to get these done every 2 weeks from now on, with Simon getting in on the action too.

In the weeks we haven't posted, we managed to strip most of the wallpaper off & removed the built in cupboards from the bedrooms. Then, illness (mixed with too much festive spirit & our general laziness) prevented us from finishing the stripping work, so we handed the removal of ceiling tiles over to our workmen. A few quid extra, but I'm scared of heights, so avoiding ladder works was probably for the best.

Since then, the whole house has been plastered, and Nick has done a great job with that. Electrics have been sorted & upgraded, a few door openings were re-sized or re-positioned, and trickle vents were added to all the windows too. Got to keep the place ventilated!

We have encountered an issue though with the workmen fitting in other work around this job, so rather annoyingly, we're sat waiting for a few weeks now. Not ideal, but a danger in this type of work, I guess?

The only issues we've uncovered during the works up until now, previous damp aside, were dodgy electrics in the kitchen, so that area has been rewired while updating the fuse box, bad/ blown plaster, so that was sorted during re plastering, and a few slipped roof tiles (I'd better put that on my list to get seen to actually). So we're plodding along steadily, I'll get some pics to put up on the web next time I'm round there.

We're going down the Serviced Accommodation route with this property, so we've had fun trying to come up with a design/ finished scheme for the project. I think we're there now, Simon has reined in some of my crazier ideas (for the better), so lots of trips to Ikea & The Range in store for us both. We are making a feature wall out of wood though, so that should be interesting. This will be the first time we've tried this too, so will be a steep learning curve for us both, with probably lots of lessons & stories for these blogs. Hopefully we can fully systemise the process, and make the experience as hands-off as possible.

Thanks, and all the best, Anthony.