New restoration project - what have I done!
Discussion
Thanks everyone! All great comments as much appreciated!
Not sure on value to be honest, and it's a niche house, so only worth as much as someone's willing to pay for it!
Had a good day today, anyone spot the new progress!
Managed to get some better shot of bedroom 6 ensuite, got this siliconed up today and cleaned down, just the shower and toilet seat to fit now and we've got a finished room!
And the next phase of work starts soon....
Not sure on value to be honest, and it's a niche house, so only worth as much as someone's willing to pay for it!
Had a good day today, anyone spot the new progress!
Managed to get some better shot of bedroom 6 ensuite, got this siliconed up today and cleaned down, just the shower and toilet seat to fit now and we've got a finished room!
And the next phase of work starts soon....
The Moose said:
Lighting 
Spot on! As Clarkson would say "POWER!" for the first time in a lot of years we have power on the ground floor, admittedly not everywhere, but now 3 rooms have full sockets and lights and the other rooms have mostly lights, big step forward as the extension leads were really starting to frustrate me! We, (electricians and myself) managed to get about 80% of the lights, sockets and switches fitted over the last two days, and after a £370 bill for RCBO's for the ground floor / main board we have some juice flowing!
Have got another 56m2 of flooring arriving tomorrow, which should keep us busy next week! Also, got the next 11 radiators to fit, so all being well should have full power and heating by Christmas, which might mean a chance of getting a few days off over the holidays!
Griff Boy said:
Spot on! As Clarkson would say "POWER!" for the first time in a lot of years we have power on the ground floor, admittedly not everywhere, but now 3 rooms have full sockets and lights and the other rooms have mostly lights, big step forward as the extension leads were really starting to frustrate me!
We, (electricians and myself) managed to get about 80% of the lights, sockets and switches fitted over the last two days, and after a £370 bill for RCBO's for the ground floor / main board we have some juice flowing!
Now I know why the lights dimmed all over Scotland the other evening.... We, (electricians and myself) managed to get about 80% of the lights, sockets and switches fitted over the last two days, and after a £370 bill for RCBO's for the ground floor / main board we have some juice flowing!
Great job - hope you have a fantastic Christmas in an amazing home.
Some more progress has been made!
Some time off work for the Christmas holidays has allowed us to push on!
Another big milestone reached recently......Heating!
All radiators now fitted (except one bathroom towel rad) and connected, and the system working! Sooooooo much nicer to work in a warm, light space with sockets everywhere that work and not in full artic gear with site lights and a hundred extension leads running everywhere!
The lower hall is now almost complete, wall papering and decoration is complete and floors laid, the big room is also done and ready for a few final details and some painting of a few things, but 95% complete.
Here's a few more pictures
Bedroom 5
Some time off work for the Christmas holidays has allowed us to push on!
Another big milestone reached recently......Heating!
All radiators now fitted (except one bathroom towel rad) and connected, and the system working! Sooooooo much nicer to work in a warm, light space with sockets everywhere that work and not in full artic gear with site lights and a hundred extension leads running everywhere!
The lower hall is now almost complete, wall papering and decoration is complete and floors laid, the big room is also done and ready for a few final details and some painting of a few things, but 95% complete.
Here's a few more pictures
Bedroom 5
Backtobasics said:
Quick question, bedroom 6 ensuite appears to have paneling in the shower cubicle rather than tiling (apologies if I'm wrong), which type did you use? I've been looking at similar for an ensuite at my house.
Yes, it's wet walled in the shower and tiled around the rest of the room. Wet wall is from Multipanel and its called patina bronze.Small update time, to be fair Christmas was a time for either a) eating, drinking & spending time with the family and friends or b) working my guts off in the house! Ok, I chose a!
But.... I did do some work! One of the projects that had been back burnered was to get the fish tank live and running!
Well, after 3 days of faffing about with pipes, water, fish, rocks and electrical stuff we now have the following talking point in the house!
But.... I did do some work! One of the projects that had been back burnered was to get the fish tank live and running!
Well, after 3 days of faffing about with pipes, water, fish, rocks and electrical stuff we now have the following talking point in the house!
Too Late said:
A project that size would scare the s
t out of me. Not for just the work involved. But to then fill it with furniture.
That place must need a huge amount of furniture to fill it.
Great progress. love this thread!
I echo this, such a massive amount of work has gone into this I really don't know how GB finds the time to do this along with work and family, I am in awe!t out of me. Not for just the work involved. But to then fill it with furniture.That place must need a huge amount of furniture to fill it.
Great progress. love this thread!
I've a Georgian property that is nowhere near the size of this and I'm finding out the hard way just how much more involved and difficult it is to get everything 100% compared to a new build. I definitely have days where after lots of graft the only thing that has progressed is the number of further issues to sort before I can get back to where I initially started!
Griffboy, I may have missed this but did you find many problems with the house regarding the roof and the structure? I'd love to get to a point in mine where I can concentrate on the interior but mine keeps on throwing up hidden horrors before doing the nice stuff😊
BigTom85 said:
This project really is awe inspiring.
Have you had professional help with the styling? It really does look spot on imho. Well done indeed.
Cheers Tom, not sure if awe inspiring is a bit of an exaggeration, but thanks anyway! Have you had professional help with the styling? It really does look spot on imho. Well done indeed.
All design work, colour and finish choices and layouts have been done by myself and my wife.
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