What does your house look like?

[King Herald]

Fishtigua said:

KH, are you in Cebu?

No, we're in Angeles City, just north of Manila.

[IanA2]

King Herald said:

No, we're in Angeles City, just north of Manila.

I'm looking for a new bolt hole, but I think your place would be too humid for me.

[Hugo85]

Ours from when we moved in last year.

[sleepezy]

[GSP]

After living for 8 years from 21 in a new build 3 storey townhouse with paper walls we sold up in summer 2014 and finally bought an old properlly built detached house just before Xmas after a lot of searching. The peacefulness is worth the heating bills.

Edited by GSP on Saturday 7th February 23:55

[Kiltie]

Built in 1694 (not by me).

[Renovation]

GSP said:

After living for 8 years from 21 in a new build 3 storey townhouse with paper walls we sold up in summer 2014 and finally bought an old properlly built detached house just before Xmas after a lot of searching. The peacefulness is worth the heating bills.

OLD ???

[okgo]

Renovation said:

OLD ???

Looks like a new build to me!

[King Herald]

IanA2 said:

I'm looking for a new bolt hole, but I think your place would be too humid for me.

Not too sure about humidity, seems kinda hot and dry here most of the time. No tropical rainforest stuff going on.

[Legend83]

anonymous said:

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I looked at that and thought, crikey that is a big house.

Then I looked to the right and thought, 'kin hell!

[Obiwonkeyblokey]

this was just after the rebuild

[pmanson]

pmanson said:

pinchmeimdreamin said:

Nowhere near as grand as any of you guys but its starting to get where we want it.

And how it looked with the Pebbledash

Great work - similar to ours (also a project):



4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 reception rooms, 80ft rear garden, extension to the rear and large parking area out the front.

Caravan has gone (was the previous owners), needs a lot of work inside: So far, re-done the family bathroom and decorated my little boy's room.

Plan:

• Replace three windows upstairs (Landing and two rear bedrooms)
• Have chimney taken out and re-plaster rooms upstairs
• Extension on the front (remove porch and come out roughtly to the bottom step) and replace all windows at the front
• Re-render the house
• Loads of other bits and bobs

A bit of an update on our following the work completed last year:


Before:


During:


After:



Inside wise we've gone for a front door opening into the lounge, to re-instating the hallway:

[GSP]

Renovation said:

OLD ???

Haha I guess I lined myself up for that. Anything older than me I class as old.

[kentlad]

AdeTuono said:

My little slice of heaven....

Lovely property. It's not in Kent is it? There's a house strikingly similar to this not 10 minutes from where I live...as a hopeful first time buyer this year, you guys have given me some real inspiration! Just need to find the right place to start amassing my property empire!

[gf15]

Old picture, built circa 1850. Basement is same footprint as house. Wins the prize for most energy inefficient house in this thread, but we love it.

[Eleven]

gf15 said:

Old picture, built circa 1850. Basement is same footprint as house. Wins the prize for most energy inefficient house in this thread, but we love it.

What's the bit on the right, protruding out of shot? Was it once part of the same property?

[irocfan]

Eleven said:

gf15 said:

Old picture, built circa 1850. Basement is same footprint as house. Wins the prize for most energy inefficient house in this thread, but we love it.

What's the bit on the right, protruding out of shot? Was it once part of the same property?

or is it still?

[LukePaterson84]

[AdeTuono]

kentlad said:

AdeTuono said:

My little slice of heaven....

Lovely property. It's not in Kent is it? There's a house strikingly similar to this not 10 minutes from where I live...as a hopeful first time buyer this year, you guys have given me some real inspiration! Just need to find the right place to start amassing my property empire!

Thanks; not Kent, but on the Norfolk/Suffolk border. Another couple of shots...in case anyone's interested.

[Bill]

gf15 said:

Wins the prize for most energy inefficient house in this thread, but we love it.

Pfft, there's snow lying on the roof.