1960's to now : our renovation

[croakey]

Welshbeef said:

Looking good - one thing I'd be changing all the internal doors for oak/engineered oak look that will dramatically transform the house.

You're reading the next chapter! They are booked in to be done in the near future

[Some Gump]

croakey said:

Hallelujah the plumber has been and finished.... We now have a functioning kitchen!




I THINK my brave choice works?!?!

Just need to keep plodding along!

Personally, I'm finding the mustard panel a little too bold

[croakey]

Not had the energy to finish the tiling owing to work commitments but hoping to finish off this week.

Gardener has been and carried on our schedule of making less of an OAP folly and more of a useable space.

[croakey]

Something called progress...

Kitchen is 95% done, waiting for the new back door to go in as the current one leaks (no one likes having a leaky back door!) and the carpenter is due this week to fit all the new internal doors etc. I can then touch up the missing bits of grout, final coat the walls and then get the skirting in and finish.









Baring in mind what we started with I'm incredibly happy with it, and seeing as PH is always curious about costs the total kitchen comes in at just over £5800 and that's inclusive of new appliances, plastering, new floors, tiles etc etc.

Remember my big gaping hole the builders made me?

Here's a very early view of why...






This now gives us more flow to the ground floor and floods the hallway that was previously quite dark with light. It's also nice to see the garden as you come in from the porch.

[croakey]

Also found a photo of the house from the very early 80's



Next up is the bathroom so I've started buying the required bits and pieces when I see a good deal...

£250+ aqualisa mixer shower for £140 delivered

[croakey]

Anyone able to suggest a company to supply door furniture?

[8-P]

Dont you need some pad stones under that lintel?

[croakey]

It's sat on slate pads,that photo is not a great one to show it!

[WokingWedger]

How did you resolve the cracks by the lintel in the end?

I have a similar issue.

[Hitch78]

House looks great, the thought of living in it whilst the work is done less so. We did that before and had a bathroom suite in the dining room for 18 months and a constant film of dust on everything!

[croakey]

Long time no updates.... I'll cover why at the end!

So doors are in and have made a massive difference to the standard of the house. Doors are something I've overlooked before but these look great.



The dwarf door is a thing of the past and now is a proper full height one. Obviously will need the gaps filled, door trim etc but that can be done closer to plastering



Repointing was finished this week

Gardener has been working hard to rework the garden on a budget and removed the old rockery and i think it looks so much more welcoming now.






Bathroom is stripped back ready for its makeover next week..
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Which will include (some plagiarised ideas off PH)... Showed the wife how good it looked and was told to similar!



Things occurring over the next fortnight..

Electrician is back to finalise jobs and fit Cctv

Rear patio doors and kitchen door being replaced

Kitchen can have woodwork fitted and finished and becomes a completed room

Bathroom will be finished

Doors varnished

Flooring upstairs fixed

Plasterer is cracking on with the upstairs.

... So why the lack of updates?

Well it appears a common enemy has been round

.

Our house of two (plus two cats) is soon to become three.

Timescale shortened considerably.

Edited by croakey on Sunday 15th May 23:15

[croakey]

WokingWedger said:

How did you resolve the cracks by the lintel in the end?

I have a similar issue.

This is a good question.

I've begun to accept we will always have an element of movement in the house as the whole area does. It's mainly heave caused by exceptionally wet London clay and exacerbated by old fashioned "boot" lintels

The attempts to minimise it have meant chasing out the cracks back to brick and the plasterer starting afresh in the hope of them holding off for longer.

I'll be sure to let you know how it progresses

Edited by croakey on Sunday 15th May 23:25

[whoami]

Your doors look fantastic.

Where did you buy them from (apologies if you've already been asked this)?

[croakey]

They are howdens doors and from memory Genoa. Come in it around £70 a door

[whoami]

croakey said:

They are howdens doors and from memory Genoa. Come in it around £70 a door

Thanks.

Your house is looking brilliant by the way.

[Welshbeef]

croakey said:

They are howdens doors and from memory Genoa. Come in it around £70 a door

£70! Incredible value and really makes a difference.

[Craikeybaby]

croakey said:

... So why the lack of updates?

Well it appears a common enemy has been round

.

Our house of two (plus two cats) is soon to become three.

Timescale shortened considerably.

Congratulations! He's also interfered with our renovation project. Got 8 weeks to go to get house in a reasonable state, fortunately we're onto the finishing touches now.

It looks like you're well on the way too!

[croakey]

Fortunately I've got (fingers crossed) till late October to be finished... Also having an impact on budgets etc.

Kevin McCloud has a lot to answer for sneaking about in his xc90 inseminating the populous with little thought for others.

[8-P]

Keep an eye on that new lawn. If there was a rockery there it may have been because grass struggled to grow because of low light

[croakey]

I asked the same to the gardener who tells me it will be fine as south facing blah blah blah... He's the ex head greens man or the local golf course whose semi retired after 26 years. I hope he knows his turf!

He did mention that it was flat at that corner so has built in a gradient to drain away any excess water

So far it's out growing the rest of the garden so early signs are good.