Marky's refurb thread. 1940 run down semi.

Marky's refurb thread. 1940 run down semi.

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marky911

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Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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Thanks Pfer... I'm not even going to try and spell or pronounce that. wink

When I look around the house there are lots of hints at the finished product but equally there are lots of little finishing jobs to do. Money is running out fast. Luckily the good lady surprised me on Saturday by saying she'd stashed away a contingency I didn't know about. Luckily one of us is sensible. That's the last bit of breathing space we'll get though.

God help us next year when we tackle outside. smile

marky911

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I've just seen this maxest, so apologies, I'm 2 months late. Lots of progress upto last Xmas. We had a big push to get house liveable and nice-ish.

This year I've pulled right back as it honestly has been the most stressful thing I've ever done. We have very awkward next door neighbours who made things impossible for us, despite us keeping them informed at every step of the way, from planning, to selecting workmen, all the way to a schedule of works. Then the week the work started they knocked and said they were on holiday for 2 weeks and would like some lie-in's in the morning. There has been loads more than that and unfortunately we don't speak now.
They viewed our house before we bought it, but bought next door as they didn't want to take on a project a like ours, so they knew what was coming when someone else bought it. Anyway, it's in the past and I'm live and let live, so...
Although there's an ongoing discussion about a party fence that has supposedly moved a foot into next doors garden when it was built. They want the foot of land back to aid cleaning their conservatory, even though there are 2 apple trees on the line where the old boundary MAY have been, so it's been like that for a lot of years. It's the only fence I haven't renewed as next door were also trying to dictate the height and style but with me doing the donkey work. Its a shared fence. We look diagonally over the bottom of their garden for the view and I said "I'm easy, you choose the height, although Id like to think you wouldn't go 6ft high and block our view to which he replied "We can talk about you keeping your view, for a price". I just laughed and walked off.

Bloody neighbours eh. wink Another aspect of village life is the politics. That old adage "Familiarity breeds contempt" is very apt. I know enough of the "good" people in the village now though, so me and the wife have pulled back a bit and are living for us, the house, etc. Some great people here mind and it's great having the local pub where you know everyone, and the landlord pulls your usual pint when he sees you crossing the road. Me and a few of the lads have even started a village cycling club and have been doing events etc, so still loving it here with no regrets about moving, I'm just a bit older and wiser and know who to avoid where possible. wink

Anyway, I'll update with some pics soon. Really busy at work and have gone onto new machines, so it is literally like starting again as they use a different programming language. I went on the course last month down in Worcester but I have a steep learning curve for a year or so.

So basically not finished, but totally liveable. Just many rooms with things not finished. It was imperative that we eased off this year and began enjoying our surroundings and took time to appreciate the things we moved here for. It's a beautiful place, with great cycling, walks, local pubs and attractions. Another year like last year would have probably broke us, both mentally and financially. Even now things have calmed down my patience and stress levels aren't quite back to what they were before the project.

For anyone thinking of doing it, I'd still say go for it but be very aware that if you don't have bags of cash (as we didn't), things can get very stressful as money runs out. You end up burning the candle at both ends. You need to work to make money but need to be at home to do the project. To be honest, the scale of our work we could never have worked to earn the money we needed. It was a case of once the money was gone my car had to go.
We currently owe a bit less than 50% of the house's value when finished, so everything we've put in is still there due to the value added. It is just not liquid, for cars etc. We are nearly out of our 2 year tie-in (Oct), that came quickly!, so we will pull another bit out, hopefully no more than £20k to do driveway, landscaping and anything else. Small stuff will come out of our pay, such as garage doors (no point fitting yet though and have them get all chipped when driveway work happens), driveway gates (same applies) and other finishing touches.

I'll be working on things for the rest of my days, but now the heat is off I can enjoy projects again. I need to make a log store, patios, a pergola along the back of the house over the bi-folds, etc and last but not least board my garage out, tile the floor etc. But that is a long way off. There'll alway be something to do but I like that. It's still our forever home, short of a lottery win that is.

Anyway, sorry for the long post. smile

PS. We could wait and save up for the driveway etc, but we are impatient and just want to have things done and get back to a normal life. Hopefully we'll plan the driveway etc over winter and have it all done by this time next year. Will have low LTV and the money we spent will be sitting in the property in equity. It was never going to be a big money spinner, but it's our home not a business venture. We have specced things right up, so the costs spiralled. At the moment we would break even if we sold, but only half of that is mortgaged and the other half is what we have put in. So at least we aren't lying awake at night worrying because we are mortgaged up to the hilt. smile

The house still fights us every step of the way though and we've had some real freaky things go wrong. Currently the only room that was totally finished in time for xmas was the living room, however the plaster has all cracked and sounds hollow when tapped, so the plasterer is coming back when I can be bothered with the hassle and is smashing it all off and redoing it. Not ideal when there's a cream carpet in there and wallpaper on the adjacent walls to the effected ones. Never mind.

Also last month the bathroom floor tiles nearest the shower and nearest the door came loose. I noticed crumbling grout and the tiles rocking. My tilers say the adhesive must be the wrong one. Ive rang the store and they say it isn't, so I'm on my own. The tilers came and refitted the tiles, using some of their adhesive but time will tell. The adhesive was stuck fast to the floor but nothing on back of tile which suggests my tiler is correct. So I may have to pull the whole floor up in the future and relay it. The tiles were bloody expensive though. More money.


One thing I've learnt is don't sweat the small stuff. everything will be done over time. If it doesn't massively disrupt everyday life then it will be done when it's done.
Anyway, that is it for now. Pics to follow soon. Thanks. smile



Edited to add - I realise I've already mentioned the neighbours. Thought I'd kept it to myself. That's what happens when you leave it over 6 months between updates. hehe






Edited by marky911 on Sunday 5th July 21:22

marky911

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OK, big problem with photos. Updated Mac and now iPhoto not working, hence I'll have to email myself all the photos. Mammoth task. Will update soon though.

marky911

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Quick first lot of pics here - Nothing exciting but I used the last of the decent weather last October to get my shed rebuilt. We had bought it about a year before moving so I thought the hassle of taking it down was worth the £600 or £700 we had paid for it. Got it up in front of the oil tank and just around the corner of the garage. We built the paved area for the oil tank with the shed in mind, so it lines up with the rear edge of the garage perfectly. The fit is "snug" to say the least.







marky911

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Hi Wozy! Glad to see you're still about on here. Hope you're well and at least you've kept your car through it all eh. smile

Yeah, everyone goes through it. One step forward, two back. I didn't know you were near Worcester. Would have happily bought you a beer or two on my expenses. wink I was at Mazak just off the M5. Sunday to Thursday. Took my bike down and got some miles in. Some lovely places around there. Flyford Flavell or something like that was nice.

Speaking of 2012, that was the year I had my most recent holiday. Ahh the memories. hehe

marky911

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I'll just say before I post various pics, none of the rooms are truly finished. We haven't made it homely by dressing rooms and also things like curtains etc, are quite often just what we had from the last house or cheap ones to get us going. So as such, the rooms will still be improved on eventually.

Living room -






You can see in this one that the door that used to lead into kitchen has gone. This enabled us to fit a sofa in properly. -




Ready in time for Xmas 2014. We had a lovely new tree in kitchen area. This is old one. And, yes the TV is a bit high. wink -




marky911

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Staircase - Still not carpeted due to kitchen floor not being tiled. We need to tile floor so we can carpet down the stairs to the tiles. Can't carpet down to the floor then tile upto the carpet. Will be done soon. Still haven't found any that we like that don't cost the earth. 40 square meters, plus fitting and adhesive adds up if they're £50 per metre. wink

Once the staircase was finished it looked lovely in ash, but since all the other woodwork is oak, we had a french polisher stain it to match. Has a lovely satin sheen to it too. We may get him back to do all the doors.














The lights have all been caulked around now and painted. They hadn't been in the pics above. They were another minor detail that turned into a mamoth task due to the solid brick wall they were going in.



marky911

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Another small job before the cold weather was to mouse proof the house. As I've mentioned the house was full of mice when we bought it. All dead mind, we never actually seen one running about. After clearing out the loft and under all the floors (the house is simply the cleanest it's been since new) I set about covering the air bricks. This is where they'd been entering I'm sure as whenever I had access to a cavity wall there would be nests and bits of newspaper in the cavity insulation.

Painted the terracotta vents, grey and covered with mesh guards. Not one mouse in house over winter, although I had to wage war on them in garage. They were in my log pile. Got 6 over 2 days, then no more. I had to silicone up the garage door I don't use. That solved it.




marky911

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Slightly off topic, but like I always say, anything goes in my threads, my mate Paul (who I bought my MK1 GT3 off a few years ago) popped round in November. He'd literally just collected this from Newcastle OPC. 20 miles on the clock when he got to mine. Awesome bit of kit.





marky911

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Sunday 5th July 2015
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Ok, bathroom now. Probably my favourite room. high pressure water system means great showers and the bath fills really quickly. As with everything else though it wasn't plain sailing. A couple of minor leaks. It took us 4 or 5 basins before we got one we liked or wasn't faulty. Still have water hammer even though I specifically told plumbers before they done it that I've had water hammer before and i didn't want it again.
Also without going into detail the toilet doesn't clear solids very well. Big 3 way discussion with Victoria Plumb, their Technical dept and me. They insisted it's cistern related, but I know its a simple case of physics. Too small an exit to U-bend. To be fair to them they let me choose a totally different loo and sent it free. However when we unpacked it last week the exit is tiny on that and then my plumber dropped the cistern and cracked it whilst fitting so that's the end of that. I've just been shopping yesterday for a loo I can actually see in person to see the exit size. I don't know. silly
Also my plumber is generally good and comes highly recommended from most of the villagers, but he has let himself down on a few things. No matter...









Bathroom still needs a shelf above door for loo rolls and a mirror/cabinet above sink. And of course another loo.
Kitchen/open plan to follow next time.







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marky911

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So what has Bailey the stzu been upto then?


Well he's had many baths.




He has chilled on the lawn.




He's had an operation and had to wear a lampshade. Not fun. He's on the mend though. Lampshade off now but he needs to grow his hair in as he still looks scalped.







marky911

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Hi Craikey, yeah I guessed you must be either finished or slowing down as I've seen more posts from you in the cycling forum than in here. hehe
I'll have to look on your thread again. Last time I popped on you were doing the garage. Good stuff.

You're right Ben the cistern is down to the plumber who said straight away "I'll pay for a new one" but having looked at the tiny outlet on the new Victoria Plumb loo it still looks pathetic so I am cutting my losses and buying a quality loo that I can actually go and see in a showroom to check exit size etc. Yes you're right about recommendations, my plumber lives in the next village and has done work for nearly everyone in our village but I'll admit a few things have let him down. Never mind.

Thanks maxest. Regarding your prospective purchase. If you can afford a house you want in the location you want without the need to do any work to it then I'd say jump at the blooming' thing! smile
The only reason we took this on is because 1) I always change things anyway so why not just do the house from scratch to your own spec and more importantly 2) It was the only way we could afford to get a house in this village and it's very very rare to get a garage at all, let alone a double one, as even the more period properties round the corner don't have garages or off street parking.

At the minute I'm in the "Never again!" camp, but give me a few years and I'll be prepared to do it again. We fully plan on staying here. We would 100% be here for life if it was detached but it's semi-detached. I work shifts and sometimes can't sleep at night. If we were detached I would go down and watch a film or something but I'm always wary of waking next door and have them complaining. Everyone says I'm daft and I should just live how I want to live in my house, but its about being considerate isn't it. Even though next door would bang on my door when my joiner started hammering at 8.50 am on a Tuesday, yet we've been woken by his electric guitar at 8.30 am on a Saturday. Go figure. confused

Anyway, like I say if you can get the house you want, have a couple of stressful days from moving day, then resume normal life, then do it! I've had no life for a year and a half really, although this year is better but only because I'm putting things off. wink


Edited by marky911 on Thursday 9th July 18:57

marky911

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Tuesday 9th February 2021
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Evening chaps,
Long overdue post on this old thread of mine. It basically proved too hard to keep it updated whilst working long hours and doing the work on the house at weekends. Plus Photobucket killed all the links to my pics and I simply wouldn’t have time to re-do them. I see they are kind of visible now.

Anyway, I thought I’d round it up at long last, as I received a lot of good info and moral support throughout the work.
We did eventually get it finished obviously and we enjoyed our time there but ultimately we still had a wish list that would be better suited to another house, eg larger than double garage but most importantly, detached for a bit more privacy etc.


So we put the house up for sale last January I think it was and agreed a sale in February. Of course Covid then struck so it didn’t complete until July. We weren’t sure where to go next so decided to rent to have an easy life for a while and to find the ideal house/plot.

So as I say, this is basically a final round up post. I’ll post a few fresh before, during and after pics of each room/area. I may have to split it into a few posts.
I’ll know doubt be duplicating some info but anyway…

The bulk of the work was complete by 2015, with the gardens and driveway being done during ’16/’17.

I’ll start with the inside. The best room in the house was the open plan kitchen diner, which had previously been a few rooms combined.
You’d come in the front door from the porch and be standing in a pokey hallway with the stairs in front, a door to the right into living room and a door to the left into the dining room.






So left into dining room -





Then from dining room into galley kitchen -




Looking back along kitchen. Door on left is from dining room. Door ahead is in external wall of house out into store.





Out of that door into store and there was an old loo, passageway to garage foot door and a door to left into the front of main store. (Plus door to right out into back garden)





Main store






Bare roof in old store, which was re-roofed and veluxes added.





So going back to front door to go through the work.
Left hand stair wall taken down with beam put in. Can now see into dining room.




Then all other walls taken out, so kitchen/dining room wall, main dining room end wall/chimney breast wall plus all walls in the store and store to garage window bricked up/





View from other end back towards front door including floor being dug out to 15 inches -





The largest beam being trimmed for fitting.





Thought we’d save the floor at the stairs end of the room but we couldn’t so that came up too.





Underfloor runs laid out, then floors screeded -





French doors, bi-folds and veluxes installed,





All finished -














So that’s that room done. The rest won’t be as long, as they didn’t get as much structural work or flors dug up etc. wink




marky911

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The only room on the ground floor after that was the living room.

It hadn’t looked too bad at purchase but the floor was ruined and there was a bit to do regarding fireplace etc.






Old door from end of kitchen bricked up.




Fireplace ripped out including back boiler etc.








Room finished.







Upstairs now then -

Not only did we take out the stair wall on the ground floor but we removed it upstairs too.
Seen here on the right, before the work.





On the right here too, taken 180 degrees round. You’ll also see the small landing window too. More on that in a minute.





You can also see across to the bathroom door (right) and a separate loo (door on left).






Wall removed and also old loo walls taken down. New walls were then built to form a shower cubicle accessed from the bathroom. There was now another small window which used to be in the loo. A large window was formed from the 2 small ones to bring much more light in.







Landing finished







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Bedrooms
Minor work to the bedrooms by comparison. Rewire, plumbing, lighting, sockets, brick up a doorway here and there, etc. Oh and concrete lintels fitted above every door as they were flagged up during survey as being absent.

Main bedroom

When purchased -






During -

First thing to do was block up the door way into an old boiler cupboard. It ran along back wall of bathroom so was incorporated into bathroom.






My joiner mate did the skirtings, doors and window sills in oak.




Lights/electrics progressing




Finished, although never got around to fitting decent wardrobes etc.








Second bedroom

When purchased -







Chimney breast had been removed downstairs in open plan room, so another beam was fitted with a support plate. Fireplace then covered up, etc.





Finished





Bedroom 3
This room became an office/craft room for Mrs Marky. We had a load of spare kitchen units left, thanks to Wren kitchens, so I used them with a different worktop and different handles.







Bathroom

As mentioned earlier, that old boiler cupboard that was accessed from the bedroom ran along the back of the bathroom. So we removed the wall to let us move the bath further back and incorporate a loo into the bathroom.









Then the old separate loo was knocked down and rebuilt to house a separate shower cubicle.





Shower plumbed and alcove built into wall.





Bath Tv wiring in and alcove.





Finished










marky911

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Just the external stuff now, of which there was a lot over the years but I’ll just post up the basics.

I can’t find any pictures of the rear garden when done but it was very nice. Multi level with a large patio outside of kitchen bi-folds etc.
I‘ll just cover the front garden and driveway though. That’s where a lot of the work went.

Various views of the old garden, fences, etc. -









So first job was to fence it all off, then sort the planter along main road. -







The above projects and the one below were done a good while before the main works. I should have waited to do the next part, for when we had the digger, as it took a while digging it out by hand. hehe

There were dwarf walls down either side of the driveway with garden to right and a planted area to left. These contained huge out of control conifers, etc. As seen in one of the above pics.

I’d be concentrating on the left side section seen here.





A one of the lads from the pub chopped all the trees down for us, then I set about getting the roots out.





After that me and a friend (local farmer) dug out the soil by hand and dumped it on another farmers yard as he was building a ridge to break the wind a bit.





All done, all be it leaving the fence posts slightly exposed.




That’s how it stayed for a little while until the main works went ahead for the main garden area.
We wanted this wall down and most of the trees down.





Digger in. Let’s get clearing -





A different farmer took our waste away. He charged £100 per load but that’s cheaper than skips. 19 loads went though.





The plot was on clay soil so the lawns always had a mote around them when it rained, so we cleared the whole plot to install proper drainage, then new top soil etc.




Trying to leave the borders in tact as my wife had planted a lot in there -





Stoned up for driveway and path, plus railway sleepers to define borders and make planters/walls out of -





Block edges and paths laid. (Field drains yet to go in behind car) -





Top soil in (with fields drains) and driveway laid -







Lawn laid -




We built a sleeper wall down the other side, where I’d dug out above -





You get the idea in this photo. Taken when the farmer was chasing the bulls out from the back field into the truck. wink




Another job worth mentioning that took way longer than expected was to clad over the old quarry tile window sills outside, using welsh slate like the roof. I couldn’t stand the old brown clay colour and some of them were cracked etc.





It made such a difference once done though and tied them into the roof -






Then I built a pergola -









So that’s about it.
The main works were done by 2016, but I was always pottering on with something or other until we moved out last summer.

So some before and afters of outside -

Driveway entrance before -







Driveway entrance after. (We’d been for a drive out in the cars. Mine isn’t the Performante unfortunately wink ) -







Garage before -



Garage after. (Car is a friends.). -





House before -










House after -








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Edited by marky911 on Tuesday 9th February 20:56

marky911

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Conclusion

So was it worth it?
Well it was a lot of hard work and many a time I uttered the words “I wish I’d never seen this place”. hehe

But ultimately, of course it was worth it. It was the only way we could afford to buy in the village it was in and by doing so I realised a 20 year ambition. We also got to have a brand new house technically, that we’d spec’d ourselves.

It was however meant to be our forever home, which unfortunately didn’t happen. Having said that we chose to move out so it’s not like that part went horribly wrong or anything. I guess it’s just human nature and once you get finished, you get complacent and look at what isn’t perfect about the house and village, rather than being grateful.

I am grateful, mega grateful, but as I said in my opening post earlier, ultimately we’d like a detached on a nice private plot with room for a big garage.
So it’s onwards and upwards and on to the next one. We’ve been renting since last July and are completing on our new one (1920’s bungalow) next week.

I may start a thread, as like I say, it’s great getting info and feedback from you guys that have done it all before.
I should be able to keep the next thread updated a bit better as the project is a lot easier, well, initially it will be, but more on that later.

Anyway, that’s my project done. Small-fry compared to some on here, but an achievement for us. wink

Thanks gents. :thumb:


PS. I can't finish without a dog pic. biggrin

We lost Bailey the stzu in March 2016. Awesome little dog and a huge miss. It’s a given we’ll probably outlive our dogs though, so it’s inevitable we’ll have to part ways at some point.

RIP Bailey.





We weren’t going to get another dog but the house was just horribly empty without him. We didn’t want another stzu as we’d probably always be comparing it to Bailey, even though they’re all different. Anyway, I was at Croft with a mate one day and when I came home Mrs Marky had bought two Maltese.

Enter, Alfie and Charlie. They’re bonkers.




So all’s well that ends well.
As I say, onwards and upwards. Roll the dice and onto the next one.
Cheers. thumbup



PPS. We will miss the views out of the upstairs windows. Like I say, the next place is a bungalow (for now) so although it's surrounded by countryside we won't have great views for a while.





Edited by marky911 on Tuesday 9th February 21:06

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Thanks for the comments lads. Much appreciated.

Brother D Thanks for reading. Like I say it got a bit too hard to keep it updated, but I don’t like loose ends, so thought I’d at least round it up. smile

Morningside Thank you. You can do it! It’s hard work but all the info is out there. Stressful at times though.
To be honest a lot of the heavy stuff was done by builders and trades.
My mate Craig was a huge help with the rest too. We were busy almost every weekend for a couple of years solid.
I roped my dad in early on and my brother is an alarm engineer so he got that job.

Yep, our dogs become a huge part of our lives. It’s awful when they leave us, but as long as they’re happy when they’re here, then we’ve served them well. thumbup
We actually said “no more dogs” after how upsetting it was when Bailey went, but an empty house isn’t a home when you’ve been used to dogs running around, so I think we lasted about 2 months before giving in. smile

Rusty . Well done on seeing it through. thumbup Do you have a thread running on here?
As you say, lots of stress, work and money but it’s worth it.
We were the same. Had zero chance of finding a house in that village within our budget unless we took that one on.
I agree too that the ideal house doesn’t exist within budget, well most people’s budget.
More importantly than that it’s something that’s in budget at the right time. Once you have a buyer for your existing house you’re stuck with whatever housing stock is available at that time. If you want to be in a certain village there may simply be nothing for sale. That’s why we rented this time, so we didn’t buy something that only offered some of our needs.

LOH Alright Craig. That looks lovely. It should be a great project. cool Did you look at any GT3s then?

Don’t follow me Thanks. Luckily it’s all been done before so it’s not too hard to find (steal) inspiration. hehe

Pagey We had a lucky escape with those neighbours. All sorts went on, honestly. They wangled their way in with the locals etc and managed to poison a few against us. The thing with people like though when it’s all an act, is that their guard drops soon enough. He was an ex fireman with bi-polar and she couldn’t stay off the Prosecco. He smacked her around a bit so the police told him to section himself or they’d lock him up (happened twice). He also accused one or two of the guys at the pub of having an affair with his wife. She told someone’s husband his wife had had an affair, etc etc. You get the idea. Stark raving bonkers. Trouble from the start.

Anyway they made their excuses and moved out. Something about their parents getting old so they wanted to be nearer apparently. Their parents mustn’t have been getting old two years earlier when they moved out to the village eh. biggrin

The next neighbour was great for a couple of years, until her boss from work left his wife for her and moved in. Noisy, obnoxious git, but that’s another story. hehe

Paul Thanks very much Paul. Like I say a lot of work and effort with help from pro’s, family and friends.

Yes, we were supposed to complete on the new one this week but it’s not going to happen. That’s caused quite a lot of hassle as I had a damp guy booked for next Monday. Had a quote of £6k from one guy so the seller knocked it off the price. Guy booked for Monday wants £1000 and he’s old skool and proven. £6k guy was trying it on.
Trouble is I need access at the weekend to prep for the work, eg remove skirtings, rads and sockets.
I don’t want to cancel as it’ll be ages before he can fit us in. I also don’t want the seller to know I’m going with a cheaper guy, as I haggled £6k off.
Luckily we are exchanging contracts on Thursday so the seller has granted me access from then. We’ll complete next Thursday.
She moved away in November when the sale fell through on completion day, as she was all set to move down south so said “Sod it” and went anyway.
It sold for above asking in August. We were gutted to miss it. We got it this time for £10k under asking, then knocked another £6k off.
I’ll no doubt start a thread soon as it won’t be so hectic immediately. wink

Thanks everyone. thumbup

Edited by marky911 on Friday 12th February 09:27