Wonky old Georgian townhouse

Wonky old Georgian townhouse

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Sford

440 posts

152 months

Tuesday 6th June 2023
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I know you don't need validation from some bloke on the internet but love what you're doing with the place. Better than all the bland plain white/grey stuff you see.

shalmaneser

5,942 posts

197 months

Tuesday 6th June 2023
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Looks exciting! You must be busy with three under three....

Our first has just hit 1 year old and I know what you mean about phone camera taking a turn!

Look luck with the renovation, we've just moved into a fixer-upper and my weekends are non-existent at the moment.

Seems a shame to loose the lovely old bay window but the floorplan looks a great improvement.

Ace-T

7,721 posts

257 months

Tuesday 6th June 2023
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Great to see an update and congrats on the production of new small people. smile

Know what you mean about cost and kitchens, we bailed and built a new garage instead. Still trying to figure out what to do, so turned to the en suite refurbishment to keep us out of mischief. hehe

Looking forward to your updates! thumbup

malaccamax

1,273 posts

233 months

Tuesday 6th June 2023
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An update! Fantastic, and a good luck with it. Great house

Flying machine

1,132 posts

178 months

Tuesday 6th June 2023
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Agree wholeheartedly with the comments above - fantastic thread and a wonderful home, thanks for sharing your amazing progress!

seiben

Original Poster:

2,348 posts

136 months

Wednesday 7th June 2023
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You are all far too kind smile

And don't lament the loss of the bay window too much - it is neither old, nor lovely. It is a 60s barnacle made of balsa wood hashed onto the side of the building that manages to be both drafty and leaky hehe

Sitrep: check out that Lino!



...and check out our gas pipe yikes


seiben

Original Poster:

2,348 posts

136 months

Monday 19th June 2023
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Remember this?

seiben said:
Well, we went on holiday for a week, and came back to this hehe



It's all a bit smashy smashy, but it's nice to be able to stand in and get a feel for how the space will be (even though the main wall is still in place).



Mick (who you may remember from previous posts) has done all of this by hand, while painstakingly saving as many of the original bricks as possible to reuse once the new wall goes up.

The lads are finding the whole thing fascinating. Which is lucky, as it's going to be chaotic for a while yet I suspect!


S100HP

12,743 posts

169 months

Monday 19th June 2023
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I love what you're doing with the place, what charm it has.

Regbuser

3,734 posts

37 months

Monday 19th June 2023
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seiben said:
You are all far too kind smile

...and check out our gas pipe yikes

Nice reno, but that gas pipe needs replacing.