My renovation and "small" extension

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Basically it's two nearly 300yr old stables Mews. We live in one and the other is almost derelict.
The plan is to renovate and convert the derelict one and to remodel the one we are in and then join them together!






To this! I hope







Just started this week and I came home to this!



Will keep you posted if I'm not locked up after going mental!

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mikees said:

Wow that is going to be amazing. Keep us informed. Love the stone colour.

Mike

I keep telling myself that!!

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NorthDave said:

Superb project! Looks great and very worthwhile.

Whereabouts in the country are you?

Near Loch Lomond on the A82 north of Glasgow

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Some "small" progress





The outer skin on this left hand wall will be rebuilt in stone and is going to be internal in the lounge.



View from inside library, it's big!!

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jdw1234 said:

Looks amazing.

What is with the multiple boardrooms?

That's just the architect filling the space!!
You have kitchen with dining on the right, then main lounge through into library study ( all along the middle) out back is patio area and off the library is media room ( man cave)
Upstairs is 4 bedroom two en suite one with walk in dressing room. All accessed from the glass walkway overlooking the lounge and library.
I'll stick up some 3d rendered drawings from architect tomorrow.

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Drains nearly in!
By feck it's gonnae be big!!
Photos to follow.

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slinky said:

Looks like it's going to be a stunning place..
Would it not make sense to allow access to the dressing room for the master bedroom from the landing? To me it seems a more practical flow.

Probably but that would cut into my wife's shoe storage space!!

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We found 5 fireplaces/ grates behind old walls in this room. Had to remove two for openings as unable to just slap out due to weight of fireplaces and wall condition!!

Edited by shambolic on Sunday 24th November 13:49

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Slabs poured in the library and the man cave today. Too dark for photos. Will get some tomorrow!!!

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Lounge poured today. Not many photos as away picking up wife's new toy!!

Old and new!!

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It's a 250cdi only done 10 mile in it but it's cracking, it did 280 mile being delivered and returned 40.3mpg. Which will get better once it's done a few K.
Seats are harder then the z4 but still comfy and ride is better(softer).

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Back to house, the height is double so over 6m!! Walkway will break it up but the double height library and lounge will be great.
It is massive though!!

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We have been in Florida over the holidays and the builders had two weeks off.
But this happened yesterday!!







My own twin towers!!

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Timber framework starting.

Front



Back



Still bloody massive!

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Front timber frame in giving door and window apertures etc will get photos up later.
Starting to take shape, thank feck!
As £80k and not much structure done was starting to give us nightmares.

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Rear frame in place



Front frame with door and window openings

Starting to see something at last.

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Du1point8 said:

Im liking this a lot.

How come the next door was left so long as a mess with no-one else interested in it?

It came with the house when we bought it(9 years ago) and was semi derelict then and used for storage by previous owners.
It can't be built and sold indivdually due to the missives declaring no separate dwellings to be built on the land.
It was always the plan for us to do it an we have saved up the capital over last 9 years.
Will get more photos up next week as roof is starting to go on.
Off this afternoon to look at kitchens! Oh joy!!

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Moominho said:

Wow, that's beautiful. Good luck

Thanks

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mildmannered said:

Is this a house or an international airport terminal?

I have seen multi storey carparks with smaller steelwork TBH!
Engineer seems to have over engineered some things.
Least it won't fall down(I hope)

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dasherdiablo1 said:

It does look like it will be something rather special! Certainly raises the question of why so many of us live in modest homes for incredibly high prices just to have access to London! It always amazes me when you see some of the houses on the TV that end up in truly magnificent and large properties and still get lots of change out of £750k.

Looking forward to see how this develops ; nice one :0)

Amazing what you get for your money in Scotland.