A lot of you have helped one way or another with little bits of info during this... so figure I might as well share some of my photos...

Bought the house in August... has been non stop since... Had a lot of "origional" features and a lot of damp... lots of lead pipes and snails...

New water-main, drainage ditches and a lot of work later I am getting there...

Removing side steps..filled a 6 yard skip with the rubble


Digging new watermain


Origional kitchen... very trendy


Lean-to- Toilet out, foundations for extension in..




Dining room wall getting ready to come out :-)


Walls are getting there


Horrendous rot under the bath.... no idea how anyone can let things get so bad!


Dinner on the floor.... You kinda get used to it after a while!


Electrics gone onto the walls/render/plaster






Hmm... rather dodgy.... the previous owner was DIY mad and managed to bugger up most of the electrics in the house... Including using a 5A fuse slot in the consumer unit for a 40A shower...


Thats better!


Primer gone on the walls




Kitchen Asembly time




Another meal prepared, cooked and eaten off the floor...


Its going to be rather weird having a kitchen, a working bog and carpets again...

is that a bottle of lambrini you have there?!

looking good, fancy doing something like that myself

looking good Duncan... but I thought you were now at uni? how the hell have you had time to do all that work as well?!

Lots of room for a garage extension there. You could bring it right up to the front of the house. Surprised you didn't do that first. It's all a case of priorities and surely having a nice garage comes before doing up the kitchen.

Reminds me very much of my own place a few years back , standpipe for water ,no floors , no kitchen or bathroom.
Looks like yours is coming on great ,keep up the good work.

ACE

You've done well there and should be chuffed!

Mads, it has been a little... Interesting... Not been able to focus perhaps as much time on uni as I would like... which is why I am now on a mad push to get this little bugger finished so I can perhaps get better marks next semester!!!

Yes, that is a bottle of Lambrini... I hasten to add that it is NOT mine....lol...

Just trying to sort the fiddly bits out now, conice, upstands etc in the kitchen and fitting appliances.... Oh.. and revising for a calculus exam tomorow... its all good :-)

Very impressive young man.
You have single handedly restored my faith in the youth of today.

fair play son!

Been there done that 28 years ago, it's all ready again now but I can't be @rsed. Well done there.

Good work

Just got the keys for my new house today, it is a 50's ex council house, modernised in the 70's so the list of jobs has just got bigger

1. Start new life
2. Modernise the house
3. Build a workshop.
4. Secure garage so tools are safe.
5. Build a trailer.
6. Finish building my nephews 7.
7. Carry out mods to my 7.

and all by May, I am thinking no chance, will have to set my priorities, start new life, workshop, secure garage, carry out mods, build trailer, nephews car, modernise house or win the lottery and get someone to do the house and workshop...sorted

Bob

You have that list the wrong way round!

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Originally posted by bbwales
Just got the keys for my new house today, it is a 50' sex council house , modernised in the 70's so the list of jobs has just got bigger


Bob

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Good work there!!

Keep it up, horrible time of year for it now but I'm sure you'll survive!! Just think of next year, BBQ's and beers!!

looking good. kitchen is next thing on my list of rooms to re-do.