Since I last wrote we’ve been away from holiday but progress has been swift. He’s an update:

• Boiler – we have one and it’s warming the house. It’s great to have the place warming up and gently drying out
• Utility room – the first cupboards are in and despite a sink being the wrong side, it’s starting to take shape
• Flooring – probably the biggest improvement, the oak flooring is down in the hall, downstairs loo and most of the lounge and dining room – looks really fab, just hope we can protect it enough until all the heavy work is done
• Windows arrived – and they look great. They’ve been prefabricated off site and are already first-coat painted which saves them from the winter weather. I can’t wait to see them in.
• Doors and handles on – looks great
• Lounge fireplace is in – really grand, it’s the original one from the rear dining room with a refurbished grate, and a new black slate hearth.
• Dining room secured and almost complete
• Bathroom calamities – we need to make some changes to the bathroom layout cause we cocked up – more later…

The original fireplace from the rear dining room is now reinstated rather grandly in the lounge (needs cleaning):

The brick feature in the dining room looks good – although we’re getting rid of the dodgy brick hearth which didn’t turn out as planned

New doors between the lounge and dining room:

Dining room door into kitchen, just waiting for the extension to be built…

Refurbished original fireplace – it’s going to have a gas fired coal-effect fire installed in due course

Door handles now on:

Utility room starts to take shape:

Nice detail in the cupboards – that’s hard to do right:

Storage cupboard from Ikea:

Bathroom, we have some changes to make here:


Door frames are on –

We’ve got a bunny boiler in our house

The house is warm now and the plaster is drying out