Another day, another adventure into the unknown - this time with HILTI core drill, and diamond tipped core bit!
I soon realised why neither my plumber or local builder wanted to take on the task of creating 2 bathroom ventilation holes in the side of the house.
For those unfamiliar with the construction of a typical Scottish Borders […]
When it’s finally ready to rent, this is what our self catering apartment in the Scottish Borders is intended for - resting, relaxing and recharging.
We hope that by the time it’s ready we’ll have thought of just about everything to help you get the most from your long weekend, short break or holiday in the Tweed Valley.
Well, little did I know when I bought my luxury shower package from Screwfix, that building an elevated plinth to allow for surface mounted waste drainage, would require a physics, maths and civil engineering degree!I got there in the end, but maybe next time I’ll take the plumbers advice and go with the tried and tested […]
I admitted defeat and gave up after the ‘build the carcass’ stage, handing the job over to the ‘professional’ before I made an irreversible mess of what is a really nice kitchen. Assured it would be a 2 day job maximum, tomorrow’ll be the 5th or 6th day of kitchen building torment that’s currently slowing up the […]
…well, to call it a garden is maybe overstating it a little, but it’s a really cool place to relax and have a beer overlooking the river…and we’ve got it back after Scottish Water dug the whole thing up, and unearthed the collapsed drainage system!
Roll on summer so we can crack open the beers and […]
Today, we got to the bottom (no pun intended) of the drainage issue we’d become aware of since taking on the house. Fortunately Scottish Water accepted responsibility for the collapse of the ancient drainage system and have renewed the whole thing!CCTV cameras pinpointed the problem, and the guys dug up the garden to replace the […]
Today we took a break from the renovations and headed out to ride the Innerleithen Traquair XC route.
With all the DIY at innerhaven this was the first time we had been out biking since Hogmany - it was a lung buster! When we reached the top (well almost, we took a short cut to […]
Those in the know told us that we were being unrealistic expecting to complete the renovation in two months. Currently they are absolutely right! We took on the house at the end of November 2007, and it still resembles a building site more than it does a charming roomy 2 bedroom holiday let. I keep trying to […]
Today was kitchen building day!
No longer could Aneela and myself find other ‘important jobs’ to do - we couldn’t put off the kitchen build any longer…
After far too many trips to B&Q, MFI and IKEA - price matched to within an inch of our lifes - we settled on a nice simple white ADEL kitchen […]