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 […]
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 […]