Well, since the start of the year we (mostly Tony) have gutted the place and filled 5 of these:
Ever wondered what a house looks like without internal walls, ceilings, plaster and wiring?
Upstairs bedrooms (without the dividing wall which moved when Tony tried to take the plaster off)
The other bedroom - the wall at the end is being extended.
Stairs (and my favourite window)
Lounge - you get the idea!
Tony has built new walls and put a new roof on the outhouse
The old
Demolition
Ready for the bricklayer
New walls and roof joists
Inside
From the top
So far all I have managed to clear the shrubs from the bay window!
8 comments:
That really IS a "full refurb"! How good to be able to take a house back to its bare bones and start again.... and hopefully get it absolutely "you"!
It's a bit like building from scratch! My brother is a builder, always adding extensions/conservatory! I think you have the best job...
I assume you are not living in this?
I agree with you about that window.
We did something like that to ours... or rather we paid someone else to do it. It's really interesting when you strip out everything and the skeleton is revealed. I found it quite liberating, not being influenced by anything which had gone before.
Is the outhouse the knitting domain?... we could "Gather" there...
Ruth - we're up to the same thing here in Nottingham! blogging (irregularly -= this is me!) at www.greencoachhouse.blogspot.com
Must say we'll end up doing much less of it ourselves, but the trashing (tearing off strange battened walls) we've done so far has been tiring but great fun!
That scares me! You are doing well with it, it will be great to see pictures all through the refurb.
Can't wait to see the finished house. I think it'll look super!
Don't knock your shrub removing efforts! That takes time, energy and lots of bin/skip space/burning. And the dangers of thorns/small animals/insects too. You've done a mighty fine job :)
Also, that house is going to be amazing when finished - even seeing the bare walls with the windows makes it look, to me, like something a bit Blackadder-ish, in a beautiful, sparse way.
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