I thought it was about time I added the tour of the second floor - it will not take long as its fairly small.  I hope you all like the landing colour scheme.  +We think we will keep it, as well as the mock black beams which unfortunatly fall off when pulled. 

We dont think these banisters are legal - but its probably all going anyway.  those are the doors to the front two bedrooms.  Both are quite small and have lovely sliding doors.  Also painted interesting colours.  My thought is to remove the stud wall and create one large bedroom.  Easy to do and much nicer than the small spaces they are now.  Thinking of the end result, the most likely buyer will be a young couple with maybe one child.  All couples so far buying into this row of cottages have moved once child no 2 comes along.  Or it will be an older person and again, unlikely to need  three bedrooms. 

The rear bedroom is really big and houses the boiler, soon to be going.

As you can see, we have removed all the woodwork and doors, starting a huge pile of wood in the garden. 

It was not difficult to remove as it had mainly been stuck on with a couple of dabs of glue.  (or it could have been blu-tac??)

Most of the flooring has also been removed to see the beams and OH has removed pretty much all the wiring that was going everywhere around the house.  Its scary to see how many notches have been taken out of the beams.

  I guess the floor boards spread the weight but we think we may have to replace or at least supplement the beams.  And some do not even join the wall....

 Here is a couple more pictures of the front rooms.  Things that need doing include removing the plaster from the walls where it has blown.  We think its likely to be damp inside as it was origonally built with lime, we think, but the current render and paints are all modern, sealing in any moisture.  And we know the end gable has loose render.  Also the roof does not overhang the gable end wall - possibly when the render was added - so water runs straight onto the top of it and is likely to be penetrating the whole wall. 

And looking the other way, it was a small cupboard but obviously used to have a door through to the back bedroom.  Not sure why??

To the left of this room is the smallest bedroom, used by the previous owners as a study.

Its a really small room and I am considering taking most of it for a bathroom with about 2ft going into the other bedroom to give a smaller second bedroom but a bathroom next to the bedrooms.  It would mean bricking up part of the window and we are not sure how the plumbing will work.  So still thinking about that one. Do we really need a bathroom upstairs or would two large bedrooms be worth more?