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On the home straight

Crofter

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It's starting to feel like the finish line is in sight now. Since my last entry, I've largely finished the interior including all the flooring, the doors, most of the kitchen, the windowsills, and the huge and daunting task of the bathroom (big thanks to @Nickfromwales for answering my hundreds of questions on that one!). I got a plumber in to install my UVC (sorry Nick, forgot to get a photo of that).

 I've also done a bit more of the cladding, but the exterior work has been on the back burner.

 

I've also gone back to work full time since my last blog post, which is why everything has slowed down so much. Still managing to get a bit done in the evenings and at weekends.

 

You'll notice some furniture has appeared, some of this was given to me by a neighour and was very handy for storing all my tools etc; the bed and sofa were in storage with family and eventually I exhausted their goodwill and had to take delivery of them! The shower has had a couple of test runs, and SWMBO reports that it is very nice indeed.

 

The plan is to be open for business in April, which should be tight but doable. I expect that at that stage I'll still have some outside jobs left to finish but the inside is only a few days away from completion now.

 

Sorry for the crappy image quality- will have to do a bit better when the time comes to do the proper marketing shots :)

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Nickfromwales

Excellent! The place looks a million dollars. Bathroom looks great too, you'll have people fighting over that place soon. :)

One last push, and then your done. 

Tres bien Rodney ;)

 

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Crofter
5 minutes ago, ProDave said:

Who's bathroom furniture did you use? and who's toilet and basin?

 

It's just cheap stuff from Soak.com- I think the whole lot came to about £250. Pottery side of things seems fine but I don't know how long the unit itself will last. The shower tray and screen was about £200 off eBay. Total spend on the bathroom was about £800 inc lino, tiles, etc. Just got to do the skirtings and fit a towel rail now.

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33 minutes ago, Nickfromwales said:

Excellent! The place looks a million dollars. Bathroom looks great too, you'll have people fighting over that place soon. :)

One last push, and then your done. 

Tres bien Rodney ;)

 

Thanks, I seriously could not have managed it without your help!!

I should put together a separate blog post about just the bathroom as it was a big project.

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Nickfromwales
59 minutes ago, Crofter said:

Thanks, I seriously could not have managed it without your help!!

I should put together a separate blog post about just the bathroom as it was a big project.

You've posted quite a bit TBH so maybe just include some links to the bathroom related ( key ) threads / posts ?

Will save double handling. 

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Cpd

There is such a huge demand for accommodation at the moment that you will not struggle to rent it out over the main season. i would wait until your 100% sure of a completion date before  advertising an opening date, test run everything (sure you have already) including spending a night ot two in there to really see how it works. Good luck getting it over the line and well done on a great job. 

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Thedreamer

I'll need to keep a look out for this next time I go to Edinbane play park with the kids. Would you see it from the road?

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5 hours ago, Thedreamer said:

I'll need to keep a look out for this next time I go to Edinbane play park with the kids. Would you see it from the road?

Yup, from a certain spot in the park you can see it quite easily (also from the pub car park). The front wall is only partially clad in larch at the moment but it's fairly distinctive compared to all the white houses.

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