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We may just be in for Xmas....

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It's been a while since our last update but just to let everyone know we may be in for Xmas. We still need the EWI and render but inside should be liveable and we can get out of the caravan.

 

The kitchen is almost complete now after getting damaged units all replaced and given it was ex display I think it looks lovely. The part with the hob on could possibly have been a bit longer but I didn't want a breakfast bar and by time we have our table, chairs and small sofa I think it will look good. At the moment it's like a big dancefloor!

 

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And although the majority of the house doesn't have light fittings because frankly we are skint, we did manage to get the kitchen/dining room sorted and I love the light in there which we got from a small lighting place I convinced the other half to drive a couple of hours for. If I would have hated it she would have killed me.

 

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We got the whole house sprayed white by a local decorator because I didn't want to look at plaster for 12 months and I didn't fancy doing the pitched ceilings in the kitchen and with a bad neck injury. For our bungalow which is around 190m2 it was a few hundred pounds Inc all materials, paint, masking prior to second fix. It would have taken weeks to do it and the spray finish is brilliant (although has a few marks on it from second fix now). No woodwork has been done because it wasn't in place and frankly we can't afford it and once we decide on colours etc we can get doors, skirting done later on when we have calmed down and gradually work through each room. We have already decided we want the kitchen orange eventually and our yellow living room sofa is due to arrive too just before Xmas so it will definitely have injection of colour.

 

The bathrooms are almost completed now after the showerwall saga, on the third replacement it now looks decent.

 

We went for LVT throughout and the UFH is working well in that it's warmer than the caravan...... 

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SteamyTea

I had some doors like yours.  Were great till I put some glass in.  Then walked into them.  Had to put a big crosses with tape on them to remind me to open them.

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LSB

looks like it is coming along slowly, we are planning to move in before everything is done, my only concern is if we will ever do it then ?

 

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On 12/12/2020 at 08:51, SteamyTea said:

I had some doors like yours.  Were great till I put some glass in.  Then walked into them.  Had to put a big crosses with tape on them to remind me to open them.

We waited over the Xmas period for the glass either side of this door, joiner came to fit it on his own and asked me to give him a hand just till he got it secured, I did this then walked away, on my return a few minutes later I walked right into it!? his face was a picture, he couldn’t believe that in the space of a few minutes I’d forgotten it was thereimage.thumb.jpg.56dc97242f5bae7544195564da258a79.jpg

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canalsiderenovation

They actually have small lines down them, I'll have to get a picture. I would have been worried about walking into them to. I already have walked into the bedroom door which is solid because I forgot we had doors!

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canalsiderenovation

These our our doors and as yet I haven't walked into them but I have the sliding doors because I have to keep going outside to get a phone signal/internet - BT line doesn't get installed til 5 January.....

 

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Omnibuswoman

This is the Christmas present my husband lovingly made for me, as a permanent reminder of my favourite ever comedy sketch. He taught himself embroidery just so that he could make this!!

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