DC5 Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Hello all, I am currently renovating / building / rebuilding an 1850’s cottage. Converting part of the loft and a lot of maintenance work after years of neglect. so far it has been reroofed (not by me!) and had the chimney rebuilt. Tearing up floors and down walls all messy stuff and the large garden is a riot too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Welcome ..! A first post with photos ..! That looks really nice ..! How much more left to do ..?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Hi and welcome Have you posted that somewhere before? it looks strangely familliar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC5 Posted December 17, 2018 Author Share Posted December 17, 2018 Thanks we are 3 years! in but doing most myself with held from our fathers and we’ve had 2 children in the process so it’s slow going! The roof was surveyed as excellent so we didn’t expect to do it nor the chimney and that sadly killed a huge amount of the budget and slowed it all down! We we are only the 2nd owner and it was rented for a very long time so a lot of rectification work needs done. Yes I think I recognise your avatar I was on ebuild toward the end! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 It was the front elevation with that wall and a drop down to the lower level I remember so yes it was probably a picture on ebuild that I saw it before. I was just starting my house then. I am still working on it but at least living in it even though it is not finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC5 Posted December 17, 2018 Author Share Posted December 17, 2018 Ah well done, it can't believe how long ours has taken I think we hit an obstacle at every stage! We had hoped to build but ultimately it was finding a plot in Stirlingshire that was in a good location non flood plain and within budget that prevented us. We have done some renovating in the past but nothing preparred us for this task, I would certainly think twice in the future and would go down the build route. The biggest problem has been fixing either poor workmanship or semi-temporary repairs! Overall I have been very disappointed by the quality of tradesmen locally to where we are either over pricing and not delivering or being difficult to tie down to a date! Our first roofer did a runner on us and we almost lost a very large deposit the second roofer (Thistle in Falkirk) was excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_r_sole Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 (edited) . Edited September 26, 2019 by the_r_sole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC5 Posted December 17, 2018 Author Share Posted December 17, 2018 1 hour ago, the_r_sole said: nice one, looks like a proper job! serious amount of work! what area are you in? Thanks outside Stirling heading North Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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