There are so many unblogged #Projects running at the moment, my head is spinning so some order is required! Project Payne is one of our rental apartments finished six months ago but the tenant moved in so fast after the refurbishment I didn't have time to photograph it. This is often the case with our... Continue Reading →
A fresh Springtime start
Is it really nine days since writing last? Time flies when the sun starts shining, there are two client contracts to finish, tenants to get in and some mental 'gathering' to be done. After funeral, I was exhausted. I think the past few months have been the most challenging of my life to date, the... Continue Reading →
For Chelsea, I will miss you sweetheart xx
The day nobody wanted to see had to happen on Monday, as Chelsea was taken from us on the 17th March after her two and a half year battle against cancer. A great honour was bestowed upon me when Chelsea's mum asked me to speak at her funeral. Far too young and beautiful to have... Continue Reading →
Project J: the bathroom gets moving & kitchen taps arrive (with minor hiccups)
Down at Project J, things are moving, albeit sometimes behind the scenes. The lads had a bit of a mare yesterday as the combined thickness of the Topps Tiles metro tiles, plasterboard and 18mm original boiler cupboard plywood meant that the tap, valves and shower wouldn't fit - the connections were too short. Huge man-panic... Continue Reading →
Mrs Brook gets clever with the peanuts
For nearly three years this cheeky female squirrel has been a source of fun in our garden, she comes to take nuts from my hand, sits on the wall watching the boys playing footy in the garden and sometimes even braves the kitchen doors to request more treats. Caught her this morning nicking peanuts from... Continue Reading →
Flooring chosen for Project J – Rubber it is :)
The clients have been considering options for the flooring in the kitchen / dining area for a few weeks and now a final decision has been made, not stone or ceramic or vinyl, but rubber! Supplied by Sam from local firm The Rubber Flooring Company. The colour chosen is the pale blue above which you'd... Continue Reading →
Project Payne – finally photographed! Bathroom first…
Back in August 2010 I wrote a post about Project Payne, a one bed rental apartment we'd just started renovating in a back to brick refurb: Â https://moregeous.wordpress.com/2010/08/20/tips-project-payne-replacement-joist-ends/ At the same time we were also under pressure to redesign and complete Green Tea restaurant in record time, so there wasn't a minute to photograph Payne before... Continue Reading →
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