Project Ballbrook is almost complete, a quick tickle of a rental flat which has turned into a newly tiled bathroom, full redecoration, new kitchen work tops and lots of added bits, sorely needed in what had become an unrentable apartment. Well, unrentable at a decent price, and some of the would be tenants who viewed and didn't take... Continue Reading →
And they were DOCTORS!!! do they not know about bacteria???
How in god's name can our hospitals be expected to be clean when trainee doctors are happy to live in filth like this??!! 3 girls as well.... Dirty Gertys. You could catch MRSA from this bloody flat. You wanna be a landlord.... get used to seeing your properties in this state! This shower was so... Continue Reading →
Kelly Hoppen in The Sunday Times – refreshingly honest
Reading about Kelly Hoppen's life is a bit like dreaming about another interior galaxy far far away from the one I inhabit; the closest I got to her life this week was finding a lush chocolate brown paint in B&Q called Rum Caramel 1 to paint two Ikea shelves and a Lack coffee table. She... Continue Reading →
A bit of rubber brightens a rainy afternoon
Oops. Got a phone call from Hope Hospital, had I forgotten to take back the heart monitor. Buggar, I knew there was something.Popped it back en route to Lightbox in Manchester to use up a voucher for some wall lights, it's a wonder they let me, as the return was from Jan 08. Wasn't dated... Continue Reading →
House prices drop by 30%? They have round here
Gutted to hear about another amazing family home being sold in Fallowfield, just up the road from us, for an absolute song - £295K to developers / landlords who are likely to ram it full of students and generally rip the heart out of it. 18 months ago, the same type of house was going... Continue Reading →
Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair 2009
This takes place in October this year, last year's was a great exhibition, taking place at Manchester Grammar School. A showcase for local talent, as well as designer makers from further afield, and a real refreshing change from getting on the M1 to go to London exhibitions. Surely this year more than ever is about... Continue Reading →
Rocking my heart monitor
This heart monitor thing has been quite annoying today a) it keeps falling off being clipped to my pants b) there are three wires wrapped around my body and c) I can't have a shower - yuck!! Plus its bigger than an IPod but still doesn't play any tunes. The nurses were lovely, and the... Continue Reading →
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