Back in January Homesmine did some filming at Birmingham Interiors, which was fab. Not as ott as previous years, pared down for the economic tightening of belts, but interesting and inspirational nonetheless. One stand I found myself wandering round stood out more than most, a company i've never heard of called Coach House, and I... Continue Reading →
Wall stickers go up on Stick Em up Saturday
Spent the day signing up a new tenant, and also on a(nother) trip to Ikea. God bless it when you need to furnish a rental flat, and it's never ending supply of affordable, decent quality and likeable flat fillers. I Love It. Can't stand Ashton, worship Warrington, can find my way round the place blindfolded.... Continue Reading →
Credit crunch affects my tenant relationships!
So, one lot of tenants has moved out due to a relationship split - I am debating getting couples to do a compatability test before allowing them to live in one of my flats cause twentysomethings are always splitting up! We've a problem as the sound travel has always been appalling between that flat and the... Continue Reading →
Project Bishop – revamping a grotty communal area
It never ceases to amaze how little thought goes into the vast majority of new build apartment schemes' communal areas. Just take a look at the picture above! We're not talking about following a Candy & Candy specification, obviously, but just putting a little more thought into the regular schemes built in cities all over... Continue Reading →
Rose Cottage – the first inkling
A friend's offer on a lovely 200yr old cottage has just been accepted - she may well be the only person buying a house in the Greater Manchester area this year?! It needs A LOT of work, no central heating, riddled with damp, a kitchen which doesn't deserve that description - all in all in... Continue Reading →
Walnut kitchen revamp with Limestone Amtico flooring
It's vital if you are renovating, developing or redesigning to get good 'before' pictures for every room, and from different angles. You never know when they will come in handy - to show clients, to show the bank if you are looking at financing and they want to see what you can do, to get... Continue Reading →
A weekend with the Oldies
Its been a bit of a nonstarter as weekends go, spent it in Hope Hospital as the NHS tried to decide amongst themselves what exactly was causing my hands / knuckles to sell to three times their original size. Several docs, registrars, a dermatologist and a rheumatologist later, er, no diagnosis. Lupus was the closest... Continue Reading →
