It's the silly season in Manchester for me and my mentals rentals, nope I was definitely right the first time, mentals right now. The sun always makes people want to move so I've had 4 lots out already with the newbies in and another 4 out and 4 in over the next two weeks. How landlords cope with... Continue Reading →
How to make a bespoke kitchen blind using a digital image
Whether or not the roller blind image in the kitchen transformation above is to your personal taste, there's no getting away from its individuality. No-one else in the world has one of these blinds because it's one of my photos, digitally printed to create a completely unique wow-factor moment. I love the idea of a... Continue Reading →
Property Eew – Ever wondered where snails hide?
Had a little clear up at one of the rental gardens and cut back a huge overgrown bush to find hidden in the undergrowth a messy Virgin Media box with the covers half hanging. I removed them to tidy it up and this is what I found, a snail love-in. 63 of them, all sleeping... Continue Reading →
Design – City space or country cottage? Garden Makeover Part 1
Following on from Rose Cottage, where we're busy snagging like crazy for the grand Garden Party reveal in July, another little listed cottage in Ladybarn just around the corner in Fallowfield was crying out for a garden makeover. The area of Fallowfield is a funny one, full of students and amazing old houses brutalised into... Continue Reading →
Design – A quick interior tickle of a small one bed rental
One of the smaller Moregeous one bedders came up for rent the other week, it's that spring / early summer time of year when people decide to move home / job / partner 🙂 Great for them, pain in the arse for us landlords! I did it up in 2005, my post-Beeny stage, when I'd... Continue Reading →
Property Fire!! Errrr, no, just a cremated chicken actually.
I thought it was my alarm going off at 7am this morning which is no good on a Saturday, but after I'd blearily knocked it off the bedside table the buggar rang again - "Sian, it's Thobe, I think there's a fire in Flat 1, our place is full of smoke." OMG, never has a... Continue Reading →
Property: a collapse with Ikea exhaustion
Even I, with my honed-over-years-Ikea-stamina, gave up last night and collapsed back in the waiting room in Ashton. Yet another kitchen ordered, picked, hoisted onto trolleys (Mr Moregeous's job), lugged through the tills, then dragged over to DHL (with their extortionate delivery prices). Oh, I yearn for the good old days when you didn't have... Continue Reading →
