Cleaning oven racks is just as important as baking the perfect a la Nigella cupcake, don't you know. Being a domestic goddess ain't all sugar coated frosting and Cath Kidston aprons. Actually it's got nothing to do with Domestic Goddessery and everything to do with tenants thinking that it isn't really their responsibility to ever clean... Continue Reading →
Sourcing a Shabby Chic Country Kitchen for Rose Cottage
Its time to start thinking about the interior design for the shabby chic kitchen. We've torn out the hideous seventies one and now are waiting for Listed Building approval before any structural works can be done or things like first fixing the electrics or plumbing can commence properly. The property has been ripped out back... Continue Reading →
Design your own web-site – it’s easy peasy!
It's amazing to me that having paid quite a lot of cash a couple of years ago for my web-site, I am now logging in and amending the mergetomove site without even thinking about it. When did technology get so easy??! It's great, within minutes you can think up and idea, and get an on-line... Continue Reading →
Launch of www.mergetomove.com
In a bit of a change from the landlord norm today I got together with Jonathan, a fellow property maniac who I met through Channel M. He runs a letting agency, and an agony uncle website called http://www.dearjonny.co.uk/, and has done some filming with me for Homesmine. He is very funny, great fun to work... Continue Reading →
Blinds up, bathroom finished; landlords don’t have birthdays!!
Another busy day... lovely hotel style shower room finished to replace the hideous and endlessly problematic bathroom which was there before. Below is the view to where the old cistern boxing off was: the huge copper tank which took ages to heat up and was very inefficient has been removed and replaced by a small... Continue Reading →
Cellar like B&Q, Note2Self must use stuff up
Finding myself a cellar dweller again today, a bit useless and sick of being told not to anything heavy; headed down to the depths to find some limestone coloured sealant for the newly done tenants shower room. And success, found a nearly full tube, but hardly surprising as the cellar is better stocked than my... Continue Reading →
And we’re off! 25 Beautiful Homes photoshoot begins
Bridget the photographer was here at 8am and ready to go, with a car full of pink flowers and a list of do nots from the magazine - no lights on, no scratty bath mats, no weird angles, no shooting into corners! Zoe had really helped out by ensuring her apartment was in pristine condition... Continue Reading →
