Only a quickie tonight as I'm buried under a mountain of materials quotes deciding which companies to use and what to specify for my very special project but I just had to share these pictures taken late this afternoon. They make me smile so much as someone is getting a bit too big for her... Continue Reading →
Proper building sites need proper toys and thanks to Hire Station over in Trafford Park we've had some big hitters at Moregeous Mansions to wreak havoc in what was once my garden / home / world. In just two weeks we've gone from a slightly battered but relatively normal home to a rubble filled tip... Continue Reading →
As I stood there taking this picture a little part of me was giggling hysterically. The first stage of scaffolding is down and blimey, it looks like a huge space. That Mondrian style patchwork is the party wall to the neighbours house and it seems so weird that the hole at first floor level used... Continue Reading →
I smell of smoke, taste of brick dust and look like, well, you know what. Yep, it's the end of Week 1, the first week of the renovation proper at Moregeous Mansions. Lots about this week has been surreal, climbing out of a first floor window onto scaffolding 20ft up in my onesie, watching a... Continue Reading →
Well, there's no going back now. The West Wing is most definitely kaput and I'm feeling elated about it, in a weird & slightly hysterical manner. I keep looking at it and laughing, not *quite* believing it's almost all gone. First the beautiful roof slates came carefully off, stacked ready to be re-used in the... Continue Reading →
So, you already know that the West Wing is going and being replaced with a new construction broadly the same size, slightly wider, but what else is happening? Seriously, I don't even know where to start other than we must be mad! In for a penny, in for a pound, we decided if we were really going... Continue Reading →
And so it begins..... As Hurricane Bertha sweeps across Britain, leaving tail winds, rain and general non-summer type destruction, what's happening here, yep, the roof of the West Wing is coming off! Sparky Kev was just here to disconnect all the electrics from that side of the house and commented that he'd seen all sorts... Continue Reading →
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