The guys have started on Project Deano today and the rip out commenced on time, well, after we'd tracked down an errant labourer. M was half way thru the Ok we'll see you tomorrow then sentence when I grabbed the phone and barked in a Debra from the Apprentice type fashion that M would be... Continue Reading →
Karchering – hold it like a machine gun!
It's how you hold it, don't you know.....
Chandelier a go go
The hairy lair is now spotless, repainted, and ready to let again, though I've had to reduce the rent. It's so competitive, rents are definitely heading south. I was chatting with Rich, a friend who runs makeurmove.com, an online estate and lettings agency: http://www.makeurmove.co.uk/ His experience is much the same, though his view was that... Continue Reading →
No more boy tenants with long hair. Ever.
There is not a cat in hell's chance I am ever again renting a flat to a boy with long dark hair, who owns any type of musical instruments. Over the years you kind of get to know types, and how they will be, clean, fussy, easy going, annoying....Computer geeks are great, and never bother... Continue Reading →
Gathering ideas for Project Home
I'm not sure why I am even writing this, because the chances of ever getting round to renovating my home, with each passing credit crunched day, are slim to remote.... but I am nonetheless starting to gather inspiration for Project Brook.How lovely are these images posted by My Sweet Savannah? http://mysweetsavannah.blogspot.com/2009/05/i-heart-silhouettes.htmlAnd perfect in style for Brook,... Continue Reading →
Project BB – Tuscan Olive worktop
I loved the Duropal sample of this worktop, and when the actual top arrived I wasn't disappointed, looked great, and a radical overhaul from the dull beech woodblock one in there already. It wasn't 100% necessary, the old one looked ok and wasn't in bad condition, a bit warped and marked, but cost price was... Continue Reading →
Paint your laminate flooring, credit crunch style!
Project BB was looking a little tired, as well as filthy, and the living room laminate floor, which has seemed oh so funky in 2001, now looked like a battered old squash court. Time for a change, but no cash, in the attic or otherwise :)So a Sian stylee makeover was needed, starting with the... Continue Reading →
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