It seems like ages ago when we started Rev but it's really only a matter of weeks, Team Moregeous have done amazingly well under Marcin's strict guidance to get this huge six bedroomed property stripped out, re-wired, re-plumbed and plastered in such a short time. We have a good team going right now, I'm very... Continue Reading →
Project Warwick – going underground cellar dwellin’
Many moons ago, my world was full of damp proofing, timber treatments and cellar tanking which, strangely enough, I found it utterly fascinating. Spores, fungus and dark damp spaces were the order of the day and I saw some very scary looking sub-floors and below ground rooms, I distinctly remember standing in one cellar where... Continue Reading →
Sleep softly, my Moregeous Mia cat
And so the sun went down today with the temperature gauge on the car reading Minus 1, exactly how Mr M and I are feeling. Last night was just awful and though I'd planned for our own vet to visit Mia today, things didn't go according to plan. She had a terrible night and I... Continue Reading →
I think that’s college out the window. Again.
Three years ago I thought it would be a good idea, as the injury to my back had put paid to any ripping out of fireplaces and skip filling, to get some interior design qualifications. It's all very well having pulled apart tens of houses and put them back together again, but some clients like... Continue Reading →
1.1.11: Cat litter & cottage pie – how (not?) to start a year
I've spent New Year's Eve in some funny places and there are a few where I can't quite recall where I was, but this one, where the chimes of Big Ben and the fireworks of Fallowfield could be heard as I scraped out and cleaned a cat tray in my cold and drizzly garden has... Continue Reading →
I’m a SLIMBY landlord; HMO’s are a blight on neighbourhoods!
As a member of the NLA (National Landlords Association) I get regular emails from them, and do support most things they say, but am COMPLETELY anti this fight they have taken on. HMO's are houses of multiple occupation, and in recent years there has been a huge increase in legislation, quite haphazardly implemented by councils... Continue Reading →