This small bathroom wasn't ticking all the boxes for its owners, who wanted a more stylish feel, less shell-like curves, more storage and if at all possible a separate shower due to both environmental concerns and issues with chronic pain - a subject I know a lot about! Kinda made me determined to shoe-horn one... Continue Reading →
A moggy filled week on site, full of ‘cat’astrophes in fact (groan)
This week has been filled with the misadventures, nosiness and general all-round interference from various moggies on our sites and at home. In Project Tosca, so named due to the yowlingly operatic Oscar above, Team Moregeous have been fitting a new kitchen but we had a little hiccup early in the week. When I was... Continue Reading →
Project Payne: Finished living room and kitchen – a huge difference on a landlords budget
I'm so behind with my property renovation blogs!! Getting a shimmy on the Photoshopping / blogging front by finishing off showing you Project Payne, an apartment we renovated in record time and now have rented out, so then I can get onto Projects Pizza, J and Tofu! Never mind Project Tosca which is motoring on... Continue Reading →
The Vertigro modular growing system at Grand Designs Live
Regular readers of the Moregeous blog will know that we've become partial to a bit of grow-your-own greenery of late, and this invention we spotted at Grand Designs this weekend is a superb idea. A modular and free-standing unit, the Vertigro is a vertical vegetable patch, herb garden or flower display with the limited space... Continue Reading →
Grand Designs Live 2011: an explosion of colour
Never having had chance to visit Grand Designs Live in Birmingham, I was very excited to find out that our TV meetings (hoping these new ventures take off!) coincided with the 9 day property extravaganza which is Kevin McCloud'sĀ Grand Designs Live LondonĀ at ExCel. I found it a great blend of interiors, sustainable design & build... Continue Reading →
Our Royal Wedding at The Albert Club, West Didsbury
What a completely fabulous, fun-filled celebration of Britishness, romance and friendship yesterday was. It's been ages since the country joined together in such a positive way and bar a few misery-guts wheeled out by the media but ignored by most of the rest of us, I think it's safe to say everyone enjoyed the day... Continue Reading →
Our Moregeous tenants get Grow Your Own
Inspired by all sorts of food revolutions and grow your own schemes, I decided to give our tenants some home grown delights this year and get motivated on a sunny bank holiday Easter Monday. The garden at the flats in West Didsbury needed a spring clean, it's in such a sheltered south facing spot that... Continue Reading →
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