I love getting personal recommendations for products, especially when the products are practical, affordable and make life easier! Whilst tweeting a few weeks ago about all the rigid insulation we have piled up at Moregeous Mansions to fit in our new timber frame dormers, I was told about a handy product called the Gap Tape,... Continue Reading →
Do Up Diary #45 Leak begone! Let’s have a New Year and a New House!
So..... did you all have a lovely Christmas? Can you guess where we spent it?! Yep, that's right, even during the holibobs I was up on the scaffolding with my nieces and nephew in our paper cracker hats 🙂 It was a big shock to them and my sister, who hadn't been to site since... Continue Reading →
Do Up Diary #44 Making Moregeous Mansions toasty and warm from the inside out
Certain songs have been the soundtrack to our renovation so far. There's a special mention to Take That's These Days or as it's known here, Andy's pudding song - We're Gonna Live For Cheesecake, but my ear worm this weekend is Meghan Trainor's fabulous All About That Bass and I have my own version as the mammoth task of... Continue Reading →
Do Up Diary #33 Dormers, buy two get one free?
No major build comes without it's hiccups and often these hiccups are very hard to spot on flat plans. In my experience, the renovation of old houses can only be done successfully with constant monitoring and adaption. As you can see, the initial plans for the remodelled West Wing elevation included two dormers to the steeply pitched roof... Continue Reading →
Do Up Diary #27 The garage / workshop grows and GROWS
I think we many have created a monster. Seriously, I didn't full visualise just how big the garage was going to be, so focused was I on the main house and extension section where the kitchen is Although I looked & measured & paced it out, getting to grips with the footprint, I'd not really... Continue Reading →
DoUpDiary #17 : Brickwork, Wonuts & Tony’s Got Talent
It's been a long old week and I've been a bit lax on the blogging front but listen, if I haven't got time to shower, I haven't got time to type - eeeeewww stinky! Thank heavens some pals went on holiday today and were kind enough to leave us their house keys - tonight it's... Continue Reading →
Going that extra ‘step’, or 50?!, as a landlord
So, it's the week before Christmas and everyone's trees are up, lights are sparkling and baubles are bouncing. Hmmmm. Everyone's except mine. At the end of last week a huge tree, which used to be way higher than the building you can just about see, fell over in the storms next to my house, leaving... Continue Reading →