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Well…THIS IS IT! My final update! I’ve learned to plumb, tile, saw, lay floors, build kitchens, drill walls, fit bathrooms, wire a home, mount plasterboard and so much more. There have been tears, laughter, frustration, triumph and exhaustion. (And a few more tears). There were drilled pipes, false ceilings, expanding foam, squint walls, lumpy floors…… Continue reading Week 26: FINISHED

The light at the end of the very long and unpredictable home-renovation tunnel is shining pretty bright! It’s been a week of finishing touches and task completing. Mum grouted the tiles and I’m in love with the finished look Dad installed the extractor fan (aka; space ship) I laid the final floorboards (and feel oddly…… Continue reading Week 25: Grouting & Finishing Touches

Just when I thought I was near the finish line, home ownership threw me my biggest challenge. I came home to a blocked communal pipe, flooding in the kitchen & hall cupboard and a totally destroyed oven (it’s only ever cooked a pizza!) After a few days in a blur of mopping endlessly, a 1am…… Continue reading Week 23 & 24: A Pipe Disaster

I don’t know about you, but we’re in Week Twenty-Two. We started with a giant leap backwards by lifting the floor to try and fix the Himalayan terrain below. We levelled it with sheets of 8-foot ply (which we transported on a shopping cart rolling along the street.) Then I had a wild Friday night…… Continue reading Week 22: One Step Backwards

Well… 2 weeks of updates in 1 and it’s hard to remember everything that’s happened! – I HAVE HOT WATER (Thanks Keith ) – The bedroom has transformed from a tool-shed to habitable over a weekend (mum did two coats of paint in a day! – More floor laying than my destroyed knees can take (But…… Continue reading Week 20 & 21: Hot Water and Endless Flooring

I took a week off work and I’m going back with bruises instead of a tan. But 7 loooong days means major progress (at the possible expense of my sanity). The kitchen has doors, the hob turns on (I can’t test it until I buy a pot) and there’s an oven in place. Dad’s been…… Continue reading Week 19: Flooring and Unflooring

A short week for ‘Project Never Ending’ due to the Howieson’s weekend retreat (or escape, depending on how you look at it!) Nevertheless, we accomplished a lot in 4 days including securing the worktops, sealing down the hob and sink, fitting the shower doors, measuring out the bathroom cabinet, painting the woodwork and last but…… Continue reading Week 18: Running Water

I can relate to new parents who can’t remember what they did with their time before having a baby… because I have 0 recollection of what pre-flat life was like. (I think it involved some sleep, feeling clean and an average dinner time of before 9pm). The bathroom really looks like a bathroom with a…… Continue reading Week 17: Sink, Hob, Shower, oh my!

This week, elements of my final design started appearing (which is great because my brain doesn’t do that artsy visualisation thing, so I can now finally start seeing how it’s going to look) In the kitchen; the units are secure and the first length of worktop cut to size. We measured it a billion times…… Continue reading Week 15: Kitchen Worktops

It’s been a week of highs and lows, literally and figuratively. Highs; Climbing ladders to fit the extractor fan (Keith- not me!), installing lights in the main room, levelling the kitchen units, filling the central heating pipes with water, stuffing very unpleasant itchy wool under the floor and securing many of the boards back in…… Continue reading Week 14: 2 Steps Forward, 1 Step Back