Planning the layout of the house has been the hardest thing we’ve had to decide on.  Do we go for high style on the inside which ultimately affects the look of the outside or do we stick with what we have and compromise on size, light and what we see as quality of living space? This was a hard exercise

So does screaming and shouting get somewhere or is it just timing and the gods sense of irony? Today and well this week as a whole the process has taken great leaps forward and now we actually have time scales and the ability to get a more accurate cost plan for some of the work now things have been confirmed.

It’s no secret that I’m suffering from “waiting fatigue”. Being in the UK & the house in France the amount of time we have to go out there right now is limited for a few reasons. The main reason is that I’m self employed so i either work & earn or take time off to renovate & earn nothing. It’s a situation that

There are 2 things I have an enormous passion for – Learning – I love to learn about everything and Food/ cooking. I LOVE food. I love food more than most things and I love fresh ingredients. You probably don’t know how much of a keen  gardener and cook I am too… probably because currently we live in South-East London

UPDATE 13 April: I’ve had to correct some of my figures the the “Grange” isn’t the same size as house at all (sorry i rushed my calcs) so this has reduced the figures by at least 1/3rd however everything is still impressive and we’ll be pushing ahead. It seems no matter if you’re in England or France then Good Friday

With the water off, the wall trimmed by 8 inches and the sink gone it was time to start to putting up some carcasses and see how it all starts sitting together. One thing to note is that due to plumbing issues on the opposite wall the kitchen is now in this location as opposed to it’s original place of

We are just watching on TV “Grand Designs“, a UK based building program, and watched in horror as one mans dream home fell apart due to a lack of written agreed planning consent and neighbours who threatened legal action through to  judicial review. A judicial review would have tied up planning for a decade and the proposed solution was to

It’s not often enough at present that we can get you discount codes or offers but once in a while we find one ourselves when looking to book the ferry to France. This time it’s nice and simple, when booking our Ferry enter one of the below codes at the booking page and get 10% of the total booking price.

Well who says “free” tools don’t work? After trying to find sizes, stock and then going through a whole will it, wont it fit dilemma i finally went back to the B&Q website and used their planner to check some space arrangements. On doing so i selected their Barcelona range and dropped items in and then got a nice surprise

Here’s a brief post to let you know that finally after 3 month we have started to get the house plans through! I KNOW I am as shocked as you are and later we will go into all the trouble we have had but to get a first round of drawings through is very exciting for us so we thought