How is it that we don’t have one agreed set of measurements for the house? It now seems after Dawn looked at the bathroom furniture that I have purchased she thinks my measurements are out and the items aren’t going to fit. No problem we have plans right, after all the architect did finally delivery them. OH that’s right we

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

Buoyed by the success of the chimney cleaning Dad and I couldn’t help but get inquisitive and want to see what was behind the 70′s wood cladding. After all I’m 34 and I was a kid the last time this style was in. We’d initially decided to wait until the morning to do any more but one thing lead to

As with all houses in France the chimney must be cleaned every year and a certificate issued if you are going to live in the property or your house insurance isn’t valid. Well our house had been empty now for some 5 years and after failing miserably to get hold of a chimney sweeper local or otherwise it was time

Guys & Girls if your renovating or thinking about renovating there is no better show to get yourself to than The Homebuilding & Renovating Show – London Now you can get all the information you need from their website here : http://www.homebuildingshow.co.uk/london/london.aspx and you can even book tickets if you want, however we would recommend getting over and using THIS

When and how do you make the decision to actually tear something down? The overriding desire for our renovation is to keep as much of the old house as we can where possible and where that isn’t possible we want to restore the section in the same style, after all we fell in love with the way the style of

Firstly i may need to explain that out property consists of two main buildings (the house and the grange) and then a series of lean-to outbuildings. Of the two main building the Grange (pictured right) was causing us somewhat of a concern for the coming winter. You see the issue here the while the wind mainly comes from the west