Lawrah
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Epic work, well done.
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SXI - Matt
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That's pretty much the exact same we have fitted in our new house, except our carcass matches the work top, looks lovely mate 
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Ben G
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that kitchen is very impressive.
love the polished floor tiles aswell. glad you didn't go dark as we have black polished ones and they show up every mark.
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VegasPhil
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Thanks for the comments.
Yeah we weren't a fan of dark flooring as it shows up every bit of dirt or footprint. Particularly as we have a kitchen door leading to the garden.
We're very pleased.
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stuartmitchell
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Looks great! Well done mate and congrats 
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VegasPhil
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Right, I have some more stuff to talk about 
Firstly, we got the kitchen done and I am replacing all the sockets and switches in Brushed Silver ones. The massive thing with the cooker switch and another socket I couldn't get in silver. My mate Olly came round and kindly took the surround away, got rid of the rust and painted it Ford Frozen White  
Much better!
We also got a new kitchen light in the B&Q 20% off weekend the other week. Standard for a kitchen really, Looks loads better than the shitty UFO the previous owners had stuck to the ceiling.
The missus was at home the other day and some canvassers came round trying to give away free loft insulation. She said yeah and they dropped it round. 4 fucking massive rolls.  I've stuck 2 in the loft and given the rest to my parents
We had the plasterer back on Thursday of this week to give a quote for covering up the exposed stairs. We have hated these since we moved in so finally decided to get it done. He came to do the work on Friday morning
Trying to decide to paint it white like the ceilings, or Ivory Lace like the walls.
I also painted the hallway and last wall in the kitchen today. A productive Saturday!!
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Lee_fr200
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Cracking work there mate
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Kev_GSI
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great work. garden looks tiny but make of it what you can
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VegasPhil
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Back again.
Bathroom is being ripped out tomorrow and the new one fitted. The plan is to rejig the whole layout and have a shower over the bath. I will keep you updated on how we get on.
Also here is a picture of the under stairs now it is all finished. We have to look at it every evening, So much nicer when that was done! Money well spent lol.
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Ben G
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i've got that tv cabinet corona from the range?
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VegasPhil
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We have been here a year tomorrow. Small house, but we love it. Best bit is Harvey got into his school and starts in September.
We decided to see if we could revamp the driveway two Saturdays ago. We don't have a spare grand to get it block paved. Hard work, but it was a day well spent! Especially for my poor missus who was getting all of the weeds out. Weather was baking all day
Before - Weeds and looking quite rough.
Picked up some spare slabs my Grandad had. Luckily, they turned out to be the perfect amount. Honda workhorse is still going strong...
Old slabs to be replaced (I used half of these for a shed base last year)
Trial run before we stuck them down:
Dug out the stones on the right, put weed resistant fabric in and put a load more stones on:
Final shot:
I redid the slab on the right and concreted all round the edges. It's turned out fairly level in the end. I don't claim to be a paving expert or anything.
Total cost: £45
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Pop
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Great job on the drive, it looks so much better!
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Haimsey
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Great improvement!
Marcy Marc 
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VegasPhil
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It's up for sale. Taking advantage of the decent market here at the mo and have stuck it on for £185k asking price.
Positive mortgage appt yesterday, so we could be on the move again!
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Haimsey
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Good luck with the sale.
What would you picture next? Semi detached? Garage?
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VegasPhil
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Seen a 3 bed mid terraced for 220k that I quite like.
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BYRON
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Good luck Phil
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P1CK4D
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The transformation you made here is insane! Good luck on the move though, onwards and upwards as they say.
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VegasPhil
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Decided to stay now and remortgaged with the Nationwide for a 2 year fix.
Click here for my Nationwide thread - Defo recommended if anyone is thinking of using them.
We were honestly in two minds about what to do. The housing market around here went through what seemed to be a mini-boom in early 2014. Trying to sell looked to be like a good option to take advantage of the decent prices being achieved. However, combined with the lack of options available to buy and perhaps being a little too late alon
g to the party we decided to remortgage and stay after a few weeks of trying to sell. Happy days.
The bathroom refit
We had started the Bathroom in March 2013 and got the majority of the work done at the time. I got a little lazy and left the final bits (lino and bath panel) to be fitted a few months ago.
I gave it a good clean today, so took some pictures so I can show you the whole thing.
So here goes. Firstly, the state of the bathroom when we moved in. It was grubby, old, smelly and disgusting. We had to use it for a few months, so it went though a deep clean to make it usable for a while.
Plan was to rejig the whole lay out of the room to allow for a proper thermostatic shower to be installed over the bath. The room is narrow and long, but I knew it could be done with a bit of work.
Stripping off two layers of tiles. Lazy bastards from before had tiled over the old shit.
It was my intention to bring this ledge up level with the window sill, so there were not two ledges. (You'll see further down).
Bathroom fitters arrived and ripped out everything and started work on the pipework.
Pipework all neatly clipped to the wall and wastes running under the floor. They did a nice job.
Pipework for the new bath filler:
Round the stack - This was rotated for the toilet move and new pipes run for hot/cold and waste to the basin.
Toilet in temporarily:
Sink pipework in:
Bath in
I stepped in to do the plasterboard ready for the tiler (Had to replace the top MDF with Plasterboard after!) :
Tiler in and we painted it - B&Q Gloss White Tiles and Black/Grey Mosaic with Dulux Brilliant White Bathroom Paint for the ceilings and walls:
Out of progress pics now - So fast forward a year or so and here are some pictures taken this morning.
Finished with Flash Bathroom cleaner and Meguiars Last touch (Seriously)....
You can see how the rejig has worked, it is a lot better now.
Radiator replaced with Heated rail.
Here is a better pic of the shower. It's a Bristan thermostatic shower.
Corner full size basin - Surprisingly hard to find actually. Pop up wastes are quite cool.
Toilet is RAK Ceramics. Square loo seat was strange at first!
Bath Panel is Wooden and the flooring is Lino.
Hope you like it. We are very pleased.
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Chris x
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Great!
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Graham88
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Looks great
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