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A2H GO

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Registered: 14th Sep 04
Location: Stoke
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22nd Jul 13 at 12:29

Picked the keys up a week last Friday after being in rented accommodation for 6 months.

Nice quiet cul-de-sac, been sleeping like a log compared to renting a cold flat next to a busy road.

Rubbish pictures as been manic for 2 weeks, had a week of and been painting from 8am-11pm everyday non-stop. Also lost a load of pics when I sync’d my iphone

All ceilings done white, all walls had to go white first before the off white/light magnolia colour we'd chosen could go on, all skirting, door frames, window ledges sanded, undercoated and glossed, downstairs carpet out, garden partly gutted etc etc.

Photo from the listing:

Street view:

Walls and carpet were filthy…

Downstairs dining room

Must have filled over 100 holes in the walls

Living room

Overgrown garden

Dirty pitched roof

Back door needed paint

Cheap poorly fitted laminate

Garage, to be painted eventually

Side path to be dug up…

Front tree to be cut back, the neighbours struggle to get under it in their cars

Conifer, half dead to be cut down

Grim downstairs bathroom

Blue bathroom to be painted

Started painting the main bedroom

Garden cut back

Living room wallpaper stripped to find textured paint which has to be sanded back

Stairs and landing painted

Front tree cut back

Testing out for the projector in the living room

Alcove for project cut out the wall and boxed in, started filling

Flooring down in hallway and second living room (just scotia to go round the edges)

Second living room nearly done, surround sound wires under the flooring, new aerial put in for TV.

Living room carpet ripped out, painted (downstairs toilet/sink taken out for flooring in downstairs loo)

Trench dug for waste pipe so we can have the washing machine in the garage

Pipe in…

Water meter in garage moved into the corner (was in the centre)so we can have the washer/dryer/freezer along the back and pipework for washer fitter

Flooring down in living room, new sofas turned up early so kept them covered for now, trial run of the projector to be properly wired in including motorised screen, surround sound wires under floor etc.

No curtains and still quite light outside

[Edited on 22-07-2013 by A2H GO]

Nath

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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: MK
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22nd Jul 13 at 12:42

Very nice

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Registered: 20th Apr 04
Location: England
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22nd Jul 13 at 12:59

How much?

Balling

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Registered: 7th Apr 04
Location: Denmark
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22nd Jul 13 at 13:10

Looks nice.

Not afraid the projector will overheat in there?

A2H GO

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Registered: 14th Sep 04
Location: Stoke
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22nd Jul 13 at 13:11

Thanks Nath.

We got it for the same as what the owners paid for it in 2005, think it was £187k.

Gary

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Registered: 22nd Nov 06
Location: West Yorkshire
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22nd Jul 13 at 13:12

Why are you taking photos of blokes with no tops on?

A2H GO

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Registered: 14th Sep 04
Location: Stoke
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22nd Jul 13 at 13:14

quote:
Originally posted by Balling
Looks nice.

Not afraid the projector will overheat in there?

Slightly

I'm in two minds about putting a vent on the side of the box but it blows out the front into the living room so should be OK but I'm keeping an eye on it for now.

Balling

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Registered: 7th Apr 04
Location: Denmark
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22nd Jul 13 at 13:30

quote:
Originally posted by A2H GO
Slightly

I'm in two minds about putting a vent on the side of the box but it blows out the front into the living room so should be OK but I'm keeping an eye on it for now.

If it blows out the front it'll probably have an intake somewhere else? Like top, back or sides - which are all covered.

I'm no expert on projectors, but I have the notion that in some cases they can be prone to overheating.

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Registered: 20th Apr 04
Location: England
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22nd Jul 13 at 13:30

quote:
Originally posted by A2H GO
Thanks Nath.

We got it for the same as what the owners paid for it in 2005, think it was £187k.

Fucking hell

Ben G

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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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22nd Jul 13 at 13:56

Looks like a nice place.

I personally would've kept the garden how it was, maybe just shaped the foliage a bit. I hate being overlooked.

A2H GO

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Registered: 14th Sep 04
Location: Stoke
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22nd Jul 13 at 14:21

Agreed, parents went a bit mad and first thing I said to them was, "don't go too mad"

Least the neighbours are nice.

whitter45

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Registered: 15th Nov 02
Location: Norton
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22nd Jul 13 at 14:40

looks awesome

Lee_fr200

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Registered: 8th May 11
Location: West Yorkshire
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22nd Jul 13 at 15:33

Looks good

oceansoul

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Registered: 19th Jun 06
Location: Sunbury, Surrey
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22nd Jul 13 at 15:50

quote:
Originally posted by A2H GO
Thanks Nath.

We got it for the same as what the owners paid for it in 2005, think it was £187k.

I'm looking at 2 bed flats around here for almost that much.

fred7

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Registered: 17th May 04
Location: Rugeley, Staffordshire
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22nd Jul 13 at 17:13

Looks very nice. Cant believe how much you have done in a week. Well done!! Off to ask the wife if i can have a projector now!! Like the look of that floor aswell

Russ

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Registered: 14th Mar 04
Location: Armchair
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22nd Jul 13 at 18:14

fuck your wife and get a projector

Russ

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Location: Armchair
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22nd Jul 13 at 18:15

also, post more topless pics

VegasPhil

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Registered: 16th Jan 05
Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: Octavia VRS
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22nd Jul 13 at 20:22

Nice project

Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold

dannymccann

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Registered: 9th Aug 06
Location: Doddington, Lincolnshire
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22nd Jul 13 at 20:50

Having been on a bit of a DIY mission just recently ourselves that is an incredible amount of work you have put in in a short space of time, well I think so anyway! It looks ace, congrats

Kev_GSI

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Registered: 9th Oct 04
Location: C:\Uk\Chester_North West
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22nd Jul 13 at 21:09

love the projector

Haimsey

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Registered: 8th May 05
Location: Nottingham Drives: Corsa B
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22nd Jul 13 at 22:36

Love the house.
Some great progress been made in such a short space of time!

Marcy Marc

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DansCorsaSXi

Organiser: Yorkshire
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Registered: 13th Jan 10
Location: Worksop
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23rd Jul 13 at 00:05

quote:
Originally posted by Haimsey
Love the house.
Some great progress been made in such a short space of time!

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Graham88

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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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23rd Jul 13 at 01:11

Looks awesome mate. Love the projector idea, I didn't really think about it overheating. Looks good anyway

AdZ9

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Registered: 14th Apr 06
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23rd Jul 13 at 05:54

Fuck me, £187k... down here on the South Coast that would get you a tiny grotty house or a nicer 2 bed flat.

The Wife & I had to pay £220k for a 3 bed house and it looks smaller than that!

Good work, looks 100x better already

ljames555

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Registered: 2nd Sep 03
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23rd Jul 13 at 09:06

House is spot on.

If that's your missus then post some topless pictures instead of men.

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