AlexSimon on "Another house renovation, but not professional!"
Just found this thread. Read the OP and was expecting to find lots of horror stories through the thread, but it seems to have gone well! Finished result is certainly looking good.Well done!
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£350 for builder to remove supporting wall and install lintel.You're **** shitting me?Kid you not, I was quoted £3800 last week for the same job, drawings and warrant already done. Oh, and none of the...
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ebygomm on "Another house renovation, but not professional!"
We have some similar photos. 5 years on and still not quite finished the kitchen, not even started on some of the other bits, although we did manage to mostly do a bathroom.
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"You're **** shitting me?"Well skip was £200 (used that for other stuff too though) and beam was £120 on top. Plasterboard was probably £100 I did that myself and plastering was probably £150 for the...
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Ah right, fair enough, even with the other stuff though it's not £3800 worth.DIY Kitchens?
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newrobdob on "Another house renovation, but not professional!"
Yes DIY Kitchens, impressed with quality to be honest but they messed up delivery a bit but they did sort in the end. The bathroom has been very trying. I've never put an inset shower in before, I've...
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Looking good. Its so rewarding doing up houses.Radiators placement - there are two clear schools of thought on this - under windows is less efficient but you get more even heat across the room,...
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Fanastic thread. Thanks for all the posts newrobdob. Keep it up - you're doing a great job.
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senor j on "Another house renovation, but not professional!"
Nice one Cyril. Impressive. I've found that if you show the trades you're willing and able , decent folk help you out.. In our last place we didn't have a kitchen&lounge for 6 months. The "new" one...
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Senor J - I tend to take time off to help the professionals. I have a chat with them and say I am there to help them as much as I can and be there to make decisions so they don't have to assume things...
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I'm happy helping most tradesmen out but the cheeky sod that started getting uppity when I was wiring in the boiler (to help him get home quicker) and telling me to hurry up unsurprisingly never got a...
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Excellent progress! I know the feeling when your covered in dust/rubble/sh*t and you never think you'll finish. I took down a lath and plaster ceiling in a house in Liverpool and all sorts of stuff...
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It's not perfectly level but it's better than it was. I had to cut 2 holes through the hardiebacker board and they were tiled around and it turns out they weren't perfectly vertical. I can't get it any...
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glasgowdan on "Another house renovation, but not professional!"
Like the colours. Ours is almost done. The loft has gone from this
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newrobdob on "Another house renovation, but not professional!"
It looks a lot smaller..... My wife is an artist so I leave all colour decisions to her. She could be an interior designer, it always ends up looking amazing.
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Spent until midnight last night trying to finish bathroom. So many small niggly bits to ensure everything done. Looks no different but I spent 4 hours tracking a small leak and replacing the CRAP...
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It still looks good - I just find myself always looking at horizons and verticals since I took up photography!
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Excellent Mike! What maintenance have you had to do on the base van (apart from that water drain pipe)?
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