Posts tagged clean up

Lounge stripped

Nov 1st

Posted by Tim in Brooke

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Just a quick update:
Lounge has now been completely wallpaper stripped & prepared for replastering.

All looking a touch bare at the moment but that should hopefully start to change rapidly now.

Next stop is to tidy up what appears to be a patched-over serving hatch (!)

and to remove a window seat/ cupboard currently adorning the bay window…

While that’s going on we’ve started prepping & painting one of the bedrooms & need to sand back / scrape off some of the lovely artex that’s going to be plastered over!

Onwards!

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Our next challenge: The Lounge

Oct 27th

Posted by Tim in Brooke

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While waiting for quotes from our plasterer, we’ve made a start on wallpaper stripping in the lounge. The walls in here appear fine at first glance, but looking again reveals niceties like a badly-patched serving hatch & poor quality plaster repairs – all of which are only going to disappear if the walls are reskimmed.

Here are the before photos….

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Wallpaper stripping is currently in progress.. more photos to come!

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The Day after Completion…

Oct 23rd

Posted by Tim in Brooke

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Well, despite having had the keys for less than 24 hours we’ve hit the ground running on day 1!

With the aid of a massive amount of help we’ve made a start on cleaning the house from top to bottom, cutting back & clearing up the garden, starting to strip back the lounge to prepare for having walls re-skimmed, and of-course, changing locks.

The day’s also seen our first (of many) expensive trips to the nearest DIY store along with a visit from a tame kitchen fitter/supply company to measure up and arranging quotes for plastering work.

Looking around the house, that to-do list has already started to grow…

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