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M2RTY
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7th Sep 08 at 21:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Just need:

painting the coving
skirting board
door
mirror
pictures
AV rack and equipment
speakers
clock
blinds
window boards

and its done!

all fully replastered, new windows, new joists and flooring, new walls under the floor, new ceiling, lights, electrics and anything wood!

bedroom next


[Edited on 29-01-2010 by M2RTY]
ash_corsa
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quote:
Originally posted by M2RTY

bedroom next


Good, you'll need to go lie down to rest your sore neck from looking up at that TV!

looks nice though to be fair mate
M2RTY
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quote:
Originally posted by ash_corsa
quote:
Originally posted by M2RTY

bedroom next


Good, you'll need to go lie down to rest your sore neck from looking up at that TV!

looks nice though to be fair mate


its fine, was worried about it at first, but did a few tests and its spot on, looks a bit higher then it is on the pic. Mainly just for show anyway as I never use it, plus projector will be getting used a bit more in the room
dannymccann
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Looks very nice. Im not a fan of wooden floors, prefer carpets for keeping the heat in and keeping noise down. Are you keeping the neutral colours on the walls or stencilling in designs / half painting etc? Nice to see as you are going through you are replacing everything, including the old electrics
M2RTY
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walla are done white for now to make sure plaster is OK and dosnt crack etc, then going cream i think with a chocolate wall where the TV is on.

this is what it looked like:









and this is it half done:





Tom
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Looks good, floor is lovely
dannymccann
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Jeez it was a wreck wasnt it
Gregor
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Cracking job looks great ! Was this the house next to your mum and dads , or something along those lines ?
Kerry
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Yes it was
Looks awesome good work!!
Graham88
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Blimey, not doing things by half!
M2RTY
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yep this is the one next door that I bought as a little project.

by little I mean 11 months now since I first walked into it!

If you add me on facebook martynhunter@hotmail.com theres 100s of photos from start to now

each room and garden were the same. Done kitchen 90% besides groute, wine rack etc, and living room is 90% done too.

Planning bedroom sliding doors tonight after the new Yale alarm is fitted (one that rings you). None-bloody-stop!
BigSte
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Prefered it before..... only joking, looks really nice.

Reminds me so much of my house and the extent I have had to go too, to get it looking perfect and modern.

Just don't know how houses can get into such a state of disrepair!
Bram
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Looking smart mate!
Charlene
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Looks well nice now, is that house in the cul de sac bit? we looked at a house to rent on the corner of the cul de sac!

Is that laminate flooring? looks good for laminate, I don't usually like laminate though! Where you get it from?
Russ
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i dont llike the floor, the way all the wood joins in a perfect line is scary
M2RTY
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quote:
Originally posted by Russ
i dont llike the floor, the way all the wood joins in a perfect line is scary


you mean the old floor we ripped up? Or the new boards we put down over the new floor

full room was gutted, right back to new joists and floor boards
M2RTY
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all joists were fixed together too:



with 2 extra supporting walls underneath. 3/4 inch boards on top screwed every 7 inch. fixed into joists from next room and under the stairs and round fireplace absolutly solid as a rock
Russ
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i mean the top boards, looks nice, but the way they're perfectly lined up, doesnt look quite right
M2RTY
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looks good in the flesh (or wood?)

once everything is in you wont see much anyways
BigSte
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Just like your old motor you spend a lot of time and money making every detail perfect

When you first said you had bought a house I knew it would be mint once finished.

Got to admit though, it's much more fulfilling doing a house than a car!
M2RTY
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at least I wont loose money on this project I hope!
C2RL R
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looks great mate. looks like you went to the same extents as i did with removing the plaster back to the bricks. it sounds daft but when i see pics of a house in the middle of a refurb (especially with bare brick walls) it make me feel physically sick! i get this horrible recollection of my house when i stripped it and realised how much time and money would need to be spent putting it right! good luck with the rest of it mate!
M2RTY
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the good old "one room at a time" plan went completly out the window too, full house looks like this!
BigSte
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I managed to stick to the 'one room at a time' and 'work from the top to the bottom' rule...... then again, the missus really wanted to move in so as soon as I had done our bedroom and the bathroom we moved in.

Basically did one room at a time....at a point now where everything is done apart from kitchen. having it plastered next weekend then kitchen fitters are coming start of Oct so should be all done and dusted just in time for my second baby!!
BigSte
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quote:
Originally posted by C2RL R
it make me feel physically sick! i get this horrible recollection of my house when i stripped it and realised how much time and money would need to be spent putting it right!


know EXACTLY how you feel.........i look back at photo's now and think how the feck could I live like that!!!! I just kept focussed and tried not to let it get me down!

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