Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
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Nice one, I think this is the way forwards if I was to buy a place, that way I can build it to how I want it, good luck 
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jungle
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Registered: 22nd Nov 07
Location: methilhill,fife
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yeah it's deffo the way to go like ad prefer buying and fixing this than owning a new build would give us more of a good feeling that we've braught this house back from it's nackered state and put our own mark on it that will stand the test of time its more the garden's am worried about  dinny have the first clue where to start when we do lol but all i know is i'll be hiring a mini digger and a large skip for all the crap first
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PaulJMcT
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Registered: 13th Oct 07
Location: Falkirk
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What is the bit to the rear of the house, the bit with the knocked down sort of out building?
I've bookmarked this, gonna watch with interest, i like this sort of thing, nice to see something brough back to former glory.
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Laura
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Registered: 6th Oct 04
Location: Leven, Fife
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It was the coal shed. prev owners must have knocked it down. Silly billies!
We would have used it to extend our bathroom!
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PaulJMcT
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Registered: 13th Oct 07
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Do you have plans to build it back up or are you gonna end up tidying it up to suit the rest of the house?
Once finished your house will be cracking! 
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Kano
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Registered: 29th Aug 04
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Looks good for the money.. We get the keys to ours on the 28th.. Biggest issue we have is a loose floor board though.. lol
We looked at a few in that condition but the prices didnt really add up in the areas they were in. Good luck with it..
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Laura
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Registered: 6th Oct 04
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quote:
Originally posted by PaulJMcT
Do you have plans to build it back up or are you gonna end up tidying it up to suit the rest of the house?
Once finished your house will be cracking!
Were just gonna trim back that bit extra wall sticking out and tidy it up
Whole exterior will be getting changed to another colour, cause that white and orange/red is hideous!!!
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jungle
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Registered: 22nd Nov 07
Location: methilhill,fife
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i'm gonna get the stilth saw out and trim down that rough part of the old coal bunker and gonna get the roughcasting patched up and painted up a new colour 
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PaulJMcT
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Keep the updates coming, its like watching Extreme Makeover Home Edition!
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Shell
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Registered: 14th Oct 08
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Aah, that's just two minutes away from me. Actually quite a no bad wee area! Will look fab once it's done, lots of space. And John "That kind of area"?
[Edited on 10-02-2009 by Shelley]
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Laura
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Registered: 6th Oct 04
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Seem's really quiet so far, not really seen much of the neighbours.
Will see more once we've moved in I expect.
Will get some updated photos tomorrow morning!!
Everything is now gutted apart from kitchen and livingroom, they'll get started in phase 2
Upstairs is gonna be finished in few weeks, new coving is now up, walls are due another flush and will get a first coat of paint this weekend, then bathroom gets fitted once the tiles arrive.
Have gone for a light beige travertine all through bathroom. The suite arrived today as well and the bath is a bit too big for the bathroom me thinks but should look ncie when finished! Some transformation already!
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jungle
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Registered: 22nd Nov 07
Location: methilhill,fife
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watch out for prgress piks today gonna be a big ass shock lol
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WATSON
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Registered: 16th Jun 05
Location: Fife, Scotland
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Wheres these pictures I was passing the other day seen the car sitting outside the house.
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jungle
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Registered: 22nd Nov 07
Location: methilhill,fife
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lol keeps forgetting the camera but piks today as promised lol
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Laura
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Registered: 6th Oct 04
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Finally uploaded photos from the last week.
New front and back doors were first priority for safety!
We aren't starting livingroom or kitchen until upstairs, and lower hall and bathroom are completed, so this is where all attenton has been focused on.
It was a tedious task removing all that artex and paper, we had no heating or electricity for a week due to previous owners running up huge debts with Scottish Power so had to wait on Transco and an engineer coming out to reset and replace both meters. I'd have dry meters if I could, but as we are first time customers Scottish Power want a £125 deposit per meter to change which will be refunded after 12 months!! That £250 can be better spent elsewhere at the moment.
Anyway, once we had electricity and steamers for the walls it was a doddle!
Bathroom was ripped out, as was all skirtings and door facings and flooring.
Both bedrooms have had ceilings and walls filled and sanded and a coat of paint, then filled again and another sand. Need to choose a paint colour!
Hall has just had a coat of paint to get rid of that horrid green and white bareness! They still need to be filled and sanded to get em near perfect, new coving is also up as is new woodwork - skirtings and door facings.
Next stage is painting the bedrooms, then we will get started on the hall.
Also spotlights have been fitted to livingroom, bathroom and kitchen in order to get flooring down upstairs.
Big thanks to my father in law and fiance for all there hard work, but tbh if it wasn't for my wonderful wall stripping skills they wouldn;t have got started 
Waiting on tiles being delivered for bathroom, but it is getting roughed in tomorrow (Monday) and pipes moved etc as we are moving things around a bit. Once tiles come will get it tiled asap then suite can be properly fitted and we finally have somewhere to pee instead of running home every 5 mins
New doors
Hallway
Spare Bedroom
Main Bedroom
Bathroom
Livingroom is now storage!!
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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Wow yeah great progress, you'll be in in no time if you keep this work rate up!!
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jungle
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Registered: 22nd Nov 07
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to get to that stage has taken a fair while as mr bodge it lived in the house before us spent most of the time fixing his f**k up's and it is quite annoying, but hey just gotta take it in our stride hopefully alot more progress with the house by sunday this week as i will be finishing the bedroom's ready for carpet going down in our room the laminate flooring will be going down in the spare room as of one night this week after my work which also remind's me i need to buy some bedroom door's
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M2RTY
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Registered: 25th May 01
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thats good progress
took me 6 months to do upstairs so far and only got one room done lol
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jungle
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Registered: 22nd Nov 07
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haha well am a painter and decorator to trade and do things like this and sometimes wore everyday of my working life so kinda comes easy that and the fact i'm not shy in getting my hand's dirty after work and whenever i have a spare few hour's or so lol
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daymoon
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Registered: 1st Aug 08
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looks sooo much better already!
have you plastered any of the walls or is it just some filler and paint?
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jungle
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Registered: 22nd Nov 07
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just filler (easy fill) and paint basically a 100% fill out tho tend not to plaster wall's as i can get a better finish to the wall's myself without the need to plaster
as you can see in a few of the picture's no wall or ceiling has been left unfilled hav'nt started the hall yet but it will be the same in a few days after i have completly finished the bedrooom's
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jungle
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Registered: 22nd Nov 07
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the process goes like this : flush wall's with easy fill, sand wall's miss coat wall's with random paint to give them a coat flush wall's again and sand and paint in finish colour's of laura's choice
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M2RTY
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Registered: 25th May 01
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i tried that, plaster fell off most of them when the wall paper came off. check my threads
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Kano
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Registered: 29th Aug 04
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Jungle whats the script with the filling and sanding of the walls.. Do you get big sanding blocks or that? Im wanting to do our walls before we paint so that there perfect finish..
Ta!
P.S. looking good, long way to go.. lol
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jungle
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Registered: 22nd Nov 07
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best left to someone who know's what there doing or you'll end up with wobbly wall's lol
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