Main bedroom with fitted furniture. Two large windows to curtain! Fitted wardrobes.
Saturday 3 April 2010
Main bungalow plus extension
Lots of conifers to cut down! We would also like to put folding patio doors where the back window is at present.
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We are moving! Into a 2 bedroom bungalow in Broadstairs. Having lived in 10 various and assorted properties over the last almost 36 years of marriage - this will be our FINAL ONE. We hope......unless something else comes up.
It is a lovely bungalow, built in the early 1960s, just 10 minutes (I'll check when we move in) walk from the sea. It's in a pleasant cul de sac and has a 60 foot south east facing garden.
However it needs lots of work - and I hope to record here just how we get on.
We have worked on properties before, but we are definitely amateurs. John is a gardener by training, and I worked at a fairly senior level in Human Resources until 2006. Since then I have had various roles - my favourite was working in a Library - just working to live instead of living to work. We have lived in Derbyshire, Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire, Essex, Devon and now Kent.
As we prepare to move the list of work required from the survey is
New flashing for the chimney
Collars in extension to prevent further movement
Treat Woodworm - active in garage, preventative elsewhere
Repair cracks in extension
Lower path to below damp course
Damp proofing - cavity wall may be blocked with debris
Repair garage roof lining
Improve drive
Repaint exterior
General improvements required are
Loft conversion to make a master bedroom and en suite upstairs (no need for a stair-lift yet!)
New boiler and pipes to replace micro-bore
Rewire in main house
New Kitchen, perhaps incorporating an utility room
New Bathroom to replace current bathroom (with lavatory) and separate adjacent lavatory
Remove fireplace and replace ancient coal effect gas fire
Remove/replace sliding doors dividing sitting room from extension dining room
New French Doors (maybe those nice new folding ones) to outside
Painting and decorating everywhere
New Flooring, keeping the parquet in the hall if it is in a decent state under the current carpet
I wonder if we can manage all that?
It is a lovely bungalow, built in the early 1960s, just 10 minutes (I'll check when we move in) walk from the sea. It's in a pleasant cul de sac and has a 60 foot south east facing garden.
However it needs lots of work - and I hope to record here just how we get on.
We have worked on properties before, but we are definitely amateurs. John is a gardener by training, and I worked at a fairly senior level in Human Resources until 2006. Since then I have had various roles - my favourite was working in a Library - just working to live instead of living to work. We have lived in Derbyshire, Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire, Essex, Devon and now Kent.
As we prepare to move the list of work required from the survey is
New flashing for the chimney
Collars in extension to prevent further movement
Treat Woodworm - active in garage, preventative elsewhere
Repair cracks in extension
Lower path to below damp course
Damp proofing - cavity wall may be blocked with debris
Repair garage roof lining
Improve drive
Repaint exterior
General improvements required are
Loft conversion to make a master bedroom and en suite upstairs (no need for a stair-lift yet!)
New boiler and pipes to replace micro-bore
Rewire in main house
New Kitchen, perhaps incorporating an utility room
New Bathroom to replace current bathroom (with lavatory) and separate adjacent lavatory
Remove fireplace and replace ancient coal effect gas fire
Remove/replace sliding doors dividing sitting room from extension dining room
New French Doors (maybe those nice new folding ones) to outside
Painting and decorating everywhere
New Flooring, keeping the parquet in the hall if it is in a decent state under the current carpet
I wonder if we can manage all that?
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