On Thursday the 25th, we finally banished the old fashioned gas fire from our house. (Yipee!) The fire, as horrendous as it was, was nothing compared to the outdated red brick surround that not only adorned the chimney breast but also extended around the alcoves too.
On Saturday 13th June we replaced two of our windows – the windows in the house aren’t really in that bad of a state, however the two top floor windows at the front didn’t close properly and we thought it a bit risky to leave them and the noise made it harder to sleep at night. There was, as we expected, a problem with replacing the windows; once the large plastic surround was taken out, we discovered why it had been there. Now all around our windows is a large opening into the cavity which we are going to board up and plaster and hopefully install some nice wooden sills.
On 11th May 2015, I officially became a homeowner for the first time, which sounds rather exciting. In my head I had a lot of things planned for this new house. And I had plenty of time to think about it, seeing as the process took 5 months from putting our final offer on the house, but I’ve had to adapt some of my plans and put the rest on hold.