The New Old House

 

Finally I have downloaded all the photos of our new house! It´s an old one, built in 1931, but it was fully renovated in the 70´s - and nothing has been changed since. It´s structurally sound but needs interior redecorating plus some touching up on the outside (and a lot of work on the back garden including re-hedging).

 

Ownership came through on October 1st and since then we have been pretty frantic trying to paint the entire interior before the carpet guy came in. The carpet guy is now busy laying carpet and we can chill a bit before getting back in and getting on with the rest.

 

Also due this month are the gas heating guy to replace the entire heating system, the roofer has been and done some minor repairs, and the kitchen will be replaced before Christmas (hopefully).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

View from the end of the back garden, we plan to make some major changes in the garden next year

 

 

 

View from the patio, looking down to the end of the back garden

 

 

 

The lounge, before the nice furniture of the previous owners had been removed

 

 

 

 

Dining room

 

 

 

Kitchen, in soothing tones of red and brown.

Our new kitchen was supposed to have been done before we move in (Nov 25), but is now delayed until Dec which will be highly inconvenient. We are knocking some of the wall between the kitchen and dining room out, but as it´s a supporting wall, we can´t do the whole thing (without spending a fortune).

 

 

 

 

Bathroom (toilet and basin) downstairs

 

 

 

 

Stairs and bedrooms all being re-carpeted at the moment

 

 

 

The cellar has some useful rooms off this main area

 

 

 

 

We are turning this one below into a useable room (ie, spare bedroom/kids TV room). In this pic you can see they used it as a store room, but there is another room for storage also.

 

 

 

The laundry -  which has a shower in it!?

 

 

 

 

The main bedroom, which is quite small but has a nice balcony

 

 

 

 

The lovely upstairs bathroom, with shower, bath, toilet and bidet. The bathrooms will be replaced next year.

 

 

 

The boys´ room

 

 

 

Study

 

 

 

Mischief

 

 

 

The Attic

 

We´re not sure about what we will do with the attic. We may eventually add an ensuite, depending on costs and logistics. But we will first live in the place and see what we think next year.

 

The window frames (wooden) will be needing replacement in the future, and the under-roof  insulation is not up to today´s standards, but the electrics and plumbing are fine at least!

 

It will be cool to finally have our own place and we are even thinking of getting a dog once we´re settled! Now, what kind of dog should we get?