First-time house renovation

jamtart6

TomsMom wrote: »

Awww, thanks peeps

We had a bathroom design drawn up by two shops and both of them put in a corner bath, which neither OH or I like and the builder also tried to persuade us against having. We needed a bath to fit along an 1800cm space between the corner and the door frame but OH didn't want the normal squared off end as he said he'd feel as though he'd be walking into it . Anyway, I found the normal D-shaped one which we didn't have enough room to centre along the space then luckily came across this one which is 1700cm so seems to fit the bill very nicely. We've not chosen the taps yet, my brain's overloaded with all these decisions :rotfl:

we have an 1800mm gap between wall and door for a bath too - just hope this freestander wont look awful! as you cant fit a scabby cat in out bathroom, never mind swing it!

that bath is really nice tomsmom!

pavlovs_dog

i've just found this thread and have loved reading through it.

gets me all excited about my future house project :j

Spicey

I just spent the last hour reading through the thread and nosing/looking at the blogs. Some very good ideas and info. We wont be moving into the bungalow right away, seems thats the best thing to do. DH will wonder what I been doing allday!

Canucklehead

jamtart6 wrote: »

Got another quote for the heating and boiler. #1 = £2500, #2=£3400:eek:, #3=£2500, #4=???

Good evening: If you post details of your CH quotes on the 'Is this Quote Fair' forum you could get some advice on the specification etc....four quotes should be enough;)

Edit...just realized I had posted on your thread

HTH

Canucklehead

BB1984

Stevie1 wrote: »

BB - well done for the incredibly fast progress! your house looks great now, you've done a great job.

Spying around in your blog - what colour have you painted the lounge? (may suit mine!), the 'shabby chic' cabinet - is it shop bought and if so, where from?

Thank you very much!

The lounge walls are painted in "Velvet Truffle 5", by Dulux, and the bit of the wall above the picture rail and the ceiling are painted in "Velvet Truffle 6". All our other ceilings are white, but we wanted something a bit cosier in the lounge, as it's a decent sized room.

The cabinet is from Home Sense.

BB

Shimmyhill

Bungalows are defi taking over in here !

Welcome to the madness spicey !

KT1985

me and my lumbering great house is feeling like we are minorities
However, I have found something I love- gel fires. Any opinions? Love them? Hate them? It won't be really for heating, we are going to have nice shiny new central heating for that. We currently have a fab tiled grey/blue fire place that I would hate to see go. Other option (solid fuel burner)currently is well over 1k
Difference in cost between the fires will make me happier about the cost of fuel.
Any thoughts welcomed

jamtart6

no idea what a gel fire is but I just wanted to say I'm still doing up a house not a bung-alow!

KT1985

Thats a relief. Its nice to have people around who will understand any stair woes I may have

jamtart6

Ooh mine creak like anything! Think they will need re-pinning. Mind you the whole house is basically made out of cardboard so what do I expect?!

I am having a major lack of inspiration on the colour front guys....! my colour schemes are currently cream and white!!