This was Nov2015Sue wrote:Nope. It's all part of a grand plan, let's get all the mess over together.
1. New boiler and thermostats on radiators. This system is as old as the house is, 1967. Works well but can never be repaired now.
2. Take out glass screen between lounge and dining room and replace with glass panelled folding doors, so we can open it all up when the family comes. This will necessitate a new carpet but this one will go to France for the master bedroom which is also having work done.
3 remove large brick fireplace in lounge, strip anaglypta of walls replaster ceiling, fire surround and the ceiling of the dining room which needs a repair after a roof leak. ( roof repaired a month ago )
4. Box in washer and drier in the conservatory with a worktop and add matching cupboard to take all gardening and washing stuff. Place plants on new worktop.
5 in searching for number 4 we came across number 5 a new kitchen. The fitters will do it all including the fittings in the conservatory
This all makes the house sound as if it is falling down, no ,just no time for redecoration whilst looking after Dad all those years.
That will bring the front of the house up to the standard of the back which was redecorated and repaired after our flood 18 months ago.
My personal treat is a sewing table/ unit to tidy up my sewing room
It's now January 2016 and the list is complete. Plus decorating our bedroom and removing the leylandii hedge in the back garden and replacing with a fence. We didn't have a new carpet. Claire gave us some left over dark wood flooring that matches are furniture and we gave used this to fill in the few gaps where there is no carpet i.e. Round the new fireplace and under the sliding doors