It's what dreams are made of and nightmares kindled: Most home owners aspire to it; some take a few tentative steps and fewer still are crazy enough to go the full hog! This blog shares some of the trials and tribulations of a major redevelopment of a 1950s home through a cataclysmic transformation which retains the best of the last Century while metamorposing the property into a design classic fit for today's living.

Monday, July 10, 2006

WEEK 17 - Back from exile


After six weeks of exile, we're back in the house. While living in the middle of a building site is not ideal, it's good to be back after making our second move in only eight months. It's been an expensive and disruptive business having to rent a flat for the last few weeks, however, there was little option considering the upheaval we've seen during the replumbing and rewiring exercise. Now it's time to reclaim one room at a time.