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 24, 2006

WEEK 19 - More holiday


It's the second week of the annual construction trades holiday and little, no nothing, is happening on site. However, the weeds are getting a real grip and provide clear evidence of how little has happened in certain corners of the site over the last few weeks. The hope is the guys will return reinvigorated on Monday, with a real determination to get this project finished next month. We can only live in hope...